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
All things Monocle
We drop in on the brand new Monocle Café, we talk to designer Martin Brudnizki and we hear from Monocle’s creative director, Richard Spencer Powell about the importance of working with your hands.
Alice Rawsthorn say shello
Design critic Alice Rawsthorn on her new book “Hello World”, we review the London Design Museum’s Designs of the Year exhibition and pay a visit to Le Corbusier’s only project in the Americas – a house outside Buenos Aires.
The future of the bathroom
The future of the bathroom at ISH fair in Frankfurt, we drop in on a toymaker in Jakarta, an animator in Berlin, and a graphics team in Porto and hear how design is playing a role in the Palestinian and Israeli conflict too.
Heritage printing with Barnard & Westwood
A visit to Berlin architect Matthias Sauerbruch, we learn about heritage printing company Barnard & Westwood and Monocle’s Richard Spencer Powell talks us through the design of the latest issue.
Reviving Jordan’s architecture
A look at an ancient method of earth architecture being revived in Jordan, we drop in on Canadian author Douglas Coupland to talk furniture and take a tour of Spanish oil giant Repsol’s new Madrid headquarters.
Leather, buildings, fashion and perfume
We talk to leather supremo Bill Amberg, architect Pierre de Meuron, fashion designer Peter Jensen and scent expert Sissel Tolaas.
Backstage with Hermés
A focus on urban development in Lahore, basket-weaving in Vancouver, and we also discuss silk with an up-and-coming Bulgarian designer and the minds behind Hermès.
Reporting from the 62nd Stockholm Furniture & Light fair
A special edition from the 62nd Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. We talk to Michael Anastassiades, Magnus Wästberg, the Bolon sisters, the owners of Mjölk and the brains behind Nosh & Chow too.
The future of wearables
Alessandro Benetton on his latest campaign, the inaugural Harvard business-and-design conference and the future of ‘wearables’: accessories combining technology with fashion.
Rounding up IDS, IMM and Maison et Objet
The hits and misses from three design trade fairs in three cities, IDS in Toronto, IMM in Köln and Maison et Objet in Paris.
