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.
The founder and deputy editor of the Milanese platform discuss what radical design means today, as well as the company’s approach to translating stories from the printed page into physical space.
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In the second edition of our Milan Design Week special, Oki Sato and Sophie Lou Jacobsen join us at our pop-up studio. Plus: we discuss a new title that reproduces the final notebook of architect Louis Kahn and explore an astronomical-inspired work by Benedetta Tagliabue for lighting specialist Artemide.
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Rodrigo Caula and Enrico Pietra are the co-founders of Nuova, a California-based research and innovation luxury-design practice. At this year’s Milan Design Week, they took over Milanese bistro Via Stampa for their immersive installation emulating 1970s Americana.
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We’re in Italy for Milan Design Week. At our pop-up Monocle Radio studio we meet Giopato & Coombes, Matteo Thun, Yves Béhar and Orior Furniture’s Ciaran McGuigan.
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The sculptural lounge chair fashioned from powder-coated steel and leather has had a revival thanks to French furniture brand Objekto. Stella Roos considers its history – and its designer – Brazilian architect and artist Flávio de Carvalho.
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We meet French interior architect and furniture designer Marion Stora and the founders of multidisciplinary studio Spacon & X to discuss their collaborations with fashion. Plus: The Good Plastic company shares how we might use recycled forms of this much-maligned material.
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Grace Charlton reflects on a recent trip to Amsterdam – a city often hailed as an oasis, where those on two wheels rule the streets. But does this emphasis on bikes make traversing the metropolis any better for pedestrians?
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Nic Monisse presents highlights from recent panels held at V-Zug shops in London and Hong Kong. Architects and designers discuss the notion of timelessness and how this informs their practice.
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Why does timber perform a key role in the country’s economy and how has the raw material shaped the nation’s creativity and furniture-making? Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, joins Nic Monisse to discuss.
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We meet Los Angeles-based jeweller Suzanne Kalan and renowned designer Ileana Makri in Athens. We also speak with Fernando Jorge, who shares details about his travelling exhibition with Sotheby’s.
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An exhibition at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco delves into the improvisational and playful processes of Bay Area printer Jack Stauffacher, who demonstrated the creative potential of the letterpress.
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