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
Rounding up IDS, IMM and Maison et Objet
The hits and misses from three design trade fairs in three cities, IDS in Toronto, IMM in Köln and Maison et Objet in Paris.
Parisian menswear and perfume
We check out menswear collections from Paris Fashion Week, look at the German construction industry at the BAU fair in Munich, drop in on the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and learn how to…
Curating Valentino
A report on menswear from Pitti Uomo in Florence, we sit down with the curator of the Valentino: Master of Couture retrospective at Somerset House and hear from architect Peter Besley of Assemblage –…
Selfridges No Noise initiative and the importance of the unimportant
We talk to Alannah Weston about the No Noise initiative at Selfridges, design guru Richard Seymour discusses the importance of the unimportant and we learn about Vancouver’s wooden skyscrapers with architect Michael Green.
2012 highlights
Best of 2012: We enjoy the past year of Section D and bring you the very best of 52 episodes of design stories.
Festive design: from Leaf Skis to ideal presents
For our festive special we head to Lake Como to hear how Leaf Skis are made, we speak to the people behind Makers & Brothers, plus design companies Mungo and Maud and Lagom Design…
Seoul’s design scene and festive fragrances
We attend the President’s Design Award Singapore 2012, check out the design scene in Seoul and sit down with Cartier’s in-house perfumier Mathilde Laurent to hear about festive fragrances.
Talking perfume with Dawn Goldworm
Business of Design Week in Hong Kong, Design Miami in Florida, and chats with Kenya Hara, Asif Khan and perfumer Dawn Goldworm.
Canadian design
Canadian design special: Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto, we find the maker community in Vancouver and sit down with designers Yabu Pushelberg.
Renovating the security council chamber
A sneak peek at the renovated UN Security Council Chamber, we attend London’s Sleep 2012 expo and inspect the archives of brutalist architect Denys Lasdun.
