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Leo Villareal, Sarah Gaventa, Tom Burges Watson, Ben Parker and Margaret Sweeney

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11 December 2016

Episode 388

53 minutes


Photo: Leo Villareal

Light-artist Leo Villareal and public-space expert Sarah Gaventa discuss ‘The Illuminated River’: a bold new plan to light up London’s bridges at night. Plus: journalist Tom Burges Watson on France 24’s 10th anniversary and we hear from Ben Parker of Made Thought – and paper-business expert Margaret Sweeney – about how they’re looking to the future with paper brand GF Smith.

11 December 2016

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Introduction

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Monocle 24’s Daniel Giacopelli talks Tom Edwards and Markus Hippi through next week’s potential big stories.

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Chapter 2

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Leo Villareal and Sarah Gaventa

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‘The Illuminated River’ is a search to find the best designs to light up London’s bridges across the Thames over the next two years. American artist Leo Villareal and British architecture firm Liftschutz Davidson Sandilands were picked as the winners this week. Villareal joins us along with Sarah Gaventa, the project’s director.

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France 24

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This week French news organisation France 24 celebrated 10 years of being on the air. Journalist Tom Burges Watson is one of the station’s best-known faces, and joins the show to remember some of his favourite moments.

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Ben Parker and Margaret Sweeney

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Ben Parker is the co-founder of design and branding agency Made Thought, and has been working with historic paper brand GF Smith on a new show space in London to show off the medium’s best qualities. Along with GF Smith’s Margaret Sweeney, he tells us why paper is still relevant.

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