Radio
Monocle on Design - Extra: Silk-weaving in Lyon
14 July 2022
We head to Lyon, a city with a storied tradition in textiles, to see how the craft of silk-weaving is being kept alive.
Filter results:
14 July 2022
We head to Lyon, a city with a storied tradition in textiles, to see how the craft of silk-weaving is being kept alive.
12 October 2012
We consider the contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize, author Valerie Hansen discusses the Silk Road, and we meet another of Midori House’s neighbours.
26 January 2018
The Chinese plan for a ‘Polar silk road’, the Czech election that pits a pro-Europe candidate against a pro-Russia one, plus how to spend the weekend in Athens.
19 February 2013
A focus on urban development in Lahore, basket-weaving in Vancouver, and we also discuss silk with an up-and-coming Bulgarian designer and the minds behind Hermès.
29 October 2013
As the World Islamic Economic Forum begins in London we'll find out why the Malaysians are investing billions in London. We'll head to Istanbul to find out about a reinvented 21st-century silk road trade route and we get…
15 March 2019
Karen Mabon is a Scottish designer and illustrator, based in London, who’s known for her colourful and playful silk scarves. Her eponymous label was launched in 2013 after she attended the Royal College of Art. Her pieces…
27 February 2020
How can nature help us when it comes to building products that last? Enter seaweed, silk and cellulose. And how about a few design tips taken from the humble mushroom? Monocle’s Christy Evans unearths some answers.
16 October 2019
This New York-based fashion designer, whose career spans five decades, has always been ahead of the curve, whether reusing parachute silk, designing the sleeping-bag puffer coat that made her name, becoming obsessed with…
22 October 2023
Georgina Godwin interviews former editor in chief of Bloomsbury Publishing, Alexandra Pringle, who held the post for twenty years. Her list of authors includes William Boyd, Margaret Atwood, Richard Ford, Khaled Hosseini…
sign in to monocle
Phone
+44 (0) 20 7725 4349
(view hours)