About this episode

The episode discusses the week's news, Gulf affairs, and previews Salone del Mobile.

Hannah Lucinda Smith and Simon Brooke join Georgina Godwin to discuss this week’s news. We also hear from Inzamam Rashid in the UAE, and Tyler Brûlé and Nic Monisse preview Salone del Mobile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Georgina Godwin, Tyler Brûlé

Guests: Hannah Lucinda Smith, Simon Brooke

Topics covered

• news
• Gulf affairs
• Salone del Mobile
• current events
• design
• culture

Keywords

• news
• Gulf affairs
• Salone del Mobile
• design
• culture
• UAE
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salone del Mobile

Places: UAE

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