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The Wood Couture Podcast

The world of bespoke furniture is filled with legendary design talent and entrepreneurs. With decades of experience, your hosts, Filippo Sona and Paolo Della Casa partners at Wood Couture, celebrate legendary contributors from across the globe through a series of striking conversations. You"ll hear from professionals in hospitality, manufacturing, design, branding and business sharing their insights and stories gathered along their journey. You can also contact us via www.woodcouture.com to share

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Ep 23: Our "True Needs", Value Engineering and...

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2021/11/11

Rock Galpin is Design Director at Rock Galpin Studio in London. He joins Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host Filippo Sona at the LASVIT booth at the Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai. In this interview he shares how sustainability starts with products that are designed to last. He also makes an incredible point about stopping the design process to consciously focus on price and value engineering. As far as 2022, he expands on how the last few years have brought us back to our “true needs”. A

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00:10:56

Ep 22: E-Design Tech, Holiday Home Trends and The...

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2021/11/11

Sonal Kotecha is founder of Rumah Interiors in Dubai. She joins Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host Filippo Sona at the LASVIT booth at the Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai. In this interview she shares how conveying sustainability to clients remains the responsibility of an interior designer and a trend that has seen her residential clients renting out their properties as holiday homes. She also shares how her business grew in 2020 thanks to e-design services and cloud technology, allowing

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00:05:01

Ep 21: Downtown Design Director David Ross on...

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2021/11/11

David Ross is the Director of Downtown Design. He is a lifelong design lover with a passion for bringing people together. David joins Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host Filippo Sona at the LASVIT booth at the Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai. David reflected on the importance of physical interactions in contrast to the challenges in connectivity as a result of the global pandemic. He also spoke about how Dubai Design Week’s Theme on sustainability supports the diversity at this year’s

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00:11:08

Ep 20: LASVIT's Next Level Lighting Through...

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2021/11/11

Petr Santrucek is Project Consultant at LASVIT, our collaborators for a special Downtown Design Dubai series of the Wood Couture Podcast. Petr points to a new world of technology and lighting that will enable LASVIT to light interiors with their fantastic art pieces, but also the external facade of a building. This interview is part of The Wood Couture Podcast, Dubai Design Week Special with LASVIT where Filippo Sona speaks with industry experts visiting Downtown Design, to bring amazing insights on

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00:12:42

Ep 19: David T’Kint’s Lifestyle Design Studio...

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2021/11/10

David T'Kint is a former Partner at the global design firm Hirsch Bedner and Associates (HBA). Driven by the passion for Lifestyle Hospitality, David launched a design studio under his name in 2021. He joins Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host Filippo Sona at the LASVIT booth at the Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai. David is a great believer in curating experience and approaches each project as a unique venture to tell a story through design. This is common ground he found with LASVIT while

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00:09:39

Ep 18: Design Is Being Shaped by Tech and...

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2021/11/10

Rakan Jandali has been with KCA International for 14 years in various roles, and is currently Design Associate. He joins Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host Filippo Sona at the LASVIT booth at the Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai. Rakan is a close collaborator of LASVIT. He shares how sustainability has been shaping client requirements lately and his lessons on adaptability from the global pandemic. He believes that the industry is trending towards integrating technology, biophilic design

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00:12:49

Ep 17: LASVIT GM Lukas Cerny on Elevating Spaces...

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2021/11/09

Lukas Cerny is the General Manager of LASVIT in Middle East and Southeast Asia. Extremely passionate about how people experience a space, Lukas shares with Wood Couture Co-founder, Filippo Sona, what lighting brings to the table. He talks about this years’ exhibition at Downtown Design - the new LASVIT ICON, Cipher, in collaboration with the legendary design duo Yabu Pushelberg; The Spacey Table Lamp, a taste of Czech bohemian glass craft by Lukas Novak and A:Live, the inspired kinetic installation

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00:42:13

Ep 16: Can Faik On Making Powerful Connections and...

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2021/11/03

Can Faik is the Editorial Director of Hospitality Interiors and Event Director of the Hospitality Leadership and Design Conferences (HLDC). With over 20 years experience in journalism, the last 10 in the hospitality industry, Can has since built up a legendary network of designers, hotel owners, brands and celebrities which has made him the journalist of choice for the hospitality and design industry. In this episode of the Wood Couture Podcast, the interviewer becomes the interviewee as Wood

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00:43:23

Ep 15: Accor’s Damien Perrot On Lifestyle Hotels,...

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2021/10/27

Damien Perrot is the Global Senior Vice President Design and Innovation for Accor. Amassing 23 years experience within the company, from creating a system for train catering, to traveling around the world to manage projects. He currently oversees global design, innovation and technical services for Accor’s huge portfolio of brands including Ibis, Novotel, Fairmont, Raffles and recently, lifestyle brands like SLS and Mondrian. Damien calls in from his office in France to chat with Wood Couture

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00:44:02

Ep 14: Designer - Entrepreneur, Carla Conte on Her...

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2021/10/20

Carla Conte is Founder and Creative Director of Brand Creative based in Dubai, which offers branding, interior design and graphics services in the region. Born in Canada to Italian parents, Carla originally had ambitions to be a dermatologist until she found herself interning for Ron Harris of the award winning interior design firm, IDG (now under Watt International). Years later, she runs her own award-winning design studio. Carla welcomes Wood Couture Co-founder, Filippo Sona, into the Brand

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00:43:32

Ep 13: Philip Gillard Of HBA MENA On Becoming A...

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2021/10/13

Philip Gillard is the Principal and Managing Director of Hirsch-Bedner Associates (HBA), the multi-award winning luxury hospitality design firm with 23 offices worldwide and 1,400 designers. A native of Bristol in the UK, Philip leads the operations in the Middle East from the his appointment in March 2021. He is a RIBA-chartered architect with a portfolio across architecture, interior design, and master planning. Philip has 25 years of industry experience in the region, handling projects in

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00:47:18

Ep 12: Shahbaz Tiavar, VP Procurement at Accor Shares...

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2021/09/21

Shahbaz Tiavar is Vice President for Procurement covering India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey for Accor, based in Dubai. He manages an extensive brand portfolio of more than 28 brands across 41 countries which includes exciting lifestyle brands like SLS, Mondrian and 25hrs. During his years in Accor, he has built up expertise in bringing innovation, sustainability and efficiency in the field of sourcing and procurement. If you’re listening on Apple, please leave a 5* rating and review, and Android

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00:37:36

Ep 11: Bench Events’ Jonathan Worsley on Transforming...

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2021/09/15

This interview features Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of Bench Events, who is all about bringing people and communities together to drive transformation and innovation. Getting his start in real estate consultancy, Jonathan got into events unexpectedly when he volunteered to organize a conference during his time with Insignia Hotels. He has since been running leading international hospitality conferences such as Arabian Hospitality International Conference (AHIC), Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF),

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00:29:59

Ep 10: Paolo Della Casa on Hotel Opening Delays,...

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2021/09/14

In this very special episode of the Wood Couture Podcast, host Filippo Sona is joined by his business partner and mentor, Paolo Della Casa, a 30-year veteran in bespoke furniture manufacturing. His career skyrocketed in the USA and has handled projects for global brands like The Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Fairmont, Marriott, and Hilton Hotels among many. Paolo has also lent his expertise and experience to Kempinski Hotels as External FF&E Director. Paolo talks about manufacturing in China, how

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00:32:37

Ep 9: Richard Wilson of Colab on Elevating Design &...

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2021/09/01

Wood Couture co-founder, Filippo Sona visits Colab in Dubai to sit down with its founder and creative director, Richard Wilson. Colab is the 1st and only materials library in the UAE, through which, Richard wants to foster education and inspiration around materials. He encourages designers, architects, and students to equip themselves with enough knowledge to challenge the status quo of the design and build industry. If you’re listening on Apple, please leave a 5* rating and review, and Android

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00:49:45

Ep 8: Stephanie Smith On Her History In Design,...

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2021/08/17

Stephanie Smith is an NCIDQ certified interior designer who has worked alongside Frank Nicholson and his daughter Pam Nicholson and agencies like the Rockwell Group. She’s worked on high profile projects such as the refurbishment of the Fairmont Royal York, twice! Stephanie isn’t short of the entrepreneurial spirit herself having established her own a design firm, Element Inc., before coming back to the corporate hospitality. She is currently the Executive Director for Interior Design for Accor

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01:07:47

Ep 7: Dimitris Manikis On A Passion For People,...

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2021/08/04

Dimitris Manikis is the President & Managing Director of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA. He spent 27 years of his professional life working in “vacation exchange” with Resorts Condominiums International, better known as RCI. Dimitris’ story is one of remarkable love for people, something he gets from the great mentors of his life. Get to know these mentors, the failures and philosophies that made him the cheerful, passionate man with a genuine love of people and the hospitality industry. Join

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00:38:32

Ep 6: Neel Shukla On Crafting Art For Burj Al Arab,...

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2021/07/28

Neel Shukla is one of the most recognised faces in the UAE's art scene, crafting installations for Burj Al Arab, The W, Grosvner House and many premium locations across the UAE. In this exclusive episode of The Wood Couture Podcast, Filippo Sona, Partner at Wood Couture, visits Neel in his Dubai workshop to talk about hotels, art, inspiration and the work of Ramesh Shukla, the legendary photographer that famously captured iconic images of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Neel shares an insider’s

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01:13:51

Ep 5: Monika Moser on Lifestyle, Future Trends and...

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2021/07/20

Monika Moser has a lifetime's experience in hospitality, growing up in hotels around South America where her father’s work took the family. She is one of the select people in the industry who has such a varied and extensive experience in hotel operations and now lends her expertise in the area of hospitality interior design. From being a managing director at Wilson & Associates, Monika is now COO of Campbell House. Some highlights include Monika’s early days in hospitality, transitioning into

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00:48:44

Ep 4: Karin Krautgartner On Being a Businesswoman & A...

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2021/07/13

Karin Krautgartner is the founder of design studio byKK Designs. Before starting her own journey as a businesswoman she was one of the first employees of Marcel Wanders, working closely with him for 20 years, helping to build the iconic product and interior design brand into what it is now. Karin calls in from Amsterdam to have a chat with Wood Couture co-founder, Filippo Sona. Karin shares her journey transitioning from designer into the owner of her own studio, byKK Design, and shares her insights

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