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
Monocle at NYCxDESIGN
Monocle design editor Tom Morris hosts a special edition of Section D from NYCxDESIGN, featuring the movers, shakers and makers influencing the future of the industry at New York’s biggest design showcase.
The golden age of corporate identity
Monocle design editor Tom Morris reflects on the golden age of corporate identity with Tony Brook of Unit Editions and our Creative Director Richard Spencer Powell. Plus, Alexei Korolyov profiles Austrian talent Susanne Bisovsky and designer Nuno Coelho discusses Portugal’s identity on the 40th anniversary of the revolution that rid…
Palestine’s fashion week
We stretch our legs down the catwalk at Palestinian Fashion Week, talk the business of design retail with MoMA’s director of merchandise and get up close and personal with London’s leading mannequin maker.
Luis Vidal on Heathrow Terminal 2
Deyan Sudjic discusses his new book, “B is for Bauhaus”, we consider the merits of London’s skyline and Luis Vidal joins us to reflect on the new Heathrow Terminal 2.
Salone del Mobile Part 2
Part two of our Salone del Mobile special: we check out the Republic of Fritz Hansen’s showroom, the new BassamFellows store, interview Nike’s chief footwear designer, meet the successful duo Mischer’Traxler and talk design with the team at Herman Miller.
Salone del Mobile Part 1
From the Fiera to the central design districts of Milan, Tom Morris and the team tell the story of Salone del Mobile design fair in 2014. Featuring interviews and insights from the frontline of design, Monocle 24 reports on the strengths and weaknesses of the calendar’s greatest event.
Farrell Review special
Farrell Review special: Section D sits down with the minds behind the just-launched review of the UK’s architecture and built environment to find out what policies and recommendations will change the landscape in Britain. Monocle’s Isabel Kaser also heads along to Baselworld watch fair to review the year’s developments in…
Elevating Britain’s craftsmen
Tom Morris talks craft with the co-founder of an initiative that’s helping to elevate the status – and line the pockets – of craftsmen across the Britain, Sir Anish Kapoor reflects on the distinctions between art and architecture in his work and we profile the best in Brazilian design –…
Fashion magazine’s guide through Toronto’s biannual fashion week
Bernadette Morra of Fashion magazine and others guide the Section D team through some of the new talent at Toronto’s biannual fashion week, plus we head to an exhibition in Vienna that highlights the social aspects of architecture and urban planning, we also speak to the men who are helping…
Alexandra’s architectural heritage
A visit to Egypt to examine the architectural heritage of Alexandria and its future to come, we also meet the man behind the winner of last year’s Design of the Year award – for the UK government’s website and we chat to the former president of the Royal Institute of…
