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
Design Miami, Aware, Aram at 60
The furniture shop and brand Aram celebrates its 60th birthday and we meet Jesse Lee, Design Miami’s newest owner. Plus: we head to Copenhagen where a new exhibition examines the relationship between architecture and the senses.
Reuse, Refill, Rethink
At the Museum of Brands in London, this exhibition considers how refillable, returnable and repurposed packaging has changed over time. Lucrezia Motta reports.
Skateboarding
How has a plank of wood with four wheels ollied, kick-flipped and carved itself a space in design history? The team considers the humble skateboard’s effect on the industry.
Studiomake
James Chambers profiles the varied roster of work produced by the Thai practice, which includes architecture, furniture and fabrication.
Monocle Design Awards
Highlights from this year’s edition of the Monocle Design Awards, celebrating excellence across all disciplines.
Capsule
The founder and deputy editor of the Milanese platform discuss what radical design means today, as well as the company’s approach to translating stories from the printed page into physical space.
Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile, part 2
In the second edition of our Milan Design Week special, Oki Sato and Sophie Lou Jacobsen join us at our pop-up studio. Plus: we discuss a new title that reproduces the final notebook of architect Louis Kahn and explore an astronomical-inspired work by Benedetta Tagliabue for lighting specialist Artemide.
Nuova at Milan Design Week
Rodrigo Caula and Enrico Pietra are the co-founders of Nuova, a California-based research and innovation luxury-design practice. At this year’s Milan Design Week, they took over Milanese bistro Via Stampa for their immersive installation emulating 1970s Americana.
Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile, part 1
We’re in Italy for Milan Design Week. At our pop-up Monocle Radio studio we meet Giopato & Coombes, Matteo Thun, Yves Béhar and Orior Furniture’s Ciaran McGuigan.
The FDC1 armchair
The sculptural lounge chair fashioned from powder-coated steel and leather has had a revival thanks to French furniture brand Objekto. Stella Roos considers its history – and its designer – Brazilian architect and artist Flávio de Carvalho.
