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From fashion to furniture:

Monocle’s design editor Nic Monisse reflects on the blurred boundaries between the design and fashion industries.

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★13 Mar 2025
3 min

From fashion to furniture 

Monocle’s design editor Nic Monisse reflects on the blurred boundaries between the design and fashion industries.

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70011 Mar 2025
31 min

Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan’, Make Play 

Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: we visit Young V&A in London to meet designer Charlie Boyden. 

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★6 Mar 2025
10 min

‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection’ 

The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.

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6994 Mar 2025
29 min

Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja  

Highlights from the most recent edition of the Collect 2025 art and design fair, and we preview one of the stories in Monocle’s latest March issue. Plus, we find out more about the designer and theorist Christopher Dresser as a trove of his works go to auction in London. 

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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.

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69825 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”.  

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★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.

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69718 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. 

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★13 Feb 2025
5 min

Yrjö Kukkapuro  

A reflection on the life and legacy of Finnish furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro. Petri Burtsoff reports.

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69611 Feb 2025
29 min

Stockholm Design Week, Zona Maco Diseño 

We recap the recent Stockholm Design Week and Zona Maco Diseño in Mexico City. 

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★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. 

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6954 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. 

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★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.   

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69428 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. 

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★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.  

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