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Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja 

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4 March 2025

Episode 699

29 minutes


Photo: Jake Curtis

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. 

4 March 2025

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Chapter 1

9 minutes


Photo: Siat Gallery

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Chapter 1

Collect 2025

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Highlights from the 21st edition of the fair, featuring an interview with the Seoul-based founder of Siat Gallery, Jeannie Lee.

9 minutes

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Collect 2025

Chapter 2

8 minutes


Photo: Keerthana Kunnath

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Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja

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In a preview of a story in our March issue, we hear from the second-generation director of Jaipur Rugs, Yogesh Chaudhury, on the brand’s acquisition of Shyam Ahuja.

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Chapter 3

12 minutes


Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams

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Chapter 3

Christopher Dresser

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Who was Christopher Dresser and what was his influence on industrial design? Otto Billström, head of modern decorative arts and design at Bonhams, joins us to discuss Dresser’s work ahead of an upcoming auction.

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