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Festival season
Model-making in Rome, South Korea’s craft revolution and why good architecture should be a universal right.
The Monocle Design Awards 2023: All 50 winners
Monocle Design Awards celebrate global architecture, furniture, and graphic design improving lives.
Design
Mexico City’s “green lungs” and architectural photographer Hélène Binet heads to Milan.
Following a hunch
As the canny, optimistic winners of this year's Monocle Design Awards demonstrate, staying on top of your game requires detective instincts and curiosity about what makes the world tick.
Urbanism
Sustainable materials, Hollywood campuses and posthumous acclaim for Portuguese designer Daciano da Costa.
Stepping up
When booming shoe brand Veja needed a bigger HQ, it set out to make a space that was good for both the environment and its staff.
Making the cut
As global supply chains face strain, consumers are demanding furniture that is designed, produced and supplied transparently. We profile five brands that are rising to the challenge and enhancing their customers’ wellbeing.
Bright sparks
Some companies prioritize lighting, and for good reason. Effective lighting improves aesthetics, mood, and health.
Community centre
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré sees his projects as hubs for nearby residents, even enlisting their help to build them.
Light in the darkness
Europe's energy crisis sparks debate between fossil fuel retreat and renewable acceleration, as mayors from Prague to Helsinki demonstrate how thoughtful urban planning can illuminate sustainable pathways forward.
