Monocle on Design
Monocle
Everything you need to know about the world of design, from furniture to fashion and craft to architecture. Expect fresh stories, new finds and designers and all the latest news from the world’s most exciting studios.
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Networks:
Monocle
Description:
Everything you need to know about the world of design, from furniture to fashion and craft to architecture. Expect fresh stories, new finds and designers and all the latest news from the world’s most exciting studios.
Language:
English
Contact:
Midori House, 1 Dorset Street, London, W1U 4EG, UK +44 20 7725 4388
Email:
info@monocle.com
Episodes
‘Pictograms’ at Japan House and Robert Wilson
8/5/2025
A review of the ‘Pictograms’ exhibition at Japan House in London. Then: we remember the late, great Robert Wilson. And: we kick off our summer series highlighting design essentials for the season.
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Duration:00:30:21
Extra: Bora
7/31/2025
We head to Portugal to meet João Xará, one of the co-founders of this design collective, to discuss why the group formed and the power of experimentation.
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Duration:00:06:08
‘More Than Human’, Marco Sousa Santos and Bolaji Teniola
7/29/2025
The Design Museum in London explores how we might design beyond human needs in its latest exhibition. Then we visit the showroom of Portuguese furniture brand Branca and sit down with interdisciplinary designer Bolaji Teniola.
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Duration:00:26:15
On performing good taste
7/24/2025
Monocle’s associate editor of design and fashion, Grace Charlton, muses on the importance of enjoying good design rather than the performance of merely owning it.
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Duration:00:04:44
Karimoku furniture, Austrian concrete and ‘Slop Magazine’
7/22/2025
We’re in Japan to visit furniture manufacturer Karimoku. Then we consider the use of concrete in Austrian architecture and the team behind ‘Slop Magazine’ discuss graphic design and client relationships.
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Duration:00:26:55
Temitayo Ogunbiyi
7/17/2025
The Lagos-based artist’s exhibition, ‘You will wonder if we would have been friends’, is on at The Noguchi Museum in New York. Ogunbiyi’s artworks playfully blur the line between functional design and art.
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Duration:00:07:30
The Ralph Saltzman Prize 2025, ‘Xisto’ and Bogdan Ciocodeica
7/15/2025
Lulu Harrison, winner of The Ralph Saltzman Prize 2025, discusses her ‘Thames Glass’ project. We also head to Lisbon’s Made in Situ gallery to see its ‘Xisto’ collection. Plus: Romanian designer Bogdan Ciocodeica.
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Duration:00:31:11
Extra: Norman Foster
7/10/2025
The celebrated architect discusses the future of mobility and his project, ‘Gateway to Venice’s Waterways’, at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition.
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Duration:00:05:52
IKAT Indonesia, Nordic design news and Hamrei
7/8/2025
Didiet Maulana, founder of Ikat Indonesia, discusses bringing historical textile techniques to a contemporary audience. Plus: Nordic design news and we hear from the founder of collectible design brand Hamrei.
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Duration:00:29:49
How cars shaped modern architecture
7/3/2025
Writer Christopher Beanland considers the cultural and architectural impact of cars in shaping our built environment.
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Duration:00:08:13
Timber: Darren Appiagyei, Material Cultures and Oregon lumber
7/1/2025
We visit the studio of wood artist Darren Appiagyei, find out why Portland, Oregon, has become a mass-timber hub and design organisation Material Cultures shares why timber isn’t the only vital woodland resource.
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Duration:00:31:19
Lahti International Poster Triennial
6/26/2025
First held in 1975, the event has grown into one of the world’s most respected poster-design competitions, drawing submissions from top talent across the globe. Petri Burtsoff reports.
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Duration:00:08:40
3 Days of Design: Area Luce, Nau, Forma and ‘Home from Home’
6/24/2025
We hear from a global cohort of creatives at Copenhagen’s de facto design week, 3 Days of Design.
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Duration:00:29:03
‘Eastern Blocks II: Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern Bloc’
6/19/2025
The second photographic survey from independent publishing house Zupagrafika considers the building style that dominates much of Eastern Europe. Architectural historian Kateryna Malaia tells us more.
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Duration:00:09:25
‘The Shakers: A World in the Making’, Falé and the Hannah Ryggen Triennale
6/17/2025
The Vitra Design Museum considers how Shakers have inspired designers. Then: we head to Senegal to meet the co-founder of Falé, a brand focusing on hand-spun cotton. Finally, the Hannah Ryggen Triennale in Norway.
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Duration:00:31:58
Extra: ‘Across the Spooniverse’
6/12/2025
In San Diego the Mingei International Museum’s latest exhibition explores how the humble spoon is a vessel for human creativity across the world.
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Duration:00:07:56
London Design Biennale 2025
6/10/2025
The London Design Biennale’s director, Victoria Broackes, and experiential designer and author Rachel Botsman discuss this year’s event and the latter’s “Roots of Trust” installation, which reimagines a historical design artefact.
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Duration:00:30:38
Mariana Ralo
6/5/2025
As part of this year’s Lisbon Design Week, artist Mariana Ralo produced a vast tapestry crafted from nautical rope and rubber for the courtyard at Locke da Santa Joanna hotel.
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Duration:00:05:36
Architect Marina Tabassum
6/3/2025
Architect Marina Tabassum discusses her inspiration for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Then: a report from the third edition of Lisbon Design Week. Plus: we meet Dan Thawley, artistic director of Matter and Shape.
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Duration:00:32:40
‘Visibly Invisible – Artek’s Drawing Office 1936–2004’
5/29/2025
The in-house design team at Finnish furniture company Artek is the focal point of The Alvar Aalto Museum’s summer exhibition. Petri Burtsoff reports.
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Duration:00:08:46