Product Archive
May 2025 – Issue 183
From Swedish textiles and Middle Eastern makers to Mexican architecture, Monocle’s May issue showcases the 50 designs, people and places that have emerged as winners of our annual Design Awards. Plus: we go back to school in Sardinia for some fighter-jet training, stop over in Mumbai to visit India’s leading weaving school and wander round Beirut’s thriving cultural institutions.
June 2025 – Issue 184
Monocle’s June issue is here and it’s packed with ideas on urbanism and living better, as well as businesses on the up and our annual art special. Visit new galleries from Morocco to Dubai, sit down with New Zealand’s prime minister, take a tour of Kigali and step into Palma’s most exclusive hilltop residence. Plus: former Apple designer Jony Ive explains how he has set out to save San Francisco. Interested in living better? This issue is for you.
Konfekt – Summer 2025
Our travel-themed issue offers long-reads and lots of sun-drenched escapism to inspire and inform the season’s journeys and adventures. From a whizz across Lake Zürich in a svelte runabout to a dive into the azure Adriatic after an epic train journey, the latest edition of Konfekt is an ode to those fresh and free aquatic moments that only summer can offer. We’ll tour the Polish lake district, check into a sculptural modernist motel in the Camargue and spend an afternoon in a Danish holiday cabin. Discover crafted garments in Mexico City, a sartorial homage to the riviera in St Tropez and the season’s most winning ensembles captured in our fashion report on the rooftops of Cairo. Expect enveloping reads for endless summer days; pull up a chair at a Neapolitan yacht club for a roundtable on geopolitics and the high seas; and be submerged into essays on Odyssean journeys and the history of swimwear.
Switzerland: The Monocle Handbook
Planning a summer hiking trip, some winter skiing, a city culture break or perhaps even something a little longer? Switzerland: The Monocle Handbook, out now, makes for the perfect travel companion. We present our favourite spots from Alpine dining destinations to river swimming and smart city hotels. We’ve also scoured the country for its most skilled artisans, providing you with the ultimate guide to Swiss fashion, food and design. Plus: for those looking to put down roots, we reveal the top places to set up a home, the clubs to join and the architects to consult. It’s time to explore this gem of a country afresh.
July/August 2025 – Issue 185
Our special summer issue to carry you through July and August is here – complete with an all-new global urban liveability index. What are the best cities for nightlife, health, housing and safe streets? And what about the best all-rounder? Find these answers and more in our sunniest issue of the year. Plus: we browse the news kiosks that are holding their ground around the world, sit down with celebrated chef Enrique Olvera in his rural weekend residence and hitch a ride on the Mediterranean’s first all-electric ferry. Whether you’re watching out for the latest on Hermès’s timepieces or seeking quiet shade in Finnish mökki cottages, Monocle has you covered.
Monocle Mediterraneo Newspaper 2025
Set sail with Monocle Mediterraneo, our seasonal newspaper celebrating the style, stories and slower pace of the Mediterranean. From the island of Hydra and the port of Genoa through to Ibiza, we deliver new ideas and fresh perspectives with a splash of sunlight. It’s the ideal companion for mornings on the terrace or afternoons by the sea.
The Entrepreneurs – Issue 9
Welcome to our annual business special – Monocle: The Entrepreneurs. Take a trip through Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city as it enjoys an economic boom, tour Wall Street’s revamped HQs as businesses look to lure remote workers back into the office and leaf through our Mexico Survey, which has insights into the country’s art opportunities, buzzing hospitality scene and more. Plus: no one ever really owns a Bic. So how has the company’s CEO, Gonzalve Bich, made it a success story? Stock up on entrepreneurial tips for the year ahead and beyond.
September 2025 – Issue 186
Get ready for a life on the move with Monocle’s annual mobility issue. Browse our brand new Dispatch section with insights into the Nordic megaships making a splash and the New York station at the heart of America’s ideological battle. Leaf through the issue for a look at how Skoda is taking on China and the tiny Japanese plug-in car moving the country’s EV sector. Plus – our Concierge takes you to Hong Kong, we sit down with John Lobb’s CEO and meet the devotees of Spain’s mobility hero, Rolser.
Konfekt – Autumn 2025
As autumn beckons us back indoors, we settle into interiors full of characterful items with stories to tell and memories to evoke. Our inaugural collecting special explores the joys of surrounding yourself with loved objects; from an ode to the thrill of lifting a paddle at auction to a round-table of gallerists, advisors and antiquarians discussing why humans adore amassing things – our pages prove the psychological pull of collecting with purpose. Elsewhere, we’re drawn to the thermal waters of sunny Ischia and the wilds of Chile. Then, as part of our wellness guide, we journey to Tuscany, the Swiss Alps and the Yorkshire moors to find the best spas, pools and dipping spots. Plus: Swedish sartorial minimalism with flair, Thai recipes in Tbilisi and scouring flea markets in Baden-Württemberg.
Destination Abu Dhabi
Monocle has long celebrated Abu Dhabi as a dynamic global city. Our new 200-page guide, Destination Abu Dhabi, takes a deeper dive into the UAE capital, highlighting the warm hospitality, curated cultural spaces and unique escapes that reward curiosity. Insightful interviews and bespoke photography make a compelling case for Abu Dhabi as a place to visit, explore and even relocate.
