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Stepping up
From his new office at Nike’s HQ, the design chief of the world’s leading sports brand reveals its plans for the future of products that bear the famous swoosh.
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.
Simple pleasures
Innovative design needn’t be complex. Here we round up seven smart items that deliver easy solutions.
Making better
The legendary industrial designer, Hella Jongerius, on how we can design our way out of overconsumption.
Better by degrees
The pandemic closed many routes to the marketplace for design graduates. Yet many remained impressively innovative. We call in on seven former students who are kicking on after college and creating their own opportunities.
Design awards 2021, part 2
Our first ever Design Awards are here, honouring the year’s 50 most thoughtfully made objects and buildings.
Design awards 2021, part 1
Our first ever Design Awards are here, honouring the year’s 50 most thoughtfully made objects and buildings.
On the make
‘The Monocle Book of Italy’ charts Italian design from coffee cups to cars and shop signs to logos. Here we share some highlights that define the nation’s playful take on making it.
Good form
We explored the world of product design and asked the best in the business what it’s like to envision new things that excel in form and function.
Power tools
Japan is a nation that does many things rather well. Here we profile a few problem-solving products to tackle some of life’s trickier challenges – oh, and a banana holder.
