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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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    ‘Visibly Invisible – Artek's Drawing Office 1936–2004'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 8:46


    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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The fabric architecture of Do Ho Suh 

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 29:07


    South Korean artist Do Ho Suh discusses his ongoing fabric-architecture series and the laborious process of producing these structures. Plus: a recap of Romanian Design Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Designmonat Graz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 9:47


    The second edition of Designmonat Graz has taken over Austria’s second city. It explores the melding of analogue and digital worlds under the theme “The New Real”. Alexei Korolyov reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Venice Architecture Biennale – Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 26:30


    The second of our two episodes dedicated to the Venice Architecture Biennale’s international showcase. We stop in at the pavilions of Australia, Germany, Togo and the USA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Embracing Craft, Connecting Culture'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 8:57


    We visit Crafts On Peel’s exhibition, Embracing Craft, Connecting Culture, which showcases rattan, neon and metalsmithing among other practices. It’s one of many events taking place during London Craft Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Venice Architecture Biennale – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 29:33


    In the first of two dedicated episodes, we visit the pavilions of Denmark, Brazil and Switzerland at the Venice Architecture Biennale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Inner-city Ikea

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 9:47


    We visit the Swedish homeware and furniture giant’s newest retail location on London’s Oxford Street.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Monocle Design Awards 2025 

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 29:56


    We’re celebrating the fifth edition of the annual Monocle Design Awards by discussing highlights from this year’s cohort of winners. We hear from medallists Manuel Cervantes and Eva-Marie Eriksson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    On the Sq

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 9:28


    In east London a four-storey house has been renovated and transformed into a design wonderland, with bespoke works made in response to the site. The project’s curator, Irenie Cossey, tells us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Morris Mania'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 28:28


    The William Morris Gallery celebrates the versatility and popularity of the designer’s patterns in its latest exhibition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Bronze-casting in Benin City

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 7:17


    Artist and maker Bisila Noha presents a diary of the processes and experiences of learning at famous casting epicentre Igun Street.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Type and textiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 29:31


    Graphic designer Johannes Breyer discusses storytelling through type and rebranding Spotify. Plus: curator and historian Mary Schoeser discusses the link between textiles and people over historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Future Impact 3: Design Nation'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 28:45


    ‘Future Impact 3: Design Nation’ is an exhibition produced by Design Singapore Council, which enjoyed its first outing at the most recent edition of Milan Design Week. Curated by Tony Chambers, Maria Cristina Didero and Hunn Wai, it featured both established Singaporean names and rising stars. The event – and Monocle – also brought a host of international talent through the door to discuss the future of design.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Expo 2025 Osaka: The USA Pavilion 

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 7:32


    Trey Trahan, the lead architect for the USA Pavilion, discusses the structure on show as part of Expo 2025 Osaka. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘The Sculptor of Ultima Thule'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 27:48


    ‘The Sculptor of Ultima Thule’ is an exhibition celebrating the 110th anniversary of Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala’s birth. Co-produced by the Espoo Museum of Modern Art, the Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation and Blue Sheep, it features more than 300 of Wirkkala’s works. It is also headlined by the exhibition’s namesake collection, created in partnership with Finnish glassware specialist Iittala. We’re joined by Petra Wirkkala, Janni Vepsäläinen and Tsuchida Takahiro to discuss Wirrkala’s legacy in Finland and Japan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2025 – Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 30:28


    More conversations from this year’s edition of the fair. We hear from multidisciplinary maker Omer Arbel and visit the cavernous design gallery Nilufar Depot. Plus: a continents-spanning conversation with researcher Wong Eng Geng and Nifemi Marcus-Bello. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Six N Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 7:29


    At Milan Design Week, Argentine digital designer Six N Five (Ezequiel Pini) discusses his move into the material realm via a collaboration with the Italian furniture brand Poltrona Frau. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2025 – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 29:58


    The team report from the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan, with interviews from architect David Rockwell, the CEO of Italian manufacturer Artemide and the design duo behind the studio Formafantasma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Finding relief 

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 9:09


    Architect Hugh Broughton and the artist James Lambert discuss their designs at a newly upgraded public facility on the Victoria Embankment in London. Monocle’s Francesca Gilks reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Living Modernity', ‘Solar Biennale' and ‘Splash!'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 34:01


    We explore experimental ways of living thanks to a new exhibition in Tokyo and we imagine sunnier futures at the ‘Solar Biennale’ in Switzerland. Finally, a cooling dip in the pool as we visit ‘Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style’ at London’s Design Museum.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    My First Sony Cassette recorder 

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 7:05


    We take a trip down memory lane to find out why this toy offers a glimpse into a much bigger moment in design history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Powerhouse, Tej Chauhan and a ‘Konfekt' preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 28:43


    We visit a floating office in Rotterdam and meet industrial designer Tej Chauhan in Helsinki. Plus, a preview of some of the design stories in the latest issue of ‘Konfekt’ magazine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Orla Kiely: ‘A Life in Pattern'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 8:44


    The National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland, celebrates the bold patterns and organic shapes found in Orla Kiely’s work in its latest exhibition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Vince Frost, ‘The Craft of Carpentry', Mirkku Kullberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 31:22


    Graphic designer Vince Frost reflects on his decades in practice; plus Japan’s carpentry culture is front and centre at a new exhibition in London. We then meet Mirkku Kullberg, CEO of Swedish rug company Kasthall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    From fashion to furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 3:24


    Monocle’s design editor Nic Monisse reflects on the blurred boundaries between the design and fashion industries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Matter and Shape, ‘Brutalist Japan', Make Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 31:03


    Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: we visit the Young V&A in London to meet designer Charlie Boyden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘About Consuming Books: The Nijhof & Lee Collection'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 10:18


    The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Collect 2025, Christopher Dresser, Jaipur Rugs and Shyam Ahuja 

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 29:56


    Highlights from the most recent edition of the Collect 2025 art and design fair, and we preview one of the stories in Monocle’s latest March issue. Plus, we find out more about the designer and theorist Christopher Dresser as a trove of his works go to auction in London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Madrid Design Festival 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 14:59


    Monocle’s Liam Aldous reports from the 8th edition of the annual Madrid Design Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Design Biennale Rotterdam

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 32:41


    Highlights from the inaugural edition of the Design Biennale Rotterdam, featuring experimental and collectible design from local and international designers. Across the city, participants have responded to the overarching theme: “What’s Real is Unfamiliar”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Diary at the ready  

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 3:48


    Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, considers some key dates and events to mark out on your design calendar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Soane and Modernism: Make it New', ‘The Brutalist' and County Hall Pottery

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 29:44


    We find out how Sir John Soane was a forerunner of modernist architecture and discuss the award-winning feature film, ‘The Brutalist’. Plus, a visit to a pottery studio and exhibition space in central London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Yrjö Kukkapuro 

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 5:28


    A reflection on the life and legacy of Finnish furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro. Petri Burtsoff reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Stockholm Design Week, Zona Maco Diseño

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 29:28


    We recap the recent Stockholm Design Week and Zona Maco Diseño in Mexico City. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Distillation of Architecture'  

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 9:15


    The current exhibition at the AA, London’s eminent architectural school, pairs Japanese architectural studios and artists to rethink a piece of furniture or domestic structure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    George Smart, ‘Made in the Middle' and our Feb issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 29:18


    We meet George Smart, founder of the architectural archive US Modernist, and visit a contemporary craft exhibition in Leicester. Plus, a preview of the stories hitting newsstands in Monocle’s latest issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Echoes of the past

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 3:52


    Nic Monisse reflects on the importance of historic craft guilds in France and where the remnants of their design legacy can be found today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Nanna Ditzel, architectural acoustics and Mylands

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 29:41


    We explore a new exhibition in Copenhagen focusing on the grand dame of Danish design, Nanna Ditzel. Then we learn why 1951 was a key year in architectural acoustics and take a factory tour at Mylands, the oldest family-owned and run paint manufacturer in the UK. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Maison&Objet: Niwar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 6:45


    The Niwar Collection of upholstered furniture was created by Phantom Hands, a furniture maker based in India. Co-founder Deepak Srinath joins to discuss the brand’s collaboration with Swiss design studio Big Game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Maison&Objet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 28:46


    We round up the Maison&Objet trade fair with interviews from across Paris. We hear from the designers of emerging studio Amca Oval and consider the intersection between furniture and architecture. Plus, we discuss rugs and landscapes with one of France’s top creatives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    ‘Lester Beall & A New American Identity'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 11:04


    This exhibition at Poster House in New York explores how the US graphic designer translated concepts of European modernism into art for local audiences. Curator Angelina Lippert explains the importance and techniques used in three series of Beall posters produced for the Rural Electrification Administration in the 1930s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Clay special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 30:30


    We take a closer look at the earth beneath our feet. Writer Jennifer Lucy Allan delves into the human history of this ancient material, and we visit the maker Bisila Noha at her London studio. Then: Adam Weismann, co-founder of Clayworks, reflects on his journey working with clay as a building material and wall finish. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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