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
Calligraphy with Rajiv Surendra
We turn on the neon in Seoul and drop in on an expo dedicated to signage, we also meet an industry leader in calligraphy, Rajiv Surendra and visit a landmark of hi-tech architecture (from…
25 years after Danube Island
Elna Nykanen Andersson reports from the Swedish Association of Architects’ annual gala about how the city is bracing itself as its population rapidly increases and we decamp to Austria 25 years after the pioneering…
Portugal and cork
Monocle’s creative director Richard Spencer Powell and photo director Poppy Shibamoto discuss the design of our biggest ever issue, we meet the minds behind a pioneering new multi-faith centre in Berlin and visit Portugal…
Paris’s newest design star Pauline Deltour
Monocle’s David Plaisant is in Turin to visit the city’s Paratissima design show, Aled John heads to Paris to meet with rising design star Pauline Deltour and our creative director Richard Spencer Powell talks…
Balancing design and activism with Femke Herregraven
Femke Herregraven, winner of this year’s Mini Dutch Design Award for a young designer tells Aled John how she balances design with activism and we’re given a tour of the exhibitions at the iconic…
Exploring Dutch Design Week
Dutch design special: Section D heads to Eindhoven to explore Dutch Design Week with chats with from the event’s director Martijn Paulen, and chief design officer for Philips Lighting, Rogier Van Der Heide, tells…
The man behind Studio 54
Jorge P Silva of Aires Mateus architects in Lisbon reflects on the state of Portuguese architecture, our Toronto correspondents report on both the local fashion week and ICAMA (International Conference on Adaptation and movement…
Brazil on the global stage
We speak to Brazilian retailers and designers helping put the nation on the global stage. Brazil aside. Plus visits to two film festivals dedicated to architecture on the silver screen – one in New…
Canada’s IIDEX conference
Our Toronto bureau chief Nelly Gocheva reports from Canada’s largest architecture and design event – the IIDEX conference, Tomos Lewis joins the world’s graphic design giants at the members-only annual AGI Open conference in…
London Design Festival special Part 2
London Design Festival special part two: Yves Behar tells Monocle editor Andrew Tuck how good design and environmental concerns can go hand in hand, HTC’s senior vice president of design Scott Croyle outlines how…
