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
Haiti’s first fashion week
We head to Haiti to attend the island’s first fashion week, drop in on the Greenbuild Expo in San Francisco and check out Barcelona architecture.
Australian design with Sean Codsell, Lucy Feagins, Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky
Australian design: with Melbourne architect Sean Godsell, we meet Lucy Feagins at the Melbourne Cup and chat to furniture designers Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky.
Design and Norwegian-Japanese relations
We meet Japanese designers in Tokyo, hear from architect Naomi Pollock and learn how design affects Norwegian-Japanese relations.
The best of Dutch Design Week
The best of Dutch Design Week, we hear about the future of Belgian design and visit the Orgatec office furniture event in Köln.
With Erik Spiekermann and Murray Moss
Hugo Macdonald visits the TYPO International Design Talks conference – meeting typographer Erik Spiekermann and also hears from designer Murray Moss in New York.
Telling the story of graphic design
Pearl Lam discusses design, we visit an open house in Lisbon and Monocle’s Richard Spencer Powell considers the story of graphic design.
Discussing ugliness
We visit the World Architecture Festival in Singapore, authot Steven Bayley discusses “ugliness” and we learn about the future of Hong Kong design.
Istanbul’s former face
A focus on Istanbul’s former industrial buildings, a report on Irish craft and a chat with Heather Fraser from Rotman DesignWorks about design in business.
Highlights from London Design Festival
We bring you the highlights from this year’s 10th London Design Festival, including interviews with Martin Roth, Daniel Charny and a tour around Design Junction.
Recycling the Olympics
We find out what happens to the Olympics’ used furniture and chat with architect Andre Fu and fashion designer Christopher Raeburn.
