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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.

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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
★	16 Jan 2025 11 min	‘Lester Beall & A New American Identity’ This exhibition at Poster House in New York explores how the US graphic designer translated concepts of European modernism into art for local audiences. Curator Angelina Lippert explains the importance and techniques used in three series of Beall posters produced for the Rural Electrification Administration in the 1930s.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
692	14 Jan 2025 30 min	Clay special We take a closer look at the earth beneath our feet. Writer Jennifer Lucy Allan delves into the human history of this ancient material, and we visit the maker Bisila Noha at her London studio. Then: Adam Weismann, co-founder of Clayworks, reflects on his journey working with clay as a building material and wall finish.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	9 Jan 2025 8 min	‘Never At Home’ We meet the team behind the art initiative that transforms vacant sites for temporary artistic use. Among these is the Funkhaus, a former radio building of Austria’s national broadcaster, ORF. Alexei Korolyov reports.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
691	7 Jan 2025 30 min	Film special We take a look at some silver-screen releases that take a cinematic view on the built environment. Then we go on a global green architecture tour and take a look at New Zealand’s mid-century brutalism.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
690	31 Dec 2024 28 min	A fresh start New ideas, bright predictions and the trends that will shape the year to come – we preview some of the design stories found in Monocle’s latest edition of ‘The Forecast’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
689	24 Dec 2024 30 min	The best of 2024 The team shares this year’s highlights. Expect conversations with designers Maria Bruun and Farah Marafie, and architectural historian, Iain Borden. Also, we hear from the team behind the ‘Dwellings’ exhibition of birdhouses.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	19 Dec 2024 3 min	Highlights from the year Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, reflects on some of the conversations shared with creatives this year as 2024 comes to a close.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
688	17 Dec 2024 28 min	Christmas special In this festive episode recorded at Monocle’s annual Christmas Market, we discuss the art of gift wrapping with author and furoshiki expert Tomoko Kakita. Plus, designer Nika Zupanc on her collaboration with Italian brand Alessi, which incorporates Christmas iconography. Finally, we reflect on the joys of meaningful gift-giving at London’s SoShiro Gallery.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	12 Dec 2024 6 min	Contemporary architecture in Chiang Mai Tomás Pinheiro considers how contemporary practitioners in Thailand’s second city, Chiang Mai, work with local materials and traditional construction methods.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
687	10 Dec 2024 30 min	Dafi Kühne, timelessness in design and Fernando Mendes Swiss graphic designer Dafi Kühne explains why legibility is relative and we meet the president of the Instituto Sergio Rodrigues. Also, the architect Jeanne Autran-Edorh reflects on timelessness in architecture.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Design / Podcast

Monocle on Design

Latest episode

Latest episodes

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

‘Lester Beall & A New American Identity’

Clay special

‘Never At Home’

Film special

A fresh start

The best of 2024

Highlights from the year

Christmas special

Contemporary architecture in Chiang Mai

Dafi Kühne, timelessness in design and Fernando Mendes