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Latest Episodes
Meeting Yinka Ilori
We grab a seat with London-based furniture designer Yinka Ilori, plus consider the costs of keeping age-old buildings in good nick. Josh Fehnert also counts down the design headlines with writer Christopher Beanland.
Extra: Burberry’s brand boost
The unveiling of Burberry’s new logo recently turned a few heads. The revamp suggests a label taking a subtle new direction. But what does it tell us about the brand’s new chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci? And will the revamp achieve the desired result?
Do we need CBDs?
We talk to the architect behind a from-scratch city centre being built in China and to Monocle’s editor about how working patterns have changed the city. Plus: Josh Fehnert talks design headlines with the editor in chief of ‘Disegno’ magazine.
Extra: The Balkans’ solid effort
Towards a Concrete Utopia is the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective on architecture and urban design in the Tito era. Could it revise negative perceptions of the postwar tower blocks in cities such as Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje? Monocle’s Guy De Launey reports from Ljubljana.
Library design: turning the page
The internet has forced libraries to adapt: what was once a space that merely lent out books has had to become a bona fide meeting place. We learn a few lessons in library design from bookish Finland and find out how Brazil is boosting literacy.
Extra: Funkhaus
Sitting on the banks of the river Spree, the Funkhaus was built in 1951 as a radio broadcast centre for the German Democratic Republic before being abandoned after the fall of the Berlin wall. Fast forward nearly 30 years and the building has been taken over by new owners who…
Greek revival
We head to the Greek capital for a peek inside the studios of the best and brightest in design and architecture. Plus: we delve into the history of mosque design in Britain.
Extra: Who is Gustav Peichl?
Vienna’s architectural legacy is well known but you may not have heard of Gustav Peichl. The Austrian architect’s 70 buildings straddle the mid to late 20th century and are the subject of an intriguing new exhibition. Alexei Korolyov reports.
Reimagining architecture
We explore the work of Bodys Isek Kingelez, a late Congolese artist who reimagined his home city, and offer our take on a new architecture award keen to vaunt the work of lesser-known practices from emerging nations. Plus: Josh Fehnert talks through the design headlines with architecture critic Oliver Wainwright.
Extra: Watching the clock
Technology is eroding our need to wear traditional watches but is the accessory really running out of time? Swiss company Oris doesn’t believe that hour is upon us just yet.
