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Presented by Hugo Macdonald, the show investigates the design world from furniture brands to architecture.

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A visit to the What Design Can Do event in Amsterdam, we talk publishing with Gert Jonkers and Jop Van Bennekom – creators of Fantastic Man, and ask what lessons the West can learn from eastern architecture with urbanist Rahul Mehrotra.

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84	21 May 2013 01:00:00	A visit to the What Design Can Do event in Amsterdam, we talk publishing with Gert Jonkers and Jop Van Bennekom – creators of Fantastic Man, and ask what lessons the West can learn from eastern architecture with urbanist Rahul Mehrotra.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
83	14 May 2013 01:00:00	Discussion on the future of Italian design with Moroso and Cassina, we attend the Pratt Institute’s latest fashion showcase and also New York’s newest design fair – Collective 1. Plus, we talk fetishism and cushions with Dutch design guru Lidewij Edelkoort.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
82	7 May 2013 01:00:00	We learn about maps for the blind, visit Les bains Douches in Paris, speak with Marianne Goebl – director of Design Miami, and meet Gieves and Hawkes’ creative director, Jason Basmajian.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
81	30 Apr 2013 01:00:00	We investigate the future of 3D printing in New York, talk to the founders of e-commerce community Bespoke Global, and find out how to commission a piece of furniture in the shape of your own DNA.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
80	23 Apr 2013 01:00:00	More from the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan, we talk to John Pawson, Alexander Schärer from USM, Naoko Kubo from Sfera, Philipp Mainzer from e15, and we also digest the results of London Design Museum’s Design of the Year award.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
79	16 Apr 2013 01:00:00	A round-up of the best from the 52nd Salone del Mobile in Milan, including design chats with Ambra Medda, Marko Ahtisaari, Sam Hecht and Thomas Lykke.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
78	9 Apr 2013 01:00:00	We head to the streets of Milan and the 52nd Salone del Mobile design fair. Plus, a sit-down with legendary Japanese architect and most recent winner of the Pritzker Prize, Toyo Ito.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
77	2 Apr 2013 00:51:58	We drop in on the brand new Monocle Café, we talk to designer Martin Brudnizki and we hear from Monocle's creative director, Richard Spencer Powell, about the importance of working with your hands.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
76	26 Mar 2013 00:49:48	Design critic Alice Rawsthorn on her new book “Hello World”, we review the London Design Museum’s Designs of the Year exhibition, and pay a visit to Le Corbusier’s only project in the Americas – a house outside Buenos Aires.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
75	19 Mar 2013 00:52:13	The future of the bathroom at ISH fair in Frankfurt, we drop in on a toymaker in Jakarta, an animator in Berlin, and a graphics team in Porto, and hear how design is playing a role in the Palestinian and Israeli conflict too.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
74	12 Mar 2013 00:50:42	A visit to Berlin architect Matthias Sauerbruch, we learn about heritage printing company Barnard & Westwood, and Monocle’s Richard Spencer Powell talks us through the design of the latest issue.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play
73	5 Mar 2013 00:47:04	A look at an ancient method of earth architecture being revived in Jordan, we drop in on Canadian author Douglas Coupland to talk furniture, and take a tour of Spanish oil giant Repsol’s new Madrid headquarters.	Download Share Twitter Facebook Linkedin Share via email	Play

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