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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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New Materials: Range Rover
Feb 1800:24:43Tap to summarizeWe speak to Phoebe Lindsay, Materiality Senior Manager for Range Rover. Hear how the storied automaker uses materials to shape emotions and tell stories. Plus, taking a holistic approach to design strategy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Honouring brand legacy with the Pantone Colour Institute and the Louis Kahn Foundation
Feb 1700:31:40Tap to summarizeHow do you pick a unique brand colour and does it matter? Pantone Color Institute’s vice-president joins to discuss. Then: Tallinn architecture students pay homage to Louis Kahn. Plus: Nic and Grace on brand collaboration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Defining Brand: Range Rover
Feb 1100:19:24Tap to summarizeWe speak to Will Verity, Brand Design Chief for Range Rover, at Design Miami. Hear how sound, scent and space shape our experience of brand. Plus, drawing inspiration from the colour black and modernist architecture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Japan’s future plazas with Met Team Architects and sculpture as jewellery with Giles Miller
Feb 1000:32:37Tap to summarizeAs Japan’s train designs race into the future, their plazas return to nature. Ryuma Takahashi speaks to the architect behind new plans for Iida station. Then: Giles Miller on sculpture as jewellery, plus our view on new proposals for Washington Dulles airport.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Telling stories through design with Andu Masebo and creative studio Birch
Feb 300:31:16Tap to summarizeHow do designers tell stories with their work? London-based designer Andu Masebo discusses his social approach to “simple, efficient objects”. Then: James Allen of creative studio Birch explains how strategy-design in the luxury space requires well-researched taste. Plus: Nic and Grace on 25 years of the Serpentine Pavilion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Nichecraft and placemaking with Luca Nichetto and David Galullo
Jan 2700:31:27Tap to summarizeItalian designer Luca Nichetto on nichecraft and the limits of treating design as purely collectible. Then: The office’s future with Rapt Studio’s David Galullo. Plus: Nic and Grace on Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Arts Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →How does a city affect design? Miminat Shodeinde and Joris Laarman on process and place
Jan 2000:31:22Tap to summarizeWe round-up Paris Dećo Off and Maison&Objet. Then: collectable design with London-based creative Miminat Shodeinde. Plus: Dutch designer Joris Laarman on drawing inspiration from nature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Design in Dubai with ARDH Collective and Some Kind of Practice
Jan 1300:30:33Tap to summarizeThe best of Dubai Design Week. Nic Monisse talks with ARDH Collective co-founders Alyina Ahmed and Max Tettamanzi on turning waste into building materials. Then: Exploring courtyards with Some Kind of Practice’s Omar Darwish.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Extra: Bora
Jul 31, 202500:06:08Tap to summarizeWe head to Portugal to meet João Xará, one of the co-founders of this design collective, to discuss why the group formed and the power of experimentation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →‘More Than Human’, Marco Sousa Santos and Bolaji Teniola
Jul 29, 202500:26:15Tap to summarizeThe Design Museum in London explores how we might design beyond human needs in its latest exhibition. Then we visit the showroom of Portuguese furniture brand Branca and sit down with interdisciplinary designer Bolaji Teniola. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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