5 August 2014
Episode 147
01 hour
Liam Aldous heads to Barcelona to visit a stunning modernist house designed by Mies van der Rohe, we get a sneak preview of what’s coming up at the Istanbul Design Biennial with its curator Zoe Ryan, investigate how scents can be used in the design process with a trip to Kingston University and visit Berlin to see why the suburban villa is more desirable than ever.
5 August 2014
Share episode
DownloadWant more radio episodes like these in your inbox?
Sign up to Monocle's email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop.
Monocle on Design - latest episodes
Extra: Best seats in the house
We speak to Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon of London’s Pinch Design about how to create furniture that’s elegant yet homely.
Stanley Donwood
We speak to the artist, illustrator and designer about his new book, ‘There will be no Quiet’, collecting his designs for Radiohead album covers over the past three decades. Plus: production designer Anna Rhodes on making…
Extra: ‘Sound in Mind’ with Yuri Suzuki
We speak to the sound designer and audio-branding specialist about his new showcase, currently at London’s Design Museum.
Heart of glass
A visit to Venice Glass Week to speak with makers and experts such as Rosa Barovier and Simone Cenedese, who discuss their delicate and highly skilled work. Plus: Czech sculptor, glass and product designer Rony Plesl.
Extra: The Antwerp Six
In the late 1980s a group of fashion graduates piled into a van with their collections, drove to London and took the British Designer Show by storm, forging the futures of the so-called Antwerp Six.
Form, function and the future
We visit the Mingeikan – the Japan Folk Crafts Museum – to speak to its director-designer Naoto Fukasawa, who has used Japan’s Mingei crafts movement to inform his globally renowned products. Plus: we look at design’s…
Extra: A higher power
In an increasingly secular society, designs for worship are changing to reflect the needs of parishioners, many of whom crave calm in busy cities. Monocle’s Design editor Nolan Giles takes a closer look at modern religious…
London Design Festival
We bring you the best from London Design Festival, including interviews with festival director Ben Evans, experimental designer Marlène Huissoud and Sir Ian Blatchford of the Science Museum, Italian furniture master Patr…
Extra: ‘Exploring the city’
Ahead of our full report from the event, we speak to Ben Evans, co-founder and director of London Design Festival, about how temporary spaces can inspire lasting change in a city’s design outlook.
Under the covers
We welcome back design writer Katie Treggiden to run through the sharpest magazines and publishing projects catching her eye. Plus: our creative director Richard Spencer Powell talks about designing not only the latest…
Extra: ‘Creative Spaces’
We speak to Ted Vadakan who co-founded LA art-and-design brand Poketo along with Angie Myung. He talks about their new book ‘Creative Spaces’.
Istanbul’s design future
Monocle’s Nolan Giles explores an Istanbul neighbourhood that is being reinvigorated by design and pays a visit to the city’s Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture. Plus: we check out Design Week Helsinki and speak to…
Extra: Inner worlds
A look at hidden design and architecture that's tucked away from the street, as we speak with photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre about their project "Budapest Courtyards".
Outside the box
Author Shiromi Pinto speaks to Josh Fehnert about her architecturally informed novel ‘Plastic Emotions’, which details the relationship between Sri Lankan modernist architect Minnette de Silva and Swiss-French design icon…
Extra: Supermarket sweep
We check out supermarket design and learn why the architecture of one outlet in London, created by architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, is now protected as a heritage site.
