Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
IMM Köln furniture fair
With the international design fairs now in full swing we continue our tour as Tom Morris visits the Köln furniture fair. We also call in at Berlin fashion week and preview Design Shanghai, coming…
The Palazzo peacocks
From the Pitti Uomo menswear fair in Florence, Tom Morris talks to some of the most sartorially sensitive signori at the prestigious fashion event.
Staying sharp at the Helsinki Knife Show
As the autumn/winter season hots up in the world of fashion, we meet some of the designers at the London Collections: Men event. Plus, we stay sharp for good design with a visit to…
At home with Nini Andrade Silva
We meet one of Portugal’s most sought after interior designers Nini Andrade Silva on her home island of Madeira, hear from Portland Oregon where a postmodernist monument has just been spared the wrecking ball…
Typography with Erik Spiekermann
We tour Gaudí’s Torre Bellesguard in Barcelona, witness continuing architectural controversy in Belgrade and meet typographic legend Eric Spiekermann in Berlin.
Linking art and design
We explore the links between art and design with artist-cum-architect Anish Kapoor and London’s Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic tells us about his new book.
Porro and lidex
David Plaisant takes us through the best bits of Business of Design Week in Hong Kong. Plus, we head to Milan to learn about the craft of design brand Porro and travel to Toronto…
Design Miami special
Design Miami special: we pick the best from the US’s most prominent design fair including chats with the event’s director Rodman Primack, Seattle-based architects Olson Kundig and we witness the unveiling of a new…
Fifty years of graphic design at the RCA
We discuss 50 years of graphic design at the Royal College of Art, learn about RUA Arquitetos in Rio de Janeiro, head to Beirut to find out about 3D printing and speak to broadcaster…
Back to sketching school
We get our sketch books out as the Royal Drawing School celebrates its recent rebranding, head to Mexico City where American graphic-designer Lance Wyman is much revered, we also get the latest design news…
