As part of our esteemed 10, we hear from this year’s architecture and design visionaries, sharing their desire to see more openness, culture and risk-taking in 2025.

We cast a spotlight on the names to watch in collectable design, exploring how traditional craft and the hand of the maker are embedded in their furniture and objects. This issue also takes us inside the Paris home of collector and architect Charles Zana, where iconic pieces and his furniture designs mingle within its historic walls.

In the Philippines, designer John Pawson seeks ‘absolute purity’ in his latest residential project. Meanwhile, closer to home, Sydney architect Anthony Gill‘s inventive approach to materials and integrating landscape transforms a North Bondi site.

We tour Quintana Partners’ studio in the foothills of Barcelona with co-founder Benito Escat, then visit the studios of Belgian architect and self-taught craftsman Benoit Viaene, French architectural practice A6A, and Bahrain-based Studio Anne Holtrop. We cap off this issue with our The Detail pages, presenting collectable design pieces through a cross-section of materials and highlighting the alchemy that can only be ascribed to the works of great creatives.