Onstage, Burks unveiled the American version of The Traveler, a chair he designed in collaboration with Roche Bobois. The chair has a wooden frame—as opposed to the steel-framed European version—and upholstery meant "to mimic the posture of the body," Burks says. "We're all workaholics, so this American chair is about really relaxing—working hard and relaxing hard." The collaboration, which Burks embarked on with the French furniture brand about one year ago, is "a dialog between two different cultures, and every culture in between," he says.
