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
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.
Part 2 of Venice Architecture Biennale: the pavilions
Part two of Venice Architecture Biennale visits pavilions from Angola, Taiwan, Chile and Ireland. We also learn about Rolex’s new mentoring program for architecture.
Part 1 of Venice Architecture Biennale: shaping the architecture industry
This week’s episode is part one of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, bringing you the news and views of people shaping the global architecture industry.
Why we build
We talk to Rowan Moore about his new book “Why We Build” and head to Copenhagen to hear about Jan Gehl’s film “Life Between Buildings”.
Swedish fashion
The show decamps to Stockholm for the city’s fashion week to talk to those working at the heart of Sweden’s clothing industry.
Capturing creativity
A discussion with London designer Dominic Wilcox about his new “Sounds of Making in East London” vinyl recording project, capturing the sound of creativity.
