Face to Face by Dezeen Dezeen

Pritzker prize-winning architect Jean-Philippe Vassal discusses the architectural approach of his studio in this special episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast.
This bonus episode of Face to Face features a previously unheard interview. Conducted by Dezeen's acting US editor India Block, Vassal sat down with Block ahead of his lecture at the Royal Academy of Art in London in 2019.
Vassal and his partner Anne Lacaton recently won the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize for their studio's body of work, which includes projects to refurbish rather than rebuild social housing.

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast continues with an interview with architectural designer John Pawson who recounts his brief spell as a Buddhist monk, how Calvin Klein changed his life and explains how minimalism helps calm his "untidy mind".

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with a conversation with British designer Tom Dixon, who describes how a motorcycle crash forced him to abandon a career as a bass guitarist. Face to Face is sponsored by Twinmotion.

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast carries on with an interview with fashion designer Roksanda Ilinčić who describes how she learned about dressmaking by slicing up her mother's designer outfits. 

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with British architect David Chipperfield who describes growing up on a farm, struggling at school, how Zaha Hadid saved him from failing his architecture diploma – and why he still suffers from imposter syndrome.

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with a conversation with Dutch industrial designer Hella Jongerius.  Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs met with Jongerius in Eindhoven to to talk about her childhood growing up on a tomato farm and how she discovered her creative ability when she took an evening course in carpentry.