Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering fashion, furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
Envisaging peace between Palestines and Israel
We talk with Michael Ian Kaye of global creative agency Mother, meet architects in Israel who have recently envisaged what peace with Palestine would look like and visit a Hong Kong design firm that’s…
Kengo Kuma on Dundee’s V&A
Japanese architectural master Kengo Kuma reflects on his new commission for Dundee’s V&A Museum, we head to an exhibition celebrating new architecture in Antarctica, London Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic discusses its impending relocation…
Istanbul special: tracking urban design
In part two of our Turkey special we chart the legacy of Istanbul’s urban design through French city planner Henri Prost and former prime minister Adnan Menderes. We also sit down the new director…
Istanbul special: design among unrest
Istanbul Special: Section D travels to the Turkish city to discover how the origins of its current unrest lie in an architectural and urban design protest against a proposed development in Istanbul’s central Gezi…
Controversy with Berlin
We learn why the redevelopment of the Berlin City Palace is such a controversial project, take a trip into the future at the London Design Museum’s Industrial Revolution exhibition and sit down with Nicholas…
A retrospective on Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers turns 80 and we get a tour around a retrospective of his life’s work at the Royal Academy, we talk fonts with the maker of stop-motion film about the topic and Monocle…
Judaism and fashion
We head to Israel where fashion writers and ultra-orthodox Jews are striking up a somewhat uneasy relationship, give our verdict on the structure at the centre of New York’s MoMA “Warm Up” music series…
Designing Jakarta
We visit Jakarta’s burgeoning design community, assess Jurgen Mayer H’s Metropol Parasol in Seville and take a swing at architect-designed mini-golf courses in Washington.
Beirut, Barlett and Norway
A visit to the second annual Beirut Design Week, the Barlett School of Architecture Summer Show and we also check out a Norwegian design exhibition in Tokyo.
Architects Without Borders
We sit down with creative director of Uniqlo, Naoki Takizawa. Plus, a visit to the Architects Without Borders congress in Vienna and we get bidding at London salvage firm Lassco’s inaugural auction too.
