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Monocle on Design
Hosted by Monocle · EN
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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From house to home: Fernanda Canales, Thuma’s Alec Banks and the importance of ritual with Sophie Lou Jacobsen
1w ago00:31:14Tap to summarizeMexican architect Fernanda Canales invites us into her modern home. Then: French-American designer Sophie Lou Jacobsen and Thuma’s head of brand, Alec Banks, discuss how ritual and memory shape our relationship with home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →What does ‘good taste’ mean in interior design? The view from Tara Bernerd and Dan Rosen
2w ago00:32:39Tap to summarizeUK interior designer Tara Bernerd on how travel has influenced her taste. Then: Design comedian Dan Rosen on why judging others’ interior-design choices can be a good thing. Plus: Paris Fashion Week Men’s and Design Parade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →How do you revive a club as historic as Paris’s Bus Palladium?
3w ago00:33:04Tap to summarizeWe hear how Studio KO turned one of Paris’s most famous nightclubs into a hotel. Then: making design more sensual with Astraeus Clarke. Plus: Nic and Grace give their takes on The Barack Obama Presidential Center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Does Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design now rival Milan Design Week?
4w ago00:32:26Tap to summarizeWe discuss why Denmark’s biggest design event drew record numbers this year, as well as our highlights of the week. Then: how to innovate materially with Jessie French. Plus: combining emotion and logic with Space Copenhagen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Is imperfection becoming a trend? A view of the future from NYCxDesign 2026
Jun 900:30:07Tap to summarizeA NYCxDesign special featuring designers from the US and Canada. Nic Monisse speaks with Simone Ferkul about human imperfection; Ryan Twardzik about his regional design ethos; and Jared Rusten about how to make chairs rock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Feeling over form and function: the design principles of Tola Ojuolape and Rodolfo Agrella
Jun 200:32:05Tap to summarizeLondon-based interior designer Tola Ojuolape discusses the sense of belonging that she strives to achieve with each new project. Then: Venezuela’s Rodolfo Agrella on the importance of “energy”. Plus: café interiors from the new issue of Monocle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Redesigning London’s shared cultural spaces with Jayden Ali. Plus: Reykjavík’s DesignMarch 2026
May 2600:31:38Tap to summarizeForward-thinking British architect Jayden Ali joins to detail his new galleries at V&A East in London. Then: unpicking Icelandic design stereotypes at DesignMarch 2026. Plus: highlights at this year’s NYCxDesign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Let’s get flexible: Mark Haydon and Kim Colin on adaptability in design
May 2100:27:18Tap to summarizeHow can flexibility improve quality of life? We answer this with Fisher & Paykel and the brand’s head of industrial design, Mark Haydon. Plus: Kim Colin, co-founder of Industrial Facility, on working with technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Exploring Mexico City’s thriving design landscape with Tatiana Bilbao
May 1900:27:37Tap to summarizeNic Monisse is in Mexico to learn how design is shaping the country’s capital. Grace Charlton also joins from Paris to explore the history and future of the city’s design-thinking. Plus: Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Modern luxury: Simone Stephens and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen on living well
May 1400:26:05Tap to summarizeOur series with Fisher & Paykel continues as we speak to Simone Stephens, head of global D&A partnerships and principal designer at Fisher & Paykel Appliances. Plus, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects on human wellbeing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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