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
London Design Festival special Part 1
London Design Festival special: we traverse all corners of the city meeting a mix of organisers, designers and observers, to discover why 2013’s event has been bigger than ever before.
Monocle on Lisbon Architecture Triennale
Lisbon Architecture Triennale Special: featuring interviews with chief curator Beatrice Galilee and Jimenez Lai, winner of this year’s Debut Award. Plus Zak Kyes – the designer behind the triennale’s identity.
Monocle at Maison et Object
100th episode special: we’re in Paris for this season’s edit of design fair Maison et Objet featuring interviews with Sheridan Coakley, founder of London-based retailer and manufacturer SCP, two giants of the FInnish design scene…
The Ottoman legacy
We investigate the ongoing legacy of one of the Ottoman Empire’s most imposing architectural talents Mimar Sinan, talk with Israeli architect Nir Sivan to discuss a unique new work he is unveiling in a…
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…
