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The stack of drawers is a sculpture with utilitarian merits. Drawers of seven different sizes in seven different orientations create a richly varied montage of advancing and retreating planes. The distinctive diagonally applied veneer draws the elements tautly together. Illustration: stack of drawers veneered in Santos rosewood.

Sainte Marie de La Tourette, the 1960s Dominican convent near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier.

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Completed in 1969 by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson, of British firm Building Design Partnership, the 170-metre-long structure became the largest bus station in Europe and a poster child for the Brutalist style.

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Dutchman Cees Braakman (1917-1995) meant a lot to Pastoe. From 1945 to 1978, he was head of the Pastoe design team and was responsible for the development of the first modern furniture line. Moreover, he created a clear and coherent collection of furniture conceived as functional objects, which put Pastoe on the map.