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The Monocle Design Awards 2025: All 50 winners
From handsome Nordic furniture to sleek kitchen appliances, the following 50 designs, people and places are the recipients of Monocle’s annual Design Awards.

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Object lessons
North Bennet Street School is helping to keep American craft alive. We meet the students stepping away from screens and turning their hands to traditional craftsmanship.

Spinning a yarn
We pick our five top hospitality uniforms from our editors’ travels. It’s all part of the service.

Kit for a king
France might have dispensed with royalty but the firm that kits out its official residences reigns supreme.

Born again
The smart renovation in a Sydney suburb breathes new life into the work of a pioneering home-builder.

Carrying the torch
With the French designer’s latest work about to be seen by billions around the world, he tells us how he hopes to reclaim nationalism from the far-right.

The Agenda: Design
Copenhagen’s high hopes, a royal rumble in Saudi Arabia and Ecuador’s collaborative communities.

The Agenda: Culture
Barcelona’s forbidden treasures, writer André Aciman’s ode to the Amalfi Coast and Georgia’s burgeoning art scene.


Spring into action
Whether it’s a big trip, a key work project or a meaningful pursuit, this is the season to get things moving. Here’s how to dress the part in style.

Little wonder
Tatsuya Tanaka’s small-scale artworks are the result of dreaming big. We visit the studio where his mini masterpieces come to life.
