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Madrid Design Festival 2025: Monocle’s Liam Aldous reports from the 8th edition of the annual Madrid Design Festival.

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★	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
★	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

Design / Podcast

Monocle on Design

Latest episode

Latest episodes

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

‘Lester Beall & A New American Identity’

Clay special

‘Never At Home’