Monocle on Design

Produced in close collaboration with the Ponti Archive, a new book on the Italian architect, designer and art director offers a comprehensive account of his output.

We visit the long-awaited Venice Architecture Biennale. In the first instalment of a two-part special, we explore this year’s theme – ‘How will we live together?’ – and meet entrants from Hungary, Grenada and Denmark.

We visit a new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center, looking at Arne Jacobsen’s SAS Royal Hotel.

We speak to an architect involved in the repair of public schools in Beirut, cross to Helsinki to check out a new retail concept store, and visit a new Aldo Rossi exhibition in Rome.

The designers John and Catherine Pawson discuss their new cookbook and adjusting to a slower pace of life in the Cotswolds.

In this milestone episode, we catch up with some of the figures who have helped to define Monocle’s relationship with design, including our editor in chief Andrew Tuck and creative director Richard Spencer Powell.

Author and architectural designer Thomas Rinaldi shares why patents provide a window into the history of modern design and encompass everything from petrol stations to mobile phones.

From a Korean beer mascot to centuries-old Japanese pottery, we meet some of the winners in the inaugural Monocle Design Awards.

David Thulstrup’s eponymous studio is best known for combining modern design with classic Scandinavian heritage. A recent recipient of a Monocle Design Award for the beautiful Tank bar stool, his latest work has focused primarily on the hospitality sector. We caught up with him to discuss these projects and how good design can help to create memorable hospitality experiences.

This week, we roll out the red carpet for the unsung heroes of cinema. We speak to the Oscar-winning set decorator of ‘Mank’, hear about a new biopic of a design legend and get a film critic’s view on the craft of production design.