WEEK IN REVIEW INSIDE MARCIO KOGAN AND STUDIO MK27'S CINEMATIC ARCHITECTURE designboom speaks to brazilian architect and studio MK27 founder, marcio kogan, on the occasion of his firm's first monographic volume, titled 'the architecture of studio MK27: lights, camera, action'. 'we have always been affected by the radical force of brazilian modernism that started at the end of the 30s,' kogan, who founded his são paulo-based studio in the late 70’s, tells us. 'from its elegant sobriety to the intense integration between interiors and exteriors, these principles have marked my career in architecture and possibly all the generations that have followed.' read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here. DECAY STOOL BLOOMS INTO WILDFLOWERS AS IT DECOMPOSES ‘does a chair designed with sustainable principles always need to be durable and long-lasting? how about a chair that breaks easily, becoming more beautiful as it deteriorates?’ asks gisung han. in his 'decay stool', the industrial designer introduces a blooming seat made from wildflower seeds and potato-based plastic that blossoms into flowers as it decomposes. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here. the weekly is an inside review curated by sofia lekka angelopoulou. | 