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Latest Episodes
Design for the long haul
On the back of Qantas’s first non-stop Perth-to-London flight, we meet David Caon, the man charged with designing a comfortable long-haul experience. Plus: our first impressions from Milan Design Week 2018.
Latin America’s future builders
We head to São Paulo, Mexico City and Santiago de Chile to find out which Latin American architects are making waves abroad. Plus: our Fashion editor on why LVMH is playing musical chairs with its designers.
Building on water
Architects have long used water to reflect or adorn their work. We meet the editor of a new title making waves in the world of residential architecture. Plus a word with landscape architect Kongjian Yu about solving China’s water crisis and a flick through the finest design magazines with journalist…
What’s in an image?
We trace the origins of mid-century theatre posters in the UK, sit down with Greek film-poster designer Vasilis Marmatakis and head to Australia to speak to musician Mark Pritchard and visual artist Jonathan Zawada about their favourite cover art.
House Rules
As cities struggle to provide homes in the numbers and to the quality that many desire, we head to London’s Alexandra Road Estate and visit the work of the Amsterdam School for inspiration. Plus: Jo McCafferty from Levitt Bernstein gives us an architect’s view on social housing.
Perfecting pavilions
We put up a case for pavilions, those temporary structures that leave lasting impressions, enliven social spaces and make visitors think, and sit down with the folk designing them, from Snarkitecture in New York to Asif Khan’s creation for the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Saturday night’s alright: bar design
How do you design a venue to last? We head backstage at London mainstay Ronnie Scott’s. Plus: a hospitality consultant giving restaurants and bars their hum from Copacabana to the Black Forest and the week’s design headlines.
Slow retail
In a world of fast fashion, Venetian brand Slowear’s CEO speaks out on the importance of taking one’s time. Plus: Monocle’s Jamie Waters on Milan and Paris’s respective fashion weeks and highlights from Madrid’s inaugural Design Festival.
Divine provenance
With the hows and wheres of production more important than ever, we bag an interview with Swedish accessories brand Sandqvist and design journalist Katie Tregidden. Plus: why gloomy headlines aren’t dampening the spirits of Greece’s native makers.
Moomin on up
We sit down with the creative director of the Moomins brand who’s teamed up with a notable London retailer to create a design-minded shop touting these lovable trolls to a new generation. We also hear from Monocle’s Design editor who delivers a digest of Stockholm Design Week.
