Design
Leading light: London Design Medal winner Michael Anastassiades on thinking outside the box and creating excitement
It has been a busy, award-winning few years for Michael Anastassiades. The Cypriot-born, London-based designer picked up a prestigious Compasso d’Oro from the Milan-based Association for Industrial Design in 2020 and was distinguished as…
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Pulling up a bistro seat in Paris means you’ll be sitting on a piece of Maison Drucker history
Maison Drucker’s rattan chairs don’t just furnish Paris – they define it. These icons of the terrasse have outlived trends since 1985.
Preserving Lomé’s modernist legacy: A call to protect Togo’s architectural heritage
Abandoned buildings are a common feature of cities in West Africa. But there are ways to protect and celebrate the region’s lively architectural heritage too.
What Japanese design can teach us about decent communication
A new London exhibition explores how clever visual design – from Olympic pictograms to global fonts – helps us communicate better across borders, cultures and even political divides.
The London home that helped shape a new lighting design
Where do you look when your piece of industrial design, in this case a lamp, gets stuck in the development phase?
The five architecture and design books you should be reading this summer
Top up your design knowledge and spruce up your coffee table with these five Monocle-recommended monographs.
Why we all need to learn how to “speak architecture”
Buildings shape our world – so why don’t we discuss them?
Return-to-office mandates won’t keep workers in their cubicles – but a lavish workspace can
Hoping to lure remote workers back to the office, businesses in the US’s financial capital are giving their HQs an upgrade.
Three offices so beautiful you’ll want to apply to work in them
As these workspaces can attest, a place of business should have as much thought showered upon it as the work created within its walls.
Why selling a brand is about getting back to basics
For Australian design studio Landini Associates, effectively going to market is about doing things simply.
The artisans battling to keep craft alive with achingly beautiful creations
Monocle looks at the ways that artisans around the world are preserving ancient skills and processes by making sure that they remain relevant and desirable in the modern world.
