Design
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Best-case scenario
How a commitment to Italian craft and smart collaborations revived a long-dormant heritage trunk-maker.
The Monocle Design Awards 2022
From the smartest greenhouses to the prettiest glassware, the Monocle Design Awards celebrate the most pleasing projects that bring our homes and cities to life.
Game changer
Nintendo’s former headquarters have reopened as a boutique hotel designed by Tadao Ando. The architect has retained many original elements, with nods to the company’s origins as a producer of playing cards.
On the floor
Just like the striking rugs that they produce, Nani Marquina’s team at the namesake firm she runs in the Catalan capital is tightly knit.
Book smarts
Clients from Frieze to Rizzoli come to the graphic designer for her storytelling skills. And she delivers bestsellers.
League of its own
An art school just a few blocks from Moma is sculpting the next generation of Rothkos and Pollocks.
Setting the scene
In news bulletins, the background matters. We meet the Vienna-based designers whose television studios are the stars of the show.
Well furnished
The city of Inegöl is building on its woodworking heritage to become a furniture-making powerhouse.
Banking on it
As Pictet opens its new Zürich office, we meet the team behind the historic building’s overhaul.
