SURROUND Presents

What makes good design endure in an era of constant change? Recorded live at NeoCon 2026, AJ Paron sits down with Wick Wolfe, president of Unica Vaev, to discuss the principles that outlast trends. From the evolution of NeoCon to the growing importance of acoustics and sustainability, Wolfe shares how thoughtful, user-centered design remains relevant in a rapidly changing industry. This episode is...

Find more episodes of Deep Green at SURROUNDpodcasts.com Listeners of Deep Green know that we have a big problem with office furniture. In 2018, an estimated 12 million tons of furniture went to landfills in the United States alone, and eight million tons of that was office furniture. Not cheap e-commerce or flat-pack couches or low-quality furniture. These were desks, workstations, and ergonomic...

Listen to every episode of Design Nerds Anonymous at SURROUNDpodcasts.com In the Season 10 premiere of Design Nerds Anonymous, host Amanda Schneider kicks off a season built around the ideas inside her upcoming book,  Work for What’s Next , with a guest who lives at the intersection of innovation, risk, and human potential:  Deb Golden ,   Deloitte’s US Chief Innovation Of...

Find more episodes of Barriers to Entry at surroundpodcasts.com/barriers-to-entry Architecture as a Startup Season 4 opens with a milestone moment: Andrew Lane’s  first solo episode as host . With a little encouragement from Producer Rob, Andrew welcomes back friend of the show  Matthias Hollwich , founder of  HWKN Architecture , for a conversation about why the architecture industr...

Recorded live at NeoCon 2025, Helene Oberman, Managing Director of Interior Design Magazine, sits down with Neel Bradham, CEO and Managing Director of Parador . In this episode, they discuss Parador's debut in the U.S. market, their rich legacy of nearly 50 years in the European design industry, and how Parador integrates innovation and sustainability in their products. Neel also shares insights i...

This special episode of SURROUND Presents was recorded live during NeoCon 2025, in the DesignScene lounge hosted by SANDOW DESIGN GROUP. Surrounded by more than 300 full-sized lamps and countless miniature models, Interior Design  Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen sat down in the experiential space with Ryan Smith , Chief Creative Officer of 3form companies and founder of LightArt . The duo shared...

You can find every episode of  architecture 5 10 20 at surroundpodcasts.com . Welcome back to architecture 5 10 20! I’m your host, Guy Geier, Managing Partner of  FXCollaborative  Architects in New York. My guests for this podcast are pioneers and visionaries shaping the future of the built environment across various disciplines. Join me in exploring their remarkable journeys, disco...

Alma Jimenez Lopez is a creative force — a designer, artist, and curator who builds bridges between cultures and communities. In this episode, she shares how growing up as a first-generation Mexican American shaped her superpower: empathy. From honing her skills as an interior designer and building bridges across sectors of the design industry, to curation and community-building with the co-foundi...

Some are born with good taste, and Teo Yang is one of them. Among South Korea’s most interesting designers and collectors, he consistently studies the country’s past to find inspiration and connection to its present and future. His interior design practice creates private, public and corporate spaces, often filled with an eclectic mix that includes furniture and furnishings that he’s designed. Eva...

Have you ever walked into a space and immediately sensed it had a rich history? Faraz and Ella explore the idea of iteration from a musical context and how this occurs in the built environment through thoughtful preservation and adaptive reuse. What makes up the soul of a building or place? Does it start with the architecture or with the people and activities that bring a space to life? Notes / Li...

It finally happened. After months of name dropping, Bobby and Andrew finally visited the Sphere and they brought along a new friend to talk about it. Kelly Knapp has been at the forefront of immersive experiences for much of her career and she joins the pod to talk about the process of creating projects like Sphere, where she was a pre-launch creative lead, as well as a host of other exc...

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