Monocle on Design
Your essential guide to design, covering furniture, craft, and architecture. Discover fresh stories, rising talents, and the latest from top studios.
Latest Episodes
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.
Beijing’s design identity
We visit D&AD in London to look at 50 years of design, discuss the new Paris menswear lines and learn about Beijing’s design identity.
Danish Design Centre’s new face
We meet New York gallerist Murray Moss, check out some prefab architecture in Ljubljana and meet the new CEO of the Danish Design Centre.
Reading design
The role of books in design takes us to a library in Vancouver and we meet the former mayor of Bogotá, whose libraries became famous.
Healing with design
The design series is presented by Monocle’s design editor Hugo Macdonald and focuses on global design, architecture, fashion and graphics.
