Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
Spanish design survey
In this special edition of the show we – like sun-hungry holiday-makers – head for Spain. Our Madrid correspondent takes stock of the design scene in Madrid, Barcelona and beyond.
On Design 3: Norway, the black sheep of the Scandi design boom?
Over a few minutes each week we profile a person, survey a place or unpick an idea that’s changing or shaping the design industry today. While Scandinavian design is more popular than ever, design writer Katie Treggiden mulls over the reasons for the rapid rediscovery of Norway’s mid-century masterpieces.
Design by any means
We celebrate resourcefulness and turn our attention to people who are making the most of what they’ve got.
On Design 2: What is Googie architecture?
‘On Design’ is a weekly feature brought to you by the team behind ‘Section D’. Over a few minutes each week we profile a person, survey a place or unpick an idea that’s changing or shaping the design industry today. In this episode Monocle’s New York bureau chief Ed Stocker…
Why preserve a building?
Last month 17 of modernist architect Le Corbusier’s buildings were added to Unesco’s World Heritage List. We ask why architectural preservation is important and who decides what’s worth saving.
On Design 1: What is postmodern architecture?
‘On Design’ is a weekly feature brought to you by the team behind ‘Section D’. Over the course of a few minutes each week we profile a person, survey a place or unpack an idea that’s shaping the design industry. In this debut episode James Taylor-Foster guides us through the…
Nice package
We carefully unwrap a few treats from the world of packaging design.
By the book
On today’s show we book in some time with the writers, commissioners, printers and editors behind the design world’s budding publishing scene.
Light relief
We turn the spotlight back on itself and take a look at the state of the lighting-design industry. We talk to the man behind lighting giant Flos, visit Vienna’s brightest new-builds and meet the Danish lighting designers making it in the city.
Making room
This week we check out a design-minded solution to rising studio rents, take the temperature after the first month of the much-discussed Venice Architecture Biennale and bring you a few seasonal wardrobe fixes from three far-flung destinations. Plus: we alight in Japan to see a new generation of trains that…
