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Why Global Supply Chains Keep Shattering — And What Every Designer Needs to Know
You spec the perfect sofa. Your client approves the finish. Then the lead time doubles — again. In this episode, we break down why global supply chains keep falling apart, and what it actually means for designers, fit-out professionals, and the clients who are waiting on their spaces. We look at what's driving the disruptions — from raw material shortages and shipping bottlenecks to sustainability pressures shifting where and how furniture gets made — and we ask the harder question: is this t...
8 May 2026
"From Bauhaus Bicycles to Digital Pixels"
Episode Description (Short — for Spotify / Apple Podcasts) A German art school that closed in 1933 still decides how your chair looks, how your shelves are made, and why your favourite app feels the way it does. In this episode, we trace the Bauhaus movement from its radical roots — where artists, craftspeople, and industrialists were forced into the same room — to its quiet domination of 21st-century design. We unpack why "form follows function" became one of the most repeated (and most mis...
19 Apr 2026
"Build Autonomous Employees with Claude Skills"
What if your next "hire" wasn't a person — but a reusable, well-trained capability that works 24/7, never forgets a process, and gets better every time you use it? In this episode, we unpack Claude Skills — a practical way for business owners, designers, and operators to package expertise into AI workflows that behave like autonomous team members. We cover what a skill actually is, where it fits into the real work of a small or mid-sized business, and how to start thinking about AI not as a c...
19 Apr 2026
"Engineering Wood for the Human Spine"
Wood breathes. Your spine moves. Good furniture has to respect both. In this episode, we go deep on one of the most overlooked relationships in furniture design — the one between a living material and a living body. Why timber continues to expand, contract, and move long after it's been cut. How traditional joinery techniques work with that movement instead of against it. And why understanding wood as a structural material directly shapes how seating supports the human spine over years, not j...
19 Apr 2026
"Why Your Furniture Fits a 1980s Soldier"
The data behind your office chair is older than you think — and it wasn't collected with you in mind. In this deep dive, we unpack one of the most quietly consequential facts in the furniture industry: the ergonomic standards that define seat heights, desk clearances, and workstation dimensions in virtually every commercial space today are largely derived from a 1988 U.S. Army anthropometric survey. We trace how that single dataset became the foundation of modern standards like HFES 100 and B...
5 Apr 2026
Why Your Furniture Is Still Designed for a 1980s Soldier
Wood breathes. And the data behind your office chair is older than you think. In this episode, we go deep on two ideas every designer and business owner should know. First, why timber is still a living material long after it's been cut, and how that changes the way furniture should be built. Then, we unpack the surprising origin of modern ergonomic standards — and why the data shaping today's workplaces was collected from U.S. Army soldiers in 1988. Key topics: - Why wood expands and cont...
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