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
The minds behind the London Festival of Architecture
We enjoy a roundtable discussion with the minds behind the London Festival of Architecture. Plus: we head to the UK flagship store of La Portegna, hear from the general manager of luxury brand Tod’s…
Ancient Rome’s urban transformation
Section D dons its dickie-bow for a visit to the world’s biggest menswear event, Pitti Uomo, in Florence. Plus, a new exhibition in London that traces the history of Soviet industrial and product design…
World Cup’s design story
A look at designs that have influenced the World Cup over the years, we also visit a revamped Brazilian training ground, profile British designer Asif Khan in Melbourne, assess the layout of Cairo’s green…
Venice Architecture Biennale special
Venice Architecture Biennale special: Tom Morris presents the best of the annual event with insights from Minsuk Cho – the architect and curator of this year’s winning Korean pavilion, we also look at the…
100 years of typography from Monotype and Pentagram
We visit the AIGA exhibition looking at the past 100 years of typography curated by Monotype and Pentagram. Plus, Christopher Jenner and Pavlo Schtakleff of Sé meet Aled John at Clerkenwell Design Week and…
A Japanese Batman
Lars Bevanger reports on the Utøya memorial designs of Jonas Dahlberg and the delicate balancing act of private and public grief. We also sit down with New Deal Design’s Gadi Amit to hear about…
Monocle at NYCxDESIGN
Monocle design editor Tom Morris hosts a special edition of Section D from NYCxDESIGN, featuring the movers, shakers and makers influencing the future of the industry at New York’s biggest design showcase.
The golden age of corporate identity
Monocle design editor Tom Morris reflects on the golden age of corporate identity with Tony Brook of Unit Editions and our Creative Director Richard Spencer Powell. Plus, Alexei Korolyov profiles Austrian talent Susanne Bisovsky…
Palestine’s fashion week
We stretch our legs down the catwalk at Palestinian Fashion Week, talk the business of design retail with MoMA’s director of merchandise and get up close and personal with London’s leading mannequin maker.
Luis Vidal on Heathrow Terminal 2
Deyan Sudjic discusses his new book, “B is for Bauhaus”, we consider the merits of London’s skyline and Luis Vidal joins us to reflect on the new Heathrow Terminal 2.
