Nic Monisse
The Monocle Design Awards 2026: All 25 winners
From sleek Italian furniture and Danish trade schools to Thai pocket parks and Namibian bikes, the following 25 people, products and places have made it onto the podium for Monocle’s annual Design Awards.
The Monocle Design Awards 2026: The best craftspeople who have truly mastered their trades
The makers driving craft and industry today, across all disciplines.
The Monocle Design Awards 2026: The most beautiful buildings and architectural design
Eight spaces that caught our eye this year – from a trade school championing craft to a revived waterfront.
SR_A share the strategy behind building a luxury brand portfolio through innovation and partnerships
By building joint ventures and sharing intellectual-property rights with its clients, design studio SR_A has launched lucrative projects with the likes of Apple, Inditex and Hublot.
Scales in comparison: Matter and Shape 2026’s theme spotlights industry giants and artisans alike
Matter and Shape returns to Paris with 76 exhibitors. The 2026 salon explores scale and how objects, from chairs to textiles, can have both personal and public impact.
Appetite for construction: The pioneering engineer, Hanif Kara
For Hanif Kara, technology is a tool for uniting architecture and construction – and building a better world.
Nada Debs’s Dubai design outpost merges studio and shop in a beautiful, luminous space
Nada Debs meets Monocle at her new outpost in Dubai, which functions as both a studio space and boutique.
‘Architecture should be equally functional and beautiful’: Matt Goodman’s thoughtful approach to beachside builds
The Australian designer proves he’s the hot name to commission with his refined approach to crafting buildings.
‘I’m obsessed with feeling cosy at night’: Willo Perron on designing Knoll’s Bun lounge chair
French-Canadian creative Willo Perron discusses shaping the Bun lounge chair for Knoll – a cloud-like seat balancing indulgent comfort, sculptural presence and everyday liveability, refined from thrift-shop find to contemporary design statement.
