This is Monocle on Design,
a show where we discuss everything from architecture and craft to furniture and graphic design.
I'm Nick Minece.
And I'm Mailie Evans.
On today's program, this is something that I think the city really needs.
With this biennial.
We want to make it easier for people to find this incredible spaces.
We have great companies around Rotterdam, whether it's in metals and woodwork, it doesn't.
Feel like a city stuck in its nostalgic past.
The people here work and they produce rather than a city of space for consumption.
We have a roundup from the inaugural edition of Design Biennial Rotterdam.
All that coming up on Monocle On.
Hello and welcome to today's program.
I'm joined in the studio today by this show's producer, Mailie Evans.
Mae Leigh.
Welcome.
Thanks to this side of the Glass.
You're fresh from the Design Biennial Rotterdam, which runs until 2nd March 2025.
For this first edition of the show,
participants were invited to respond to the theme what's real is unfamiliar.