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★	27 Mar 2025 7 min	My First Sony Cassette recorder We take a trip down memory lane to find out why this toy offers a glimpse into a much bigger moment in design history.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
702	25 Mar 2025 28 min	Powerhouse, Tej Chauhan and a ‘Konfekt’ preview We visit a floating office in Rotterdam and meet industrial designer Tej Chauhan in Helsinki. Plus, a preview of some of the design stories in the latest issue of ‘Konfekt’ magazine.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	20 Mar 2025 8 min	Orla Kiely: ‘A Life in Pattern’ The National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland, celebrates the bold patterns and organic shapes found in Orla Kiely’s work in its latest exhibition.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
701	18 Mar 2025 31 min	Vince Frost, ‘The Craft of Carpentry’, Mirkku Kullberg Graphic designer Vince Frost reflects on his decades in practice; plus Japan’s carpentry culture is front and centre at a new exhibition in London. We then meet Mirkku Kullberg, CEO of Swedish rug company Kasthall.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	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.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
700	11 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.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	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.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
699	4 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.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	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

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Monocle on Design

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Latest episodes

My First Sony Cassette recorder

Powerhouse, Tej Chauhan and a ‘Konfekt’ preview

Orla Kiely: ‘A Life in Pattern’

Vince Frost, ‘The Craft of Carpentry’, Mirkku Kullberg

From fashion to furniture

Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan’, Make Play

‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection’

Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja

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’