16 April 2024
Episode 653
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We’re in Italy for Milan Design Week. At our pop-up Monocle Radio studio we meet Giopato & Coombes, Matteo Thun, Yves Béhar and Orior Furniture’s Ciaran McGuigan.
16 April 2024
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Matteo Thun is the founder of Matteo Thun & Partners. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the design studio as well as the release of Thun’s new book, ‘Stories’, a collection of personal narratives and insights across his personal and professional life.
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Ciaran McGuigan is the creative director of Orior Furniture, an Irish brand originally founded by his parents in 1979. Orior Furniture is making its Milan Design Week debut this year with the launch of Fearn, a collection of sculptural marble planters.
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