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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.

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100 episodes

  1. How can you tell good design from bad? Alix Getreide and Scott Bridgens on the importance of instinct 28:53
  2. Patricia Anastassiadis on inspiring Brazilian architecture. Plus: How to gift better with Christine Gachot 25:48
  3. Monocle’s new ‘Design Directory’ with Peter Zumthor. Plus: Clara Krzentowski on design fair Pad London 33:25
  4. Establishing a sense of place with Range Rover 14:13
  5. Exploring the essence of good art and design with Range Rover 24:21
  6. The future of car design at the Paris Motor Show 35:28
  7. How to party properly and shop well with Studio Boum and Kartell 31:53
  8. What can architecture do for fashion? Nathan Rich on his design work at The Met 40:07
  9. The architecture of happiness with Omar Gandhi, Alvar Aalto and Louis Kahn 36:50
  10. Chaos, risk and design with Louise Liljencrantz and Christopher Dessus 28:48
  11. Design on display: Es Devlin of Homo Faber on how good curation brings objects to life 33:33
  12. Highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference and Manuel Aires Mateus on intelligent architecture 30:45
  13. Objects that change the world for the better with designer Sébastien El Idrissi 30:59
  14. What can designers learn from the principles of Japanese gardening? 28:46
  15. A cut above: Allday Goods founder Hugo Worsley on reinventing the kitchen knife 30:47
  16. Narrative design and clubbing with Pirajean Lees 27:52
  17. Linda Boronkay on designing for the soul. Plus: late-night kebabs get a chic makeover 31:36
  18. Interior architect Alex Holloway takes inspiration from cinema and online slang 29:07
  19. What separates luxury interiors from the rest? 33:08
  20. Henry Wilson’s philosophy of designing imperfection and Rolf Fehlbaum on the importance of friendship 33:38
  21. From house to home: Fernanda Canales, Thuma’s Alec Banks and the importance of ritual with Sophie Lou Jacobsen 31:14
  22. What does ‘good taste’ mean in interior design? The view from Tara Bernerd and Dan Rosen 32:39
  23. How do you revive a club as historic as Paris’s Bus Palladium? 33:04
  24. Does Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design now rival Milan Design Week? 32:26
  25. Is imperfection becoming a trend? A view of the future from NYCxDesign 2026 30:07
  26. Feeling over form and function: the design principles of Tola Ojuolape and Rodolfo Agrella 32:05
  27. Redesigning London’s shared cultural spaces with Jayden Ali. Plus: Reykjavík’s DesignMarch 2026 31:38
  28. Let’s get flexible: Mark Haydon and Kim Colin on adaptability in design 27:18
  29. Exploring Mexico City’s thriving design landscape with Tatiana Bilbao 27:37
  30. Modern luxury: Simone Stephens and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen on living well 26:05
  31. Monocle Design Awards 2026 with Jean-Baptiste Anotin 28:16
  32. A sense of place with Dan Witten-Hannah and Sophie Lou Jacobsen 32:04
  33. Deyan Sudjic on the legacy of Andrea Branzi. Plus: Designing for Artificial Life with Sacha Leong 31:38
  34. Touring Prototype Island with Design Singapore Council 34:58
  35. A tour around the 64th edition of Salone del Mobile 27:02
  36. Is collectable design on the rise at Salone del Mobile? A selection of highlights from Milan Design Week 2026 27:38
  37. The rise and rise of Brazilian design with Jig. Plus: touring the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht. 28:31
  38. Just deserts: Exploring AlUla’s pioneering design residencies with curator Emily Marant 28:36
  39. What is ‘Hyakkō’? A deep dive into Japan’s thriving craft scene with curator Nagata Takahiro 26:35
  40. Simone Brewster on the narrative of objects. Plus: the Dominican Republic’s rising design scene 35:11
  41. Matter and Shape, part two: Architecture and Genius Loci, Larger Than Life, Through the Looking Glass 44:59
  42. Co-design and luxury hospitality: Sour’s Pinar Guvenc and GA’s Jessica Morrison on the creative process 30:51
  43. Matter and Shape, part one: Investigating Editions, New Cultural Landscapes and Olfactory Oral 38:49
  44. What can Korean craft teach us about our possessions? Hyo Jung Lee on her book ‘Jeong’ 33:44
  45. Do local materials make objects better? Emmie Massias on the rise of Vietnamese design 28:51
  46. Is it time to go back to human-centred design? TF Chan on Collect 2026 30:13
  47. New Materials: Range Rover 24:43
  48. Honouring brand legacy with the Pantone Colour Institute and the Louis Kahn Foundation 31:40
  49. Defining Brand: Range Rover 19:24
  50. Japan’s future plazas with Met Team Architects and sculpture as jewellery with Giles Miller 32:37