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Monocle on Design

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May 22, 2025 • 10min

Designmonat Graz

The second edition of Designmonat Graz has taken over Austria’s second city. It explores the melding of analogue and digital worlds under the theme “The New Real”. Alexei Korolyov reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 20, 2025 • 27min

Venice Architecture Biennale – Part 2

The second of our two episodes dedicated to the Venice Architecture Biennale’s international showcase. We stop in at the pavilions of Australia, Germany, Togo and the USA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 15, 2025 • 9min

‘Embracing Craft, Connecting Culture’

We visit Crafts On Peel’s exhibition, Embracing Craft, Connecting Culture, which showcases rattan, neon and metalsmithing among other practices. It’s one of many events taking place during London Craft Week.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 13, 2025 • 30min

Venice Architecture Biennale – Part 1

In the first of two dedicated episodes, we visit the pavilions of Denmark, Brazil and Switzerland at the Venice Architecture Biennale.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 8, 2025 • 10min

Inner-city Ikea

We visit the Swedish homeware and furniture giant’s newest retail location on London’s Oxford Street.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 6, 2025 • 30min

Monocle Design Awards 2025 

We’re celebrating the fifth edition of the annual Monocle Design Awards by discussing highlights from this year’s cohort of winners. We hear from medallists Manuel Cervantes and Eva-Marie Eriksson.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 1, 2025 • 9min

On the Sq

In east London a four-storey house has been renovated and transformed into a design wonderland, with bespoke works made in response to the site. The project’s curator, Irenie Cossey, tells us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Apr 29, 2025 • 28min

‘Morris Mania’

The William Morris Gallery celebrates the versatility and popularity of the designer’s patterns in its latest exhibition.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Apr 24, 2025 • 7min

Bronze-casting in Benin City

Artist and maker Bisila Noha presents a diary of the processes and experiences of learning at famous casting epicentre Igun Street.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Apr 22, 2025 • 30min

Type and textiles

Graphic designer and co-founder of Dinamo Typefaces, Johannes Breyer discusses storytelling through type and rebranding Spotify. Plus: curator and historian Mary Schoeser discusses the link between textiles and people over historySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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