Monocle on Design
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Monocle on Design

by 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.

102 episodes
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1
Matter and Shape, part two: Architecture and Genius Loci, Larger Than Life, Through the Looking Glass
44:59 Mar 19, 2026
2
Co-design and luxury hospitality: Sour’s Pinar Guvenc and GA’s Jessica Morrison on the creative process
30:51 Mar 17, 2026
3
Matter and Shape, part one: Investigating Editions, New Cultural Landscapes and Olfactory Oral
38:49 Mar 12, 2026
4
What can Korean craft teach us about our possessions? Hyo Jung Lee on her book ‘Jeong’
33:44 Mar 10, 2026
5
Do local materials make objects better? Emmie Massias on the rise of Vietnamese design
28:51 Mar 3, 2026
6
Is it time to go back to human-centred design? TF Chan on Collect 2026
30:13 Feb 24, 2026
7
New Materials: Range Rover
24:43 Feb 18, 2026
8
Honouring brand legacy with the Pantone Colour Institute and the Louis Kahn Foundation
31:40 Feb 17, 2026
9
Defining Brand: Range Rover
19:24 Feb 11, 2026
10
Japan’s future plazas with Met Team Architects and sculpture as jewellery with Giles Miller
32:37 Feb 10, 2026
11
Telling stories through design with Andu Masebo and creative studio Birch
31:16 Feb 3, 2026
12
Nichecraft and placemaking with Luca Nichetto and David Galullo
31:27 Jan 27, 2026
13
How does a city affect design? Miminat Shodeinde and Joris Laarman on process and place
31:22 Jan 20, 2026
14
Design in Dubai with ARDH Collective and Some Kind of Practice
30:33 Jan 13, 2026
15
Taking design cues from nature with Altere Studios and Tom Kundig
30:45 Jan 6, 2026
16
The best of 2025
30:31 Dec 30, 2025
17
Moving forward via tradition with Tekla. Plus: Balkrishna Doshi at the Vitra Design Museum
30:47 Dec 23, 2025
18
How to spot timeless design and make DIY chic with SCP and MG&Co
30:54 Dec 16, 2025
19
Design Miami with Jen Roberts and Moderne Gallery
30:51 Dec 9, 2025
20
Making the bed: The importance of design for our bedrooms with Thuma and Rise & Fall
31:33 Dec 2, 2025
21
Yinka Ilori and Kjetil Thorsen on the role that design can play in shaping mood and memory
33:47 Nov 25, 2025
22
The aesthetics of functionality with Nifemi Marcus Bello and Wes Anderson
33:29 Nov 18, 2025
23
‘Designers on Sofas’ special: Why the couch is so often overlooked, with Ilse Crawford and Eran Chen
32:00 Nov 11, 2025
24
Rethinking timekeeping for the 21st century with luxury watchmakers Ressence
28:08 Nov 4, 2025
25
Frieze Connect’s Charlene Prempeh on the unexpected effects of good art and design
28:56 Oct 28, 2025
26
‘A fingerprint isn’t a flaw’: Michael Anastassiades on the art of small details
33:52 Oct 21, 2025
27
Extra: ‘Bad Language’
10:25 Oct 20, 2025
28
Extra: ‘Bad Language’
31:15 Oct 16, 2025
29
Driving Forward: Range Rover
19:20 Oct 16, 2025
30
Lessons learned
31:15 Oct 14, 2025
31
Extra: St Wolfgang station, home to the Schafberg cog railway
11:18 Oct 9, 2025
32
Artek at 90, Michael Bennett and Dennis Cheung
29:42 Oct 7, 2025
33
Extra: Dulwich Picture Gallery
7:10 Oct 2, 2025
34
British Ceramics Biennial, October issue preview and Vienna Design Week
34:47 Sep 30, 2025
35
Extra: Emre Arolat
8:23 Sep 25, 2025
36
London Design Festival, Studio Brière and Katie Treggiden
30:44 Sep 23, 2025
37
Extra: POV Budapest
9:28 Sep 18, 2025
38
Helsinki Design Week at 20, London’s Open House Festival and Zurich Design Weeks
29:44 Sep 16, 2025
39
Extra: Willie Williams
10:40 Sep 11, 2025
40
Quality of Life Conference design round-up
30:54 Sep 9, 2025
41
Extra: Hyu Lim
6:53 Sep 4, 2025
42
World Design Congress and the ‘Richard Rogers: Talking Buildings’ exhibition
28:36 Sep 2, 2025
43
Extra: Dharma Taylor
5:57 Aug 28, 2025
44
Obin, haptic feedback and the conclusion to our summer series
31:24 Aug 26, 2025
45
Extra: Cabin Fever 2025
12:30 Aug 21, 2025
46
Summer schools
29:05 Aug 19, 2025
47
Extra: ‘Perfection’
5:32 Aug 14, 2025
48
Supermundane, architecture and landscape and another instalment of our summer series
28:19 Aug 12, 2025
49
Extra: Who was Lorenzo Homar?
11:08 Aug 7, 2025
50
‘Pictograms’ at Japan House and Robert Wilson
30:21 Aug 5, 2025
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