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Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
Prime Matter, Raw Mango, Low Collection
We visit Prime Matter, industrial designer Emmanuel Babled’s gallery in Lisbon, meet Sanjay Garg, founder of Indian luxury fashion brand Raw Mango and architect Benni Allan discusses his Low furniture collection.
‘Arranging Things’
New York-based stylist Colin King discusses his recent monograph, published by Rizzoli.
Bard, Young V&A, Paper Fashion
We travel to Bard, an Edinburgh gallery focused on sharing Scottish craft and design. We head to the rebranded and re-vamped Young Victoria & Albert Museum in East London. Plus, we learn of a material innovation in the 1960s that resulted in paper fashion.
Atelier Caracas
We meet Julio Kowalenko and Rodrigo Armas, the team behind cross-disciplinary architectural and design practice Atelier Caracas. They discuss their multifaceted approach and the importance of producing design through a Venezuelan lens.
Brian Clarke, Massimiliano Locatelli, Workwear
Stained glass artist, Brian Clarke, shares the importance and challenges of modernising the ancient art form and architect Massimilano Locatelli discusses his approach to designing interiors and buildings. Plus, curator Eldina Begic reflects on the utopian, political and artistic potential of workwear.
Extra: Birdie
Company co-founder and designer, Hans Augustenborg, discusses his analogue approach to devising a visual solution to the issue of indoor air quality.
Challenging Fast-Fashion Consumption
We highlight the platforms that are challenging fast-paced fashion consumption. Plus: we look at revamping our current wardrobe through rental, repair and sustainable clothing choices.
Extra: Daring drapery
Nadia Al Zagir Balling, co-founder and creative director of &Drape, tells us about the aesthetic potential of curtains.
Fashion Week roundup
Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, joins Nic Monisse in the studio for a sartorial roundup, with analysis and interviews from recent Fashion Weeks in Paris and Milan, as well as Pitti Uomo.
Extra: The Future of Fabrics
We meet Nina Marenzi, founder of The Sustainable Angle, a not-for-profit organisation behind the annual Future Fabrics Expo. The event showcases sustainable, responsibly produced fibres and helps designers to make informed choices when sourcing their materials.
