Monocle: The Forecast 2025

‘The magazine that explains the year ahead’

The Forecast offers a business, current affairs and travel-y shaped view of the year to come, through essays, profiles and reports. Using the full weight of the Monocle network, it presents a typically upbeat picture of what 2024 holds.

• At the front
  • Introduction: Andrew Tuck on the year ahead.
  • Contributors: Meet our team of magazine-makers.
• Affairs
  • On top of the world: Innovative materials, artists and designers on the up, Cuba’s quiet transport revolution and Armenia’s garage entrepreneurs. Plus: zippy zeppelins.
  • Norway after oil: The Scandinavian country is a green icon when it comes to decarbonisation but continues to profit from oil and gas extraction. We found out how it intends to become carbon neutral.
  • Anti-drone systems: We set our sights on Australian defence and space-tech company eos, which is helping to redefine warfare.
• Business
  • Driving ambition: French carmaker Alpine is returning to our roads. We speak to CEO Philippe Krief about its all-electric future.
  • Back in the office: Property investor Hines is working to modernise the workplace. Co-ceo Laura Hines-Pierce tells us more.
• Essays
  • I forecast...: From film to geopolitics, we asked 10 industry insiders to make their predictions for the year ahead.
• Expo 01
  • The apprentices: From tailoring and upholstery to goldsmithing, we visit five schools that are helping a new generation to master traditional craft.
• Culture
  • Greece’s film focus: Studio Galazio is on a mission to showcase Greek stories – and shape the country’s cinematic identity.
  • The future of publishing: We visit the Frankfurt Book Fair to find out what’s in store for the books industry in 2025.
• Design
  • The future of prosthetics: Artificial intelligence and robotics are redifining what it means to use replacement limbs. We get a grip.
  • Planning with post-itsvLife wouldn’t be the same without Post-its. We meet some top talent who stick with them through thick and thin.
  • The finishing touch: A global community of craftspeople is helping relatives of lost loved ones to complete unfinished creations.
• Fashion
  • The new trainer champions: The emerging brands challenging Nike and Adidas – and keeping the sportswear sector in rude health.
  • Film and fashion: How European luxury houses are moving into the producer’s chair and spotlighting their clothes on screen.
  • Making luxury affordable: We profile the bagmakers capturing the luxe market with premium-leather pieces at less-than-premium prices.
  • What’s next for department storesvWhy Thai retail giant Central Group believes that the department-store model will get people back to shops.
• Food and travel
  • Club bâtard: A new wine bar in Hong Kong is making a statement with its vast, three-storey cellar and top-quality tipples.
  • Paris sandos: France’s love affair with all things Japanese is elevating Paris’s lunchtime offering. We head to the French capital to sample some sublime sandwiches.
  • Wines to buy: Zürich-based wine specialist Chandra Kurt picks out the red, white, sparkling and more to stock up on in 2025.
• Expo 02
  • Move here...: The urge to up sticks and relocate can be brought on by many things, perhaps the search for a calmer lifestyle, a lower financial outlay or simply the fresh impetus of change. A growing number of residents of major cities are now seeking a new start, and you might also be wondering where to go. To point you in the right direction, we’ve flagged three cities in three continents that, for different reasons, are becoming increasingly attractive places to call home.