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.
Latest Episodes
Refract, Matthew Hilton, LMN Architects
We preview the forthcoming Refract glass arts festival in Seattle and meet British industrial designer Matthew Hilton to discuss his first sculpture show in London.
Vienna Design Week, Fashion Week Reflections, British Ceramics Biennial
We head to the Austrian capital for its design week and review the recent run of fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris. Plus: a visit to Stoke-on-Trent for the British Ceramics Biennial.
London Design Festival
At this year’s London Design Festival we meet social enterprise POor Collective, winner of the Emerging Design Medal, and enter the bright world of artist and designer Morag Myerscough. We also stop by Singapore…
London Fashion Week
We recap the recent event with Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, and visit an exhibition supporting and celebrating design rebels. Plus: the platform ushering in a more diverse group of fashion-industry professionals.
Paris Design Week 2023
We reflect on the opening days of Paris Design Week, where we drop into a showcase at Studio KO, speak to design collective Meet Met Met and talk to designer Pierre Marie.
Quality of Life with Manuel Cervantes, Aurelia Rauch, Merlin Ouboter
We look back at The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2023. We hear from award-winning Mexican architect Manuel Cervantes, talk branding, typography and graphic design with Bergos bank’s Aurelia Rauch and enjoy a spin…
‘Beyond Granite’, Bandaloop, At Kollektive
We head to Washington to visit a series of new monuments and memorials, and scale St Paul’s Cathedral in London to learn about the link between choreography and the built environment. Plus, we join…
Tosin Oshinowo, PET lamp, Asim Waqif
Tosin Oshinowo shares how she scaled her architectural firm and product designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón celebrates 10 years of the PET lamp. Plus, artist Asim Waqif discusses his ongoing collaborative approach to working…
Aberto, Please Wait to Be Seated, Sondek LP12-50
We discuss an art exhibition taking place in São Paulo and pull up a chair with Danish furniture brand, Please Wait to Be Seated, whose latest perch is made from flax. Plus: a collaboration…
Moki Cherry, White Arkitekter
We enter the technicolour world of Swedish creative Moki Cherry and learn about the challenges of sustainable timber structures with White Arkitekter. We also discuss emerging design talent in Poland.
