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Konfekt Korner

‘Konfekt’ is a sharp, elegant and well-turned-out magazine from the creators of Monocle. ‘Konfekt Korner’ is the podcast: listen now and discover why celebrating chic, understated glamour, seeking out lesser-known stories and opening closed doors has never been more important. Join ‘Konfekt’ editor Sophie Grove and style director Marcela Palek as they take their seats alongside Gillian Dobias every month. Like a really good dinner party, listeners can count on great conversation, insights, ideas and reports from the world of fashion, craft, food and travel – not to mention a sunny soundtrack.

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Crafting community: A special episode of Konfekt Korner, brought to you in collaboration with Swiss luxury powerhouse Audemars Piguet, on the driving forces that unite us and the power of serendipitous encounters. We convene in Zürich at the prestigious AP House to discover how the worlds of haute-horlogerie and hospitality come together to deliver an extraordinary experience. Konfekt’s editor, Sophie Grove, is joined on stage by Konfekt’s style director, Marcela Palek; Audemars Piguet’s country manager for Switzerland, David Pantillon; designer and founder of Studio del Castillo, Veronica del Castillo Caldas; and three-Michelin-starred chef at Memories restaurant, Sven Wassmer.

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★	13 Jan 2025 28 min	Crafting community A special episode of Konfekt Korner, brought to you in collaboration with Swiss luxury powerhouse Audemars Piguet, on the driving forces that unite us and the power of serendipitous encounters. We convene in Zürich at the prestigious AP House to discover how the worlds of haute-horlogerie and hospitality come together to deliver an extraordinary experience. Konfekt’s editor, Sophie Grove, is joined on stage by Konfekt’s style director, Marcela Palek; Audemars Piguet’s country manager for Switzerland, David Pantillon; designer and founder of Studio del Castillo, Veronica del Castillo Caldas; and three-Michelin-starred chef at Memories restaurant, Sven Wassmer.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
47	31 Dec 2024	Jewellery with Bonhams, artist Es Devlin and ‘Dior in Scotland’ The first days of January are for rest and recuperation but also new ideas, resolutions and, above all, dreams. This month we’re at London auction house Bonhams for a conversation that reflects on jewellery design and human emotion with expert Kate Flitcroft. We’ll meet British artist and stage designer Es Devlin and discuss her incredible show at Somerset House, ‘Face to Face: 50 Encounters with Strangers’, and speak to writer and biographer Justine Picardie about Dior’s incredible journey to Scotland for its 2025 cruise collection. So take up a pen to scribble your own ambitions while hearing our tips, thoughts and ideas for the year ahead.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
46	3 Dec 2024 44 min	Alpine fashion, winter sun and Turkish singer Melike Sahin We muse on the cultural obstacle course the festive period presents us as we seek to escape from the cold – but not without the promise of winter sun. We’ll drop into London’s Tate Modern for the Gucci-backed exhibition, ‘Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet’, then we’ll look at Alpine fashion with outdoors manufacturer Helly Hansen, meet Turkish singer Melike Sahin and chase the winter sun with a surfing adventure in Morocco.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
45	1 Nov 2024 53 min	An ode to jewels, goldsmithing and design This episode is something of an ode to jewels, goldsmithing and design – but also the human urge to collect. We’ll visit the imposing and eccentric Geneva home that inspires Maison Belmont; chat to the founder of jewellery brand Annoushka about the symbolism and personal history that infuses her work; and delve into the history of Persian jewellers, Le Vian. Plus: our audio essay reflects on the power of planting trees as a gesture of remembrance and hope.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
44	1 Oct 2024 47 min	Autumn sartorial tips, musician Ana Lua Caiano and small talk This episode is something of an homage to autumn style: we gather in Zürich for a discussion on the seasonal wardrobe with designer Noële Nana Schaffner from sumptuous Swiss brand Nomadissem. We reflect on the creative resilience of a nation at war as we report on Ukrainian Fashion Week, hear the esoteric sounds of Portuguese musician Ana Lua Caiano and muse on the power of small talk in an audio essay about embracing the poetry of everyday conversation.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
43	30 Aug 2024 54 min	The future of skincare, Sauna Social Club and the colour blue As crisp, golden leaves begin swirling in the air, it’s time to reboot our energy. That’s why this episode has a restorative theme: we discuss the future of dermatology with pioneering doctor Emma Craythorne, join the Sauna Social Club in London as it brings music to the hot-box and talk about the legacy of nurse Florence Nightingale. Plus: the beauty and inspiration of the colour blue.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
42	31 Jul 2024 50 min	Storytelling through scent, a gastronomic tour of Tinos and tennis We dive into the heady heat of summer and journey to the remote island of Tinos to find out about its cuisine. Then: we meet Jouissance founder Cherry Cheng, who has distilled sensual stories into perfume, and we cast off to the Finnish archipelago of Turku, where summers are spent eating crayfish and taking midnight dips in the cool sea. Plus: we reflect on the aesthetics of summer tennis.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
41	28 Jun 2024 45 min	The bliss of the French Riviera, Portuguese fashion and cartography It’s time to set sail and make for the coast. This month we stroll in the gardens of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, meet hotelier Valéry Grégo in Nice and reflect on the emotional power of cartography. Plus, we discover a Portuguese fashion brand that captures the spirit of the country’s breezy, joyous summers.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
40	31 May 2024 58 min	Purveyors of colour, art deco jewellery and utopia This episode reflects how early summer days are full of promise. We meet Swiss born Kia Schwaninger, whose jewellery collection is inspired by the art deco architecture of Miami, sit down with Sudanese-Dutch musician Gaidaa in Amsterdam and discuss colour and the meaning of home with purveyor and creator of paint Cassandra Ellis. Plus: historian Hiba Alobaydi explores the legacy of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in today’s cities.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	17 May 2024 38 min	‘Konfekt Korner’ special: mindful manufacturing Today we’re live in front of an audience at London Craft Week to explore the world of mindful manufacturing. Mud Talks, set at the Vitsoe shop in London’s Marylebone, brought together Mud Australia’s Shelley Simpson, Vitsoe’s managing director, Mark Adams and David Mellor’s creative director, Corin Mellor, to discuss the intricacies of how to balance enduring design with sustainable manufacturing at scale.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
39	30 Apr 2024 42 min	Watchmaking, Turkish baths and Nordic spring This episode is infused with the spirit of a transformative travelogue: we begin in the incredible 500-year-old Cinili Hamam in Istanbul’s Zeyrek district, reflect on the power and beauty of expansive, flat landscapes and hear tales of innovation and craftsmanship with Van Cleef & Arpels. Plus: the misplaced optimism of a Nordic spring.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
38	29 Mar 2024 51 min	Natural wine, exploring Italy and decorating eggs This show marks the arrival of spring with an homage to the season: we’ll find out about the art of traversing the streets of Rome with author Cynthia Zarin and pop some corks with sommelier Honey Spencer at her London restaurant Sune. Then: we sit down for an intimate chat with musician Marika Hackman and discover Julia Lasica’s lyrical homage to the tradition of ‘pysanky’ and decorating eggs.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
37	29 Feb 2024 46 min	Cabaret on rails, smoke sauna and the alchemy of scent This episode of Konfekt Korner explores themes of early spring and its sense of vernal opportunity. We spend four hours in a hotbox being rubbed with ashes and honey to report on Estonian sauna culture, hop on board a historic British Pullman to join the riotous Carriage Club and explore the world of perfumery at L’Oreal’s The Art & Science of Fragrance festival in Paris. Plus: we reflect on the power of owning your own look in the fashion set.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
36	31 Jan 2024 47 min	Celebrity culture, supper clubs and Mongolian cashmere As we emerge from our winter torpor, it’s time to hit the road. We visit a new exhibition of work by photographer Russell Young in London, before heading to Athens to a mind-expanding supper club. We’ll meet an expert to discuss the social history of road films and hear about one writer’s journey to Mongolia, where he found himself the owner of an ever-expanding cashmere collection.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
35	29 Dec 2023 50 min	Disco fashions, the power of eyeliner and candlelight We discuss the history and cultural significance of eyeliner, learn how 1970s and 1980s disco fashions still inspires us today and hit the trails with Icelandic musician JFDR. Plus: how candlelight can improve almost every situation.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Entertaining / Podcast

Konfekt Korner

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Latest episodes

Crafting community

Jewellery with Bonhams, artist Es Devlin and ‘Dior in Scotland’

Alpine fashion, winter sun and Turkish singer Melike Sahin

An ode to jewels, goldsmithing and design

Autumn sartorial tips, musician Ana Lua Caiano and small talk

The future of skincare, Sauna Social Club and the colour blue

Storytelling through scent, a gastronomic tour of Tinos and tennis

The bliss of the French Riviera, Portuguese fashion and cartography

Purveyors of colour, art deco jewellery and utopia

‘Konfekt Korner’ special: mindful manufacturing

Watchmaking, Turkish baths and Nordic spring

Natural wine, exploring Italy and decorating eggs

Cabaret on rails, smoke sauna and the alchemy of scent

Celebrity culture, supper clubs and Mongolian cashmere

Disco fashions, the power of eyeliner and candlelight