Brave new world: the best-designed travel destinations for 2020

From treetop cycle paths to a micro hotel, we guide you through new design marvels around the globe

What does fashion’s top trend-spotter think we’ll be wearing in the 2020s?

Li Edelkoort is prized by brands for her ability to predict customers’ desires. In the next decade she says we will care less about perfect clothes than a fairer world

Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?

From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…

Twenty tech trends for 2020

From new gaming consoles to activism at Apple, we predict the things you will – or won’t – see in tech this year

The 50 best wines for Christmas 2019

High street bargains, best value buys – and reds, whites and fizz to splash out on, chosen for Observer Food Monthly

Giorgio Armani on billionaire bashing, throwaway culture – and choosing his successor

The 85-year-old master of understated design talks about his lifelong belief in sustainable fashion, his love of Downton Abbey – and the troubling matter of his eventual retirement