S2E3: Old crafts, new ways with Stephen Burks and Orhan Niksic
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While technology and digital processes accelerate and permeate design, a number of designers have turned towards traditional craft processes to find contemporary modes of expression. Designer Stephen Burks and Orhan Niksic of Bosnian furniture brand Zanat join the podcast to talk about their approaches towards traditional woodwork and how 21st-century design can find fresh social resonances in timeworn techniques. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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