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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Making a splash
We take a tour of one of Oscar Niemeyer’s lesser-known buildings in Lebanon – the Tripoli International Fair – and investigate Tiffany’s new CT60 watch collection with the firm’s vice-president, Nicola Andreatta. Plus: a…
Nautical fashion: ahoy, there!
We head to Cannes for the Mipim trade fair – the annual jamboree for the world’s property developers – to discover the crucial role that architects will play in building great estates for the…
From bikinis to bathrooms
A global whip-round of this week’s design stories. Tom Morris goes to Baselworld watch fair and we meet the new president of Finnish design house Marimekko. Plus we go to Rio see the bikinis…
McQueen: the man and the masterpieces
Section D takes a special look at the incredible creations of the most important fashion designer of his time: Alexander McQueen. We take a tour of the V&A Museum’s vast retrospective and discuss McQueen’s…
African design
A focus on African design: Tom Morris sits down with French art director Pierre-Christophe Gam and architect and furniture designer Ifeanyi Oganwu. Plus we hear from the Vitra Design Museum where contemporary African design…
Björk in print
The story behind ‘Björk: Archives’, the new print volume accompanying the Icelandic superstar’s retrospective at MoMa. Plus, adaptive architecture with Bjarke Ingels, the opening of Barcelona’s Museu del Disseny and we take a closer…
Design legacy
A conversation with high-minded Italian architect Renzo Piano about his aim of thinking big for his home nation’s suburbs and we look to the Netherlands where fans are celebrating the creator of Miffy the…
Design in Japan
A look at the new Japan-themed Issue 81 of Monocle with the magazine’s photo-director Poppy Shibamoto. Plus, a look back at the career of industrial-designer Kenji Ekuan, we savour the scent of Parisian perfumers…
From South Korea to King’s Cross
Introducing a showcase of the best young South Korean architects. Plus artist Anne Howeson’s drawings of London’s King’s Cross, FilmDoo’s film-poster competition and architectural cut-outs from Poland.
Design at work
A look at business-minded design, with Paola Navone at Ercol and Alexander Girard at Vitra, we take a tour of Manhattan’s new One Madison building and reappraise some magnificent UK office blocks just awarded…
