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25 Apr 2024
9 min

Monocle on Design - Capsule: 

The founder and deputy editor of the Milanese platform discuss what radical design means today, as well as the company’s approach to translating stories from the printed page into physical space.

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18 Apr 2024
7 min

Monocle on Design - Nuova at Milan Design Week: 

Rodrigo Caula and Enrico Pietra are the co-founders of Nuova, a California-based research and innovation luxury-design practice. At this year’s Milan Design Week, they took over Milanese bistro Via Stampa for their immersive installation emulating 1970s Americana.

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11 Apr 2024
5 min

Monocle on Design - The FDC1 armchair: 

The sculptural lounge chair fashioned from powder-coated steel and leather has had a revival thanks to French furniture brand Objekto. Stella Roos considers its history – and its designer – Brazilian architect and artist Flávio de Carvalho.

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4 Apr 2024
3 min

Monocle on Design - Two-wheel oasis: 

Grace Charlton reflects on a recent trip to Amsterdam – a city often hailed as an oasis, where those on two wheels rule the streets. But does this emphasis on bikes make traversing the metropolis any better for pedestrians?  

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28 Mar 2024
4 min

Monocle on Design - Finland’s forests: 

Why does timber perform a key role in the country’s economy and how has the raw material shaped the nation’s creativity and furniture-making? Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, joins Nic Monisse to discuss.

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21 Mar 2024
8 min

Monocle on Design - ‘Typographic Jazz: The Monoprints of Jack Stauffacher’: 

An exhibition at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco delves into the improvisational and playful processes of Bay Area printer Jack Stauffacher, who demonstrated the creative potential of the letterpress.

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14 Mar 2024
3 min

Monocle on Design - Bland rebrand: 

Writer Grace Charlton laments why boring redesigns often rob cafés, restaurants and homes of a sense of place.

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7 Mar 2024
9 min

Monocle on Design - Collect: 

We visit the contemporary craft and design fair celebrating its 20th anniversary at Somerset House.

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29 Feb 2024
6 min

Monocle on Design - ‘Suspended Disbelief’: 

The late sculptor and furniture maker Wendell Castle is the focus of an exhibition at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. 

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22 Feb 2024
9 min

Monocle on Design - ‘Changing our Footprint’: 

This exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen explores alternatives to building with concrete. Monocle’s Michael Booth meets with Eva Ravnborg, a partner at Henning Larsen, to hear more about how straw and other bio materials can become large-scale building resources of the future.

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15 Feb 2024
7 min

Monocle on Design - The University of Iowa campus: 

The institution’s buildings have been built by some of the world’s best-known architects. Monocle’s Tomos Lewis tours the site with university architect Rod Lenhertz.

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14 Feb 2024
31 min

Monocle on Design - Copenhagen International Fashion Fair – from Monocle’s pop-up studio: 

In the final instalment of Monocle on Design’s partnership with Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF), we broadcast from the heart of its 62nd edition in our pop-up studio. To assess the growing strength of Copenhagen as a fashion capital, we wrap our series with CIFF with a packed line-up, including Bruce Pask, senior editorial director at Neiman Marcus Group; Celine Aagaard, founder, CEO and creative director of Envelope1976; and Rebekka Bay, creative director at Marimekko.

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8 Feb 2024
5 min

Monocle on Design - Anodising with Snow Peak: 

The Japanese camping brand showcases the electrochemical process of anodising at Copenhagen International Fashion Fair. 

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1 Feb 2024
5 min

Monocle on Design - Yaw Tony: 

We meet the founder of Canadian scarf brand Life Liveth in Me at the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair.

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25 Jan 2024
9 min

Monocle on Design - DesignTO: 

We head to Toronto to meet the team behind Canada’s largest annual festival of design.

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24 Jan 2024
25 min

Monocle on Design - Copenhagen International Fashion Fair: Destination for buyers: 

In the latest instalment of Monocle on Design’s partnership with Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF), we explore why the largest and longest-running fashion fair in northern Europe remains a vital destination for buyers and global brands. Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, is joined by CIFF director Anna Sofie Dolva, J.Lindeberg head of design Neil Lewty and Browns senior menswear buyer Chris Fisher, to discuss how the biannual event consistently raises the bar. 

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18 Jan 2024
6 min

Monocle on Design - Hugo Chodí Bos: 

We visit a shop in Prague whose team revives traditional Czech toys and produces contemporary designs for children with local manufacturers.

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