Episodios

  • Shohei Shigematsu: Defining Radicality in Architecture

    Shohei Shigematsu: Defining Radicality in Architecture
    Jul 16 2025
    As the partner running the New York outpost of Rem Koolhaas’s legendary firm OMA, this architect has done that rarest of things: established himself as a cultural figure in his own right. On this Season 13 finale, Dan speaks with Shigematsu about growing up in the heyday of 1980s Japan, how his love of filmmaking inspired his career in architecture, how he nailed his job interview with Koolhaas, his soon-to-be-completed expansion of Manhattan’s New Museum, and more.

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    1 h
  • Aerin Lauder: Style in Full Bloom

    Aerin Lauder: Style in Full Bloom
    Jul 2 2025
    Through her books and products, this 21st-century domestic goddess is truly a part of the classic American style firmament. On this episode, Dan speaks with Lauder about growing up with her grandmother, the beauty revolutionary Estée Lauder, what she learned about the industry from her years in the business, the launch of her own lifestyle brand Aerin, her latest book Aerin Lauder: Living with Flowers, and more.

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    39 m
  • A Family Affair: Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford

    A Family Affair: Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford
    Jun 25 2025
    The two brilliant halves of this London-based creative couple are examples of how one family can shine greater than the sum of its parts. On this episode, Dan speaks with interior designer Sophie Ashby and her husband, menswear designer Charlie Casely-Hayford, about their unique and booming businesses, Ashby’s involvement in the nonprofit United in Design, Casely-Hayford’s own lineage in impactful British culture, how the two met, and more.

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    58 m
  • Pierre-Yves Rochon: “You Don’t Design for Yourself”

    Pierre-Yves Rochon: “You Don’t Design for Yourself”
    Jun 18 2025

    This master of luxurious, classical interiors has created some of the best hotels around the world, including the St. Regis in Rome, The Savoy in London, and the Four Seasons George V in Paris. On this episode, Dan speaks with Rochon about his global upbringing, how the cinema inspired him as a child, his latest work restoring New York’s Waldorf Astoria, his installation extolling classic design at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, and more.



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    49 m
  • Lee Mindel: Speaking From Experience

    Lee Mindel: Speaking From Experience
    Jun 11 2025
    New York architect Lee Mindel, of firm SheltonMindel, is one of those designers who seems to have done it all, and in style. On this episode, Dan speaks with the award-winning designer about his residential projects for the world's well-heeled, what it was like getting his start in the heyday of Manhattan’s nightlife scene, opening his design gallery called Galerie56, his time studying at Harvard, and his own impressive collection of covetable objects.

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    1 h y 2 m
  • Robert Wilson: “Do I Have Time to Dream?”

    Robert Wilson: “Do I Have Time to Dream?”
    Jun 4 2025
    One of the most consequential theatrical directors ever, American artist Robert Wilson has helped to revolutionize the medium. On this episode, Dan speaks with the Texas-born talent about the hyper-conservative world in which he was raised; how he studied architecture as a young man in New York; how contemporary Broadway and opera rubbed him the wrong way; one of his latest works, Mary Said What She Said, which stars French actress Isabelle Huppert; his lauded Watermill Center and what it means to him; and more.

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    53 m
  • Jeanne Gang: Understanding the Power of Architecture

    Jeanne Gang: Understanding the Power of Architecture
    May 28 2025
    For decades, the Chicago-based architect Jeanne Gang has captured the imaginations of critics and the public alike with her environmentally aware projects. Her latest, an expansion of New York’s American Museum of Natural History, has turned heads and inspired leagues of visitors. On this episode, Dan speaks with the visionary talent on her upbringing in the American Midwest, studying abroad in Paris and how those experiences helped shape her career, what actionable idealism is, why she loves birding, and much more.

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    54 m
  • Jean-Georges Vongerichten: The Chef Who Raised the Bar

    Jean-Georges Vongerichten: The Chef Who Raised the Bar
    May 21 2025
    For decades, one chef has helped to redefine our expectations of dining out while modernizing French cuisine for a global clientele. On this first episode of Season 13, Dan speaks with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten about his humble beginnings, how he learned from some of the world’s most legendary chefs, his experiences making a splash in the New York scene, his latest residential and culinary concept (Miami Tropic, in the city’s Design District), and more.

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    56 m