Modern luxury: Simone Stephens and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen on living well

About this episode

The episode features discussions on modern luxury and human wellbeing with Simone Stephens and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen.

Our series with Fisher & Paykel continues as we speak to Simone Stephens, head of global D&A partnerships and principal designer at Fisher & Paykel Appliances. Plus, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects on human wellbeing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Simone Stephens, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen

Topics covered

• modern luxury
• human wellbeing
• design
• appliances
• partnerships

Keywords

• modern luxury
• Simone Stephens
• Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen
• Fisher & Paykel
• design
• wellbeing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fisher & Paykel, Norm Architects

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