The sculptural lounge chair fashioned from powder-coated steel and leather has had a revival thanks to French furniture brand Objekto. Stella Roos considers its history – and its designer – Brazilian architect and artist Flávio de Carvalho. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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James Chambers profiles the varied roster of work produced by the Thai practice, which includes architecture, furniture and fabrication.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Studiomake

Highlights from this year’s edition of the Monocle Design Awards, celebrating excellence across all disciplines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle Design Awards

The founder and deputy editor of the Milanese platform discuss what radical design means today, as well as the company’s approach to translating stories from the printed page into physical space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In the second edition of our Milan Design Week special, Oki Sato and Sophie Lou Jacobsen join us at our pop-up studio. Plus: we discuss a new title that reproduces the final notebook of architect Louis Kahn and explore an astronomical-inspired work by Benedetta Tagliabue for lighting specialist Artemide.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile, part 2

Rodrigo Caula and Enrico Pietra are the co-founders of Nuova, a California-based research and innovation luxury-design practice. At this year’s Milan Design Week, they took over Milanese bistro Via Stampa for their immersive installation emulating 1970s Americana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nuova at Milan Design Week

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