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.
Latest Episodes
Hadid to Calatrava: a year in design
In this special programme, we look back at the defining ‘Section D’ moments of 2017, including an exhibition that pondered the legacy of Zaha Hadid, an interview with renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, Budapest’s thoughtful…
Burton Kramer
Renowned Canadian graphic designer Burton Kramer discusses his 60-year career and the state of today’s industry. Plus: a lesson in good gift-wrapping with UK design firm Esme Winter.
Meeting Ole Scheeren
German architect Ole Scheeren talks greenery, density and building business in Southeast Asia. We get Jamie Fobert’s tips for running a successful studio and flick through a design-focused travel guide.
V&A’s new Chinese outpost
We mull over the results of the V&A’s new Chinese outpost in Shenzhen’s Design Society, step out with US boot-maker Red Wing and proffer a list of wardrobe essentials for the winter.
Design at the dining table
Maximilian Riedel, the 11th generation president and CEO of the eponymous glassware firm, spills the secrets of successful drinking and dining. Plus: David Mellor Design’s Corin Mellor, choosing chairs with the Design Museum of…
John Pawson
We sit down with master of minimalism John Pawson as he reveals his love of colour in a new photography book, ‘Spectrum’.
Self-built homes
We visit two unlikely lanes in South London to mull over the legacy (and lessons) of self-built architecture in a city struggling to build enough new homes. Plus, a word with Dennis Tay, the…
Can supersonic flight land a new lease of life?
This week we round up of some of the most exciting design developments in travel – in the air and on the ground.
Questioning modern architecture
What most books label the ‘history of architecture’ is often a celebration of a narrow and subjective canon of works. But should we think differently about how we designate the desirable from the architecturally…
Made in North Korea
We examine how product and package design evolves free from exposure to the outside world with Nicholas Bonner’s new book, ‘Made in North Korea’. Plus: ditching the digital with Polaroid’s new instant camera and…
