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
2015 for Milan
The best of Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, including Joseph Grima – editor of Domus magazine and a look at the city’s 2015 Expo plans.
Marcio Kogan’s studio
Chicago’s Architecture and Design Film Festival, we visit the studio of Marcio Kogan and head to Berlin to speak with Jürgen Mayer H.
Design’s new generation
Design’s new generation: we travel to Cape Town which will be world design capital in 2014 and visit an unusual New York denim brand.
Globe-Trotter suitcases
Design, transport and travel: the Chicago bicycle scene, Hamburg’s Aircraft Interiors Expo and Broxbourne, England’s famous Globe-Trotter suitcases.
Ohio design in San Francisco
Part two of our John Pawson interview, we visit Ohio Design in San Francisco, and talk with London’s Viaduct store about chairs.
Minimalism with John Pawson
Minimalist architect John Pawson joins in the studio, we look at the roles of women in post-war textiles and Poppy Shibamoto discusses furniture.
Design’s financial footprint
How designers are tightening budgets and reducing consumption, we meet a young architect in Washington and visit New Delhi to hear about Indian design.
Sir James Dyson’s industrial design
Sir James Dyson educates us on industrial design, we learn of the revival of wind towers in Bahrain and talk to Beirut designer Karim Chaaya.
Backstage at London Fashion Week
Fashion special: we meet Paul Smith, go backstage at London Fashion Week and visit the studio of Scottish knitting specialist Donna Wilson.
Budapest’s best view
A building with the best view in Budapest, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels discusses sustainability and we learn about Cuba’s National Art Schools.
