Design
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2025 winners highlight bold visions and optimistic outlooks
This year’s top projects, which include bamboo flood shelters and desert domes, prove that architecture isn’t just about buildings but about survival, identity and belonging.
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Design agenda: Key themes of the Monocle Design Awards, a revamped stadium in Bordeaux and a Q&A with Jesse Lee
Lisbon Design Week and a mid-century cooking school's new recipe for success.
Special editions: A democratic form of art acquisition
The art world is fixated on the unique. But the pursuit of original work doesn’t have to end with high-profile auctions. We follow one artwork onto the walls of 11 collectors to find out.
Fashion creatives who are breaking new ground
From a trailblazing Japanese label’s hi-tech textiles to a Danish coffee roastery’s foray into fashion, we look at the designers and brands taking delight in challenging expectations.
The Monocle Design Awards 2024
The latest edition of the Monocle Design Awards is here to celebrate the year’s most inspiring and ingenious products, models and structures as they set the standard across private and public spaces.
Why stamps are sticking around and still used as a soft-power pusher in the post
Although unassuming, postage stamps can tell a story about a nation’s identity. Here are some of our favourites.
The Grand Palais director on the fragile art of renovation
As overseer of France’s revered cultural institutions, Didier Fusillier has ambitious plans for the capital’s most storied museum.
Subtle spring looks with the season’s best combinations
Sartorial confidence doesn’t always come in loud colours. Here we take a subtler approach.
The Fashion Top 25
As the market becomes ever-more saturated, there has never been a better time to interrogate our understanding of luxury. We have scoured the globe to bring together the makers and retailers that stand out.
