Architecture special

建筑专题

Monocle on Design

艺术

2024-08-21

30 分钟
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UK-based minimalist architect John Pawson and Eva-Marie Prineas, the founder of Australian firm Studio Prineas, join us in Midori House. Plus, another instalment of our summer series.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • This is Monocle On Design, a show where we discuss everything from architecture and craft to furniture and fashion.

  • I'm Nick Moniz.

  • Today's program is an architecture special.

  • We'll hear from British designer John Pawson and the founder of Australian practice Prinnia's Studio, plus another instalment of our summer series, all that coming up on Monocle On Design.

  • John Pawson is one of Britain's most celebrated architects.

  • His minimalist aesthetic, influenced by Japanese philosophy, has redefined contemporary interiors and architecture.

  • His portfolio includes everything from private residences and public spaces to furniture.

  • And across the course of his career, this portfolio has been supported by long standing partners such as Danish timber specialist Dinesen.

  • Indeed, after using Dinesen's 15 metre long Douglas fir floorboards in his home in London, Porson went on to create a line of furniture for the company.

  • First launched in the 1990s, it has recently been updated to include dining tables, benches, sofas and daybeds, all made from impressive lengths of Douglas fir and oak.

  • John joined me in the studio to reflect on this partnership and talk about his body of work more broadly.

  • By and large, you know, it's not that controversial.

  • I mean, you're not a politician and people aren't waiting for you to trip up or having a go or disagreeing violently with you.

  • But do you feel people disagree with you from time to time?

  • I don't think so.

  • I mean, I was very surprised when we did the Design Museum in Kensington and in the first 15 months they had a million visitors and they recorded their opinions.

  • So you had a million different opinions.

  • It's too tall, it's too short, it's too wide, it's too woody, it's too whitey, it's.

  • And it was incredible.

  • And then people wrote, you know, quite rude things to him.