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Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
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 –Marimekko and Iittalla, and Aled John takes over in the London studio with a retrospective on…
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 Rio shopping centre and Tom Morris sits down with Monocle photo director Poppy Shibamoto to reflect…
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 using old finds to make new furniture.
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 and Monocle fashion director Takeharu Sato looks back on Copenhagen Fashion Week.
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 of the city’s 2014 Design Biennale and pay tribute to the iconic cymbal designs of Zildjian…
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 Park. Part one of two.
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 Roope of Poke to discuss his new work with Mulberry.
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 creative director Richard Spencer Powell sits down to talk about design highlights from this year’s edition…
Judaism and fashion
We head to Israel where fashion writers and ultra-orthodox Jews are striking up a somewhat uneasy relationship, give our verdict on the structure at the centre of New York’s MoMA “Warm Up” music series and get an insight into the summer show at London’s Architectural Association.
Designing Jakarta
We visit Jakarta’s burgeoning design community, assess Jurgen Mayer H’s Metropol Parasol in Seville and take a swing at architect-designed mini-golf courses in Washington.
