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Latest Episodes
Farrell Review special
Farrell Review special: Section D sits down with the minds behind the just-launched review of the UK’s architecture and built environment to find out what policies and recommendations will change the landscape in Britain. Monocle’s Isabel Kaser also heads along to Baselworld watch fair to review the year’s developments in…
Elevating Britain’s craftsmen
Tom Morris talks craft with the co-founder of an initiative that’s helping to elevate the status – and line the pockets – of craftsmen across the Britain, Sir Anish Kapoor reflects on the distinctions between art and architecture in his work and we profile the best in Brazilian design –…
Fashion magazine’s guide through Toronto’s biannual fashion week
Bernadette Morra of Fashion magazine and others guide the Section D team through some of the new talent at Toronto’s biannual fashion week, plus we head to an exhibition in Vienna that highlights the social aspects of architecture and urban planning, we also speak to the men who are helping…
Alexandra’s architectural heritage
A visit to Egypt to examine the architectural heritage of Alexandria and its future to come, we also meet the man behind the winner of last year’s Design of the Year award – for the UK government’s website and we chat to the former president of the Royal Institute of…
Changing the rules on exhibition design
The Section D team visit a Portuguese start-up ripping up the rule book on exhibition design. Aled John speaks exclusively to the Austrian furniture team behind Stuben21 and Tom Morris raises a glass with the CEO of French glassware brand Baccarat to mark its 250th anniversary.
Building a house in 4 minutes and 9 seconds
Canadian urban design: we debate the future of one of Toronto’s most contentious pieces of city infrastructure: the Gardiner Expressway. We also discuss a house that takes exactly four minutes and nine seconds to build and pay a visit to some sock designers in Istanbul.
Monocle: the Italian issue
In tribute to the new Italian-themed issue of Monocle, the magazine’s art team discuss the nuts and bolts of its design, architect Nille Juul-Sørensen describes the Hong Kong-influenced Constant Change exhibition and we meet the winner of Canada’s Emerging Designer award, 26-year-old Lukas Peet.
London Fashion Week
We get the commercial and creative lowdown on London Fashion Week, find out how one design brand is turning to its loyal customers to bolster its future and sift through the 76 nominations on the London Design Museum’s Designs Of The Year shortlist.
Serbia’s first ever R&D centre for design
Monocle’s editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé sits down with the CEO of Swiss storage specialists USM, Alexander Scharer, in Zürich, we report on the future of the Tempelhof Airport park in Berlin and pull open the doors to peer into Serbia’s first ever R&D centre dedicated to design.
Cape Town in 2014
Gillian Dobias reports from Cape Town to find out how the World Design Capital proposes to change the landscape in 2014, we drop in at a new exhibition taking a fresh look at how we experience space and give our verdict on a new university campus in Vienna.
