
Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering fashion, furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
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Christmas special
We head to Naples and the Nordics for some seasonal fun. And we soak up some festive cheer in London.

Rhode Island School of Design and Design Miami highlights
We head to the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence to visit its facilities and meet its president, Crystal Williams. Plus, a recap of Design Miami with Monocle’s US editor, Chris Lord.

British Fashion Council’s 2023 Fashion Awards
Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, joins Nic Monisse in the studio for a special round-up of the 2023 Fashion Awards in London, with commentary and interviews from Clara Mercer, Julie Liu and Alice and…

Villa Médici, Jacu Strauss, Villa Müller
This week we visit Rome’s Villa Médici, which has undergone an acoustic makeover, and designer and hotelier Jacu Strauss joins us in our London studio to discuss his career. Plus: an early modernist home…

Bellerby & Co Globemakers, Chybik + Kristof, ‘Georgian Illuminations’
We go on a workshop tour to learn the craft of creating bespoke globes and Czech architect Ondrej Chybík joins us in the studio. Plus: we visit an installation that illuminates the history of…

Dubai Design Week
Nic Monisse reports from this year’s event, which took place on the streets and in the buildings of the city’s design district.

Charlene Prempeh, Fforme, Martin Brudnizki
We talk to Charlene Prempeh about diversity in design and hear from fashion label Fforme. Plus: a chat with designer Martin Brudnizki about his new retail outpost for And Objects.

David Thulstrup, The Office Group, Store Projects
We talk about total design with Danish architect David Thulstrup and find out how The Office Group’s new timber tower could tempt workers back into town. Plus: we check in with Store Projects, an…

Frances Priest, ‘Small Spaces in the City’, Building on the Built
We visit ‘Small Spaces in the City’ at Roca London Gallery, an exhibition that looks at the challenges of tiny homes across the globe. We also tour the studio of Edinburgh-based ceramicist Frances Priest…

William Smalley, ‘Fashion City’, TAKT
Architect William Smalley tells us what makes the ideal ‘quiet space’ and Danish brand TAKT rethinks how we design, build and sell furniture. Plus: we visit a new exhibition, ‘Fashion City’, at the Museum…