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Latest Episodes
Material world
We speak to three young designers innovating with new materials at Interzum furniture production fair in Köln. We also ask if renovation and demolition have betrayed the values of Britain’s post-war architecture, and do a stocktake of the new shop at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
On Design 41: How ‘Jantelagen’ shaped Stockholm’s fashion
‘Jantelagen’ – the ‘law of Jante’ – describes the Nordic mentality that celebrates the collective and not standing out from the crowd. Paradoxically, its application in fashion has helped designers from Stockholm distinguish themselves on the world stage.
Eco chamber: Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2017
We bring you interviews and analysis from the world’s premier forum on sustainability in fashion.
On Design 40: Why can’t jet design keep moving?
The commercial air-travel industry is moving fast but passenger jets have looked much the same for decades. Tristan McAllister asks why Boeing’s iconic 737 and 747 are hard to beat.
Making it in the city
Voices from London Craft Week including its founder and chairman Guy Salter, British designer Jonathan Anderson and Barbara Geary Truan, secretary general of The Michelangelo Foundation. Plus, a report from Singapore’s Art Book Fair.
On Design 39: Will Vienna’s ‘Ladenschilder’ last another century?
This week Alexei Korolyov reports on shop signage, or ‘Ladenschilder’, from a city that’s preserved the art better than most: Vienna.
The politics of architecture
On today’s show we visit two exhibitions looking at the meeting point of architecture, design and politics in two very different contexts. Plus, Archdaily editor James Taylor-Foster rounds up the latest developments in architecture and design.
On Design 38: Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
If you’ve ever played a Nintendo games console you’ve probably enjoyed the work of Shigeru Miyamoto. The company’s driving creative force trained as a designer. Here Monocle’s David Phelan takes a closer look at his life and work.
The future of fashion retail
We take a look at fashion start-up Farfetch’s plans to harness digital data to change bricks-and-mortar shopping. Plus, we explore the often hidden interiors of Singapore’s ubiquitous HDB housing blocks, talk mobile architecture and meet a San Francisco designer doing technology differently.
On Design 37: Who was Josef Frank?
Stockholm’s design chops are much touted but one practitioner from Austria helped shape the scene more than most locals. Josh Fehnert explores the legacy of the late Josef Frank.
