Episodes

  • How to party properly and shop well with Studio Boum and Kartell
    Oct 13 2026

    Grace Charlton speaks with the founders of Studio Boum about design and fashion. Then: Lorenza Luti of pioneering Italian furniture brand Kartell explains why physical retail still reigns supreme.

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    32 mins
  • The future of car design at the Paris Motor Show
    Oct 20 2026

    We tour this year’s Paris Motor Show with Chris Cermak and Chloé Nakao-Pélata. Renault Clio and Alfa Romeo’s chief designers detail the road ahead for mobility. Plus: Why EV design might finally be turning a corner.

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    35 mins
  • Extra: ‘Bad Language’
    Oct 16 2025

    Photographer Max Creasy discusses the relationship between architecture and pictures, and his new exhibition at the Architectural Association in London.

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    31 mins
  • Chaos, risk and design with Louise Liljencrantz and Christopher Dessus
    Sep 22 2026

    In light of Paris Design Week, we explore experimental architecture and industrial furniture. Plus: Grace Charlton joins Nic Monisse to reveal some big news.

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    29 mins
  • The architecture of happiness with Omar Gandhi, Alvar Aalto and Louis Kahn
    Sep 29 2026

    Omar Gandhi tells Nic Monisse how a lifelong love of baseball informs the feeling that he strives to create with his practice. Then: Alvar Aalto and Louis Kahn’s design philosophy. Plus: Highlights from Monocle’s new issue.

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    37 mins
  • What can architecture do for fashion? Nathan Rich on his new Met exhibition
    Oct 6 2026

    We head to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to speak with architect Nathan Rich about merging fashion and design in a new exhibition space. Plus: the architecture of runways at Paris Fashion Week.

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    40 mins
  • Design on display: Es Devlin of Homo Faber on how good curation brings objects to life
    Sep 15 2026

    The artistic director of Homo Faber, Es Devlin, discusses her goal of making objects talk to each other. Plus: in light of design events in Paris, London, Venice and Zürich, we discuss what you should look out for and why.

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    34 mins
  • Highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference and Manuel Aires Mateus on intelligent architecture
    Sep 8 2026

    At Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Lisbon, we catch up with one of Portugal’s foremost architects, Manuel Aires Mateus. Plus: highlights from the conference at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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    31 mins