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.
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Restelo, Plank, ‘dugnad’
This week we tour a Lisbon neighbourhood brimming with beautiful buildings, meet a classic Italian furniture brand that is rapidly modernising and explore the Norwegian concept of ‘dugnad’.
Menswear special
We head to Florence for Pitti Uomo and Milan for Men’s Fashion Week. Plus: we catch up with Giuseppe Santamaria, a photographer who documents street style around the globe.
Fashion news, Antigone Ceramics and beauty in buildings
We preview a busy year ahead for the fashion industry and visit a ceramics studio that’s a hit with chefs and restaurants in Athens. Plus: we discuss a new UK policy that aims to…
Martha Schwartz, Cubitts and Shantell Martin
We sit down with legendary landscape architect Martha Schwartz, make our own set of precision-fitted spectacles and discuss the benefits of collaborative projects.
What we learned: a design special
Nic Monisse reflects on what we’ve learned in the design industry this year. Plus: we explore Remai Modern, a public art museum in Saskatoon, Canada.
The best of ‘Monocle on Design’
Nolan Giles and the team behind ‘Monocle on Design’ take a look back at some of the programme’s highlights from the past year.
Richard Baird, Antwerp lace and menswear trends
We speak to brand identity designer Richard Baird and learn about Antwerp’s significant role in lace production. Plus: Aleks Cvetkovic joins us in the studio to reflect on menswear in 2021.
US special: Design Miami and Khruangbin
We meet the incoming curatorial director of this year’s Design Miami. Plus: musical trio Khruangbin give us some insight into the creation of their unique tour posters.
M+ museum, Maripedia and Lilli Hollein
We head to M+, Hong Kong’s impressive new visual-culture museum. Plus: we learn about Finnish fashion brand Marimekko’s pattern database and Alexei Korolyov meets Lilli Hollein, director of Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts.
Scotland’s capital of cashmere
We visit Hawick, Scotland’s capital of cashmere, and discuss BMW’s new concept car, which is made almost entirely from recyclable materials. Plus: a new exhibition celebrating Danish architecture firm Tegnestuen Vandkunsten.
