Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
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Extra: Krehky
The Czech brand produces limited-edition products manufactured in Czechia through collaborations with emerging and established designers. We meet its co-founder, Jana Zielinski.
William Smalley, ‘Fashion City’, TAKT
Architect William Smalley tells us what makes the ideal ‘quiet space’ and Danish brand TAKT rethinks how we design, build and sell furniture. Plus: we visit a new exhibition, ‘Fashion City’, at the Museum of London Docklands.
The Stelo glass
We meet Ambra Dentella, designer of the Stelo glass, one of the creatives at the London design incubator, Atelier100.
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.
Extra: ‘Antifurniture’
We head to London’s Design Museum, where a new interactive display aims to challenge our understanding of furniture design.
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.
Extra: Mantú
We visit the Milanese showroom of the luxury womenswear brand that pairs Italian craftsmanship with a modern and elegant aesthetic.
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 for this year’s edition of Design Fair Asia.
Extra: Helsinki Design Week
Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, gives a roundup of this year’s edition.
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.
