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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.
Power trip
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime urban-mobility revolution ahead. Honda is betting on a car made for nippy trips and tight streets. Hop in.
Design
We take a spin in a classic convertible in our brand-new series on the stories behind the world’s most beautiful works of industrial design. Plus: the latest furniture.
Impressive mileage
The diminutive but hardy Suzuki Jimny, a nippy SUV, has maintained cult status for years. We find out what’s driving the owners’ obsession.
Street smarts
After a spin in a vintage Ferrari, Tyler Brûlé ponders the future of car design and mobility.
Road tested
The head of design for BMW Group on the best pens to carry and what gets him revved up in the mornings.
Power trip
Electric cars aren’t new to the motoring scene but they’ve always been practical rather than user-intuitive or well designed – limitations BMW has looked to tackle with its first all-electric model.
Little wonder
Japan’s mini-car boom was rooted in affordability and low taxation. Then Honda tasked an F1 engineer with its new project, putting high-spec design at the heart of the kei jidosha.
Over drive
Car sales have collapsed but the economy is not the only problem: too many vehicles are design lemons. This could be the year car design makes its comeback with daring, innovative models.
Driving test
What rolls off students’ drawing boards today could be at the Frankfurt Motor Show tomorrow. With top design schools from Germany to India, the future of automotive design is picking up speed.
