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
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.
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair highlights
The best from the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, including a focus on young Swedish designers, plus visits to Scandinavian retailers around the world.
Richard Rogers and renovated wind towers
Richard Rogers talks architecture, we report from São Paulo Fashion Week and take a tour of renovated wind towers in Bahrain.
Bringing food and design together
Design and food: chefs Bill Granger and Kamal Mouzawak talk us through their favourite tools and we visit London “jelly mongers” Bompas and Parr.
