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Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
Monocle’s guide to good business
A workspace-design special as we delve into Monocle’s brand new book The Monocle Guide to Good Business and visit the offices of Frieze in London, Wonderwall in Tokyo and Mach Architektur in Zürich. Plus we go shopping for sunglasses with designer and founder of Prism, Anna Laub and visit the…
Studio Octopi’s floating swimming pool
Section D heads to Australia to hear from some of those making design happen in Sydney, we take an imaginary dip in the river Thames where Studio Octopi has unveiled plans to create a floating swimming pool, judge books by their covers with Peter Mendelsund, look at lighting design with…
Beirut’s scars
We meet Bruno Maag, creative director of London font specialists Dalton Maag and also talk typesets from Singapore. Plus, we take a look at two new books about Finnish design from Laura Houseley and Robert McCarter, head to Beirut where old scars in the city’s makeup are still not healing…
Modernism with Mies van der Rohe
Liam Aldous heads to Barcelona to visit a stunning modernist house designed by Mies van der Rohe, we get a sneak preview of what’s coming up at the Istanbul Design Biennial with its curator Zoe Ryan, investigate how scents can be used in the design process with a trip to…
Lisbon housing special
Lisbon housing special: Section D travels to two contrasting areas of the city, Bairro da Liberdade and Portela de Sacavem, to examine the legacy of Lisbon’s housing programmes from the past five decades. Plus we report on housing initiatives pursued by Lisbon City Hall and look at the work of…
Behind New York’s Park Hyatt capital?
We take a hard-hat tour of the new Park Hyatt hotel in New York with the design firm behind it, Yabu Pushelberg. Plus, a look at how architecture can be a tool for change with the director of Architecture for Humanity, Eric Cesal and we get the latest design stories…
Melbourne: the new furniture capital?
Adrian Craddock reports on mid-century modern pieces in the unlikely furniture capital of Melbourne, Markus Hippi heads to Fire Island, New York, to visit an architecture studio that’s helped create the seaside town’s identity and Aled John speaks to the newly appointed executive director of Architecture for Humanity, Eric Cesal.
Saddles from Brooks England
To mark the arrival of the Tour de France, Section D takes its own tour of the Brooks England factory – purveyor of the finest bicycle saddles in the business. We also discover a new collection of stationery by French luxury house Hermès and Justin McGuirk joins Tom Morris to…
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 and find out how Herman Miller will improve your quality of life in the office.
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 and we also head to Skopje to find out why in just four years the city’s…
