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Sam Jacob, on art and architecture

The Justyna Green Podcast

Sam Jacob is the principal of Sam Jacob Studio for architecture and design, and was the founding director of FAT Architecture.

by Justyna GreenPublished on : Nov 04, 2019

In her conversation, Justyna Green discusses Sam Jacob's education and varied approaches to architecture, his work at the nexus of art and architecture, the inspiration and design process behind the newly-opened London's Cartoon Museum and the re-modelling of the V&A’s Cromwell Road entrance.

See Sam’s ‘Sea Things’ installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum during the London Design Festival in September 2019.

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Justyna is a creative producer for the design industry and the host of the weekly Justyna Green podcast, which brings insightful conversations with the arts & design's most inspiring figures - from designers to musicians, dancers to architects and everybody in between. If you want to know what inspires them, how they work and how they see the world, this is the podcast for you.

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