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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
Lawrence Steele, Kusheda Mensah
Lawrence Steele, creative director of Italian label Aspesi, takes us through his vision for the clothing brand. Plus, London-based maker Kusheda Mensah shares her creative journey in crafting a modular furniture collection.
Extra: Sprucing up for spring
Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, ponders one goal that a design practice or studio should consider.
Baux, Ganni and Arc
We explore the link between materials and wellbeing with acoustic specialists Baux. Then we discuss Ganni’s latest collaboration with Copenhagen’s Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst. Plus: what would a reimagining of the English country house look like today?
Extra: Atelier100
We look at a shop in London where all of the products on offer have been developed and produced within a 100km radius of the city.
East London Cloth, Brioni and Kimberly Dowdell
We visit a textile studio in east London and head to Milan to meet Brioni’s design director. Plus: the incoming president of the American Institute of Architects discusses her plans.
Extra: Chateau Orlando
Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall explains how Cornish folklore has provided ample inspiration for the latest collection from his homeware and fashion brand.
Paris special
We bring you the best of what was on show at two events in the French capital: trade fair Maison&Objet and Paris Fashion Week for menswear.
Extra: ‘Cycles’ and ‘Multiplicity’
We reflect on the exhibitions still open to the public as part of Lisbon’s recent Architecture Triennale.
An architecture special
We tour the revamped Slovak National Gallery, meet architect Camilo Restrepo to discuss tropical architecture and visit an inflatable installation in London’s financial district.
Extra: A real pane
In Paris’s 12th arrondissement, we visit a stained-glass atelier to find out why the craft is as relevant as ever.
