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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Extra: Orla Kiely: ‘A Life in Pattern’
The National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland, celebrates the bold patterns and organic shapes found in Orla Kiely’s work in its latest exhibition.
Vince Frost, ‘The Craft of Carpentry’, Mirkku Kullberg
Graphic designer Vince Frost reflects on his decades in practice; plus Japan’s carpentry culture is front and centre at a new exhibition in London. We then meet Mirkku Kullberg, CEO of Swedish rug company…
Extra: From fashion to furniture
Monocle’s design editor Nic Monisse reflects on the blurred boundaries between the design and fashion industries.
Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan’, Make Play
Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: we visit Young V&A in London to meet designer Charlie Boyden.
Extra: ‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection’
The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.
Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja
Highlights from the most recent edition of the Collect 2025 art and design fair, and we preview one of the stories in Monocle’s latest March issue. Plus, we find out more about the designer…
Extra: Madrid Design Festival 2025
Monocle’s Liam Aldous reports from the 8th edition of the annual Madrid Design Festival.
Design Biennale Rotterdam
Highlights from the inaugural edition of the Design Biennale Rotterdam, featuring experimental and collectible design from local and international designers. Across the city, participants have responded to the overarching theme: “What’s Real is Unfamiliar”.
Extra: Diary at the ready
Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, considers some key dates and events to mark out on your design calendar.
‘Soane and Modernism: Make it New’, ‘The Brutalist’ and County Hall Pottery
We find out how Sir John Soane was a forerunner of modernist architecture and discuss the award-winning feature film, ‘The Brutalist’. Plus, a visit to a pottery studio and exhibition space in central London.
