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Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: we visit the Young V&A in London to meet designer Charlie Boyden.

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700	11 Mar 2025 31 min	Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan’, Make Play Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: we visit the Young V&A in London to meet designer Charlie Boyden.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	6 Mar 2025 10 min	‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection’ The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
699	4 Mar 2025 29 min	Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja Highlights from the most recent edition of the Collect 2025 art and design fair, and we preview one of the stories in Monocle’s latest March issue. Plus, we find out more about the designer and theorist Christopher Dresser as a trove of his works go to auction in London.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	27 Feb 2025 14 min	Madrid Design Festival 2025 Monocle’s Liam Aldous reports from the 8th edition of the annual Madrid Design Festival.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
698	25 Feb 2025 32 min	Design Biennale Rotterdam Highlights from the inaugural edition of the Design Biennale Rotterdam, featuring experimental and collectible design from local and international designers. Across the city, participants have responded to the overarching theme: “What’s Real is Unfamiliar”.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	20 Feb 2025 3 min	Diary at the ready Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, considers some key dates and events to mark out on your design calendar.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
697	18 Feb 2025 29 min	‘Soane and Modernism: Make it New’, ‘The Brutalist’ and County Hall Pottery We find out how Sir John Soane was a forerunner of modernist architecture and discuss the award-winning feature film, ‘The Brutalist’. Plus, a visit to a pottery studio and exhibition space in central London.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	13 Feb 2025 5 min	Yrjö Kukkapuro A reflection on the life and legacy of Finnish furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro. Petri Burtsoff reports.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
696	11 Feb 2025 29 min	Stockholm Design Week, Zona Maco Diseño We recap the recent Stockholm Design Week and Zona Maco Diseño in Mexico City.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	6 Feb 2025 9 min	‘Distillation of Architecture’ The current exhibition at the AA, London’s eminent architectural school, pairs Japanese architectural studios and artists to rethink a piece of furniture or domestic structure.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
695	4 Feb 2025 29 min	George Smart, ‘Made in the Middle’ and our Feb issue We meet George Smart, founder of the architectural archive US Modernist, and visit a contemporary craft exhibition in Leicester. Plus, a preview of the stories hitting newsstands in Monocle’s latest issue.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	30 Jan 2025 3 min	Echoes of the past Nic Monisse reflects on the importance of historic craft guilds in France and where the remnants of their design legacy can be found today.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
694	28 Jan 2025 29 min	Nanna Ditzel, architectural acoustics and Mylands We explore a new exhibition in Copenhagen focusing on the grand dame of Danish design, Nanna Ditzel. Then we learn why 1951 was a key year in architectural acoustics and take a factory tour at Mylands, the oldest family-owned and run paint manufacturer in the UK.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	23 Jan 2025 6 min	Maison&Objet: Niwar The Niwar Collection of upholstered furniture was created by Phantom Hands, a furniture maker based in India. Co-founder Deepak Srinath joins to discuss the brand’s collaboration with Swiss design studio Big Game.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
693	21 Jan 2025 28 min	Maison&Objet We round up the Maison&Objet trade fair with interviews from across Paris. We hear from the designers of emerging studio Amca Oval and consider the intersection between furniture and architecture. Plus, we discuss rugs and landscapes with one of France’s top creatives.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Design / Podcast

Monocle on Design

Latest episode

Latest episodes

Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan’, Make Play

‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection’

Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja

Madrid Design Festival 2025

Design Biennale Rotterdam

Diary at the ready

‘Soane and Modernism: Make it New’, ‘The Brutalist’ and County Hall Pottery

Yrjö Kukkapuro

Stockholm Design Week, Zona Maco Diseño

‘Distillation of Architecture’

George Smart, ‘Made in the Middle’ and our Feb issue

Echoes of the past

Nanna Ditzel, architectural acoustics and Mylands

Maison&Objet: Niwar

Maison&Objet