{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62790a4723ef890012582bc6/634a9a4f68aa930012220225?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Circularity, a new furniture system and Gen Z - Guest: Marc Richard","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62790a4723ef890012582bc6/1707232581584-a4a06be67eb2e0252c04119ba4fee6d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What is the problem with our existing way of selecting, buying and using furniture? Is there an alternative way?</p><p><br></p><p>Instead of the linear Take, Make, Waste economy, how can we create a <a href=\"https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">circular Make, Use, Reuse economy</a>?</p><p><br></p><p>How is Love Island encouraging Gen Z to fall in love with circularity?</p><p><br></p><p>I chat to&nbsp;Marc Richard, managing director of furniture brand Roger Lewis, co-founder of futurist and closed loop furniture brand Capxule and straight-talking Northerner.</p><p><br></p><p>Mark is the managing director and owner of furniture brand <a href=\"https://rogerlewis.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Lewis</a>. Roger Lewis is a British manufacturer of furniture for corporate and hospitality projects, which recently moved to a new factory in Frome, Somerset. Mark has also co-founded <a href=\"https://capxule.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Capxule</a>, a closed loop concept furniture brand.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The journey to understand what a furniture brand of the future could look like has ignited a passion in him to help drive structural change within the furniture industry. He grew up in Leeds where a passion for building relationships out of candid communication and integrity was baked into him. Mark lives with his wife and two sons in Bath.</p>","author_name":"Gizem Eren"}