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The AD Aesthete
by Condé Nast
Listen in as the superlatively knowledgeable Mitchell Owens, Decorative Arts editor at AD (@ADaesthete), talks with the greatest design-world talents of our time about all things aesthetic. From the legacy of iconic decorators to the promise of design’s future, his lively, bold, and engaging conversations truly appeal to a mixed audience of industry pros and design enthusiasts. New episodes Tuesdays.
Episodes
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Ep414: A Knowing Eye: The Gifts at Cutter Brooks
Amanda Brooks lives an enviable life. The former New York fashion executive settled happily in the English countryside and found a new avenue in Cutter Brooks (cutterbrooks.com), her small village shop that developed worldwide fans thanks to her knowing eye for chic country style, her relentless...
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Ep413: Material World
Whether designing a private apartment or public hotel, or turning his expertise to furniture, AD100 superstar Pierre Yovanovitch has a confident hand, and his talent for manipulating hard materials like wood, stone, and bronze makes them seem soft and sensual. But while aesthetic is important to...
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Introducing SELF: Checking In
Introducing Checking In, the advice podcast where we answer real health and wellness questions from real people like you. Hosted by SELF’s Editor in Chief, Carolyn Kylstra, and featuring trusted experts, doctors, therapists, thought leaders, and even a few celebrities, we’re diving deep into what...
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Ep412: The Whimsical World of Matilda Goad
Cult British designer Matlida Goad is full of ideas, creating "pieces to elevate the home with the most minimal upheaval," as she calls them. Hers are the sort of items—happy, colorful, charming, and unusual—that one wants to keep as much as one wants to give. While Goad's mum was her very first...
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Ep411: Art and Soul
Roman Alonso and Steven Johanknecht, the founders of the AD100 design firm Commune, chose a name that says it all: many talents across multiple disciplines, creating artful and soulful collaborations. Join me as they talk candidly about their new book, Design Commune (Abrams), their formative…
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Ep410: Restoring Beirut
On August 4, 2020, an explosion shook Beirut. Days later, French-Lebanese sisters Laura and Sophie Tabet came up with an idea for an online marketplace, Beirut Re-Store (beirutrestore.com/), which ultimately came to feature 173 talents selling artworks and all proceeds going to independent NGOs…
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Ep409: What Makes a Great American Garden?
Monty Don, the celebrated British broadcaster and horticulturalist, and Derry Moore, the legendary photographer, know how to capture the soul of a garden, having published several delightful books on the subject. The latest from these longtime friends is American Gardens (Prestel Publishing), a...
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Ep408: Dream Weaver: Rattan Style
Considered the plastic of its day, rattan has never had a celebratory volume until now, with tastemaker Lulu Lytle's recently published book, Rattan: A World of Elegance and Charm (Rizzoli, with a foreword by yours truly). Lytle, of Soane Britain, spent years researching the material and its airy...
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Ep407: The Fashionable World of Federico Forquet
Federico Forquet, the top-flight Italian couturier who, at the height of his genius, pivoted to design exquisite interiors and gardens, is indefatigable well into his 80s as he continues creating rooms, landscapes, and a forthcoming museum exhibition. Join Hamish Bowles, the International Editor…
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Ep:406 The Politics of Architecture in Nazi Germany
Historian Despina Stratigakos startled the academic world with her book Hitler at Home (Yale University Press), a powerful and unsettling examination of the ruler's homes. Beyond showcasing Germany's finest design, the dark premise also suggests the interiors served as propaganda intended to...
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Ep405: Inside the Obama White House: Everything Means Something
When AD100 interior designer Michael S. Smith was tapped to decorate the private quarters of the Obama White House, he found himself pondering heady questions such as, How do you get the leader of the free world to agree to red curtains? In his new book, Designing History: The Extraordinary Art &...
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Ep404: Paradise Found
Celebrating his new book Twelve Gardens Around the World (Editions Gourcuff Gradenig), AD100 landscape designer Louis Benech takes readers on a global journey of paradises, where each acreage has "juste." As many a design writer has noted, the magic of Benech is that he conjures gardens that look...
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Ep403: Searching for the Unconventional
Edo Mapelli Mozzi—the same who recently married Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Princess Beatrice—has for a dozen years been known in the UK as the founder and CEO of Banda. Created with the idea to identify unconventional buildings in neighborhoods off the slightly beaten path and to…
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Ep402: Arranging Shapes in Space
Nicole Hollis, a leading American interior designer in San Francisco with a new monograph out from Rizzoli (NICOLEHOLLIS: Curated Interiors), describes her approach as less about pattern and color and more about shaping spaces with intention. Here, she speaks frankly about how her dyslexia acts…
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Ep401: The Mesmerizing Style of Marrakech
Nobody understands Moroccan style better than international tastemaker, designer, and businesswoman Meryanne Loum-Martin, owner of the celebrated boutique hotel Jnane Tamsna and author of the new book, Inside Marrakesh: Enchanting Homes and Gardens (Rizzoli), which opens the doors to multiple...
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Ep312: Bunny Mellon and Her Gardens
Bunny Mellon may have been well known as an art collector, a philanthropist, and a self-taught landscape artist—yet it is the latter that is the focus of two new books debuting this fall: Bunny Mellon Garden Journal and Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon (Vendome), in collaboration with garden...
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Ep311: One Person's Well-Placed Lamp Is Another Person's Ill-Placed Illumination
Architectural criticism has been a constant for centuries, with buildings under scrutiny throughout the ages. Interior design, however, has always received the white-glove treatment. Why? Join me for a lively discussion between Wendy Goodman, of New York magazine, and Suzanne Stephens, of...
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Ep310: Jayne Wrightsman, American Connoisseur
Jayne Wrightsman rocketed to international prominence from Midwestern obscurity, transforming herself into one of the most distinguished collectors of both French and English decorative arts along with her husband Charles B. Wrightsman. With the upcoming auction of her estate later this month,...
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Ep309: British Country Homes and the Stories They Tell
Historian Clive Aslet and photographer Dylan Thomas have captured a dozen romantic British country homes in their forthcoming book, Old Homes, New Life (Triglyph, July 2020), exploring in great detail the stories behind each property. Join me as they share how the younger generations are making...
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Ep308: All in Hand
Though we live in the age of machines, we find ourselves drawn time and again to natural materials tooled by hand. With its focus on traditional craftsmanship, The American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in South Carolina understands this instinct, offering instruction in areas like...
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Ep307: Hang It All: Artisanal Wallpapers
Wallpaper, once scorned as fussy, has come into its own lately, with powerful patterns and brilliant palettes. But the genre's history is deep and even surprising. Join Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz, the world's leading dealer in antique wallpapers, and Chris Ohrstrom, co-founder of the handmade...
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Ep306: Perfectly Imperfect
When one of the most admired interior decorators in the world teams up with the founder of one of fashion’s most popular labels, something special is bound to happen. For Robert Kime and Tory Burch, it sparked the Nara Collection, their new line of beautifully patterned fabrics and wallpapers...
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Ep305: The Healing Power of Architecture
AD100 architect Lee Mindel knows 20th-century design inside and out. But what intrigues him most is how many of the world’s most-admired projects were created not to celebrate beauty alone, but to celebrate wellness, both mental and physical. Join us as we talk from our homes about the buildings...
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Ep304: American Spirit
Like most of us, AD100 designer Markham Roberts and art and antiques dealer James Sansum are sheltering in place. But also like many, they are dreaming of getting away, in their case to their beloved Victorian house off Puget Sound which was recently featured in AD. Joined by interiors and garden...
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Ep303: Making Room at the Table
As we continue to shelter in place, three leading figures in the American design landscape join me from their homes: AD100 architect Annabelle Selldorf, interior designer Ellie Cullman, and landscape architect Janice Parker. In a conversation most topical, they share their personal experiences as...
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Ep302: The Sensation of Space
Wellness is a trend, to be sure, yet it has always been a consideration for designers and architects as they create spaces for people to express their best selves. Irish-born designer Clodagh joins me from her home to discuss her feel-good design philosophy incorporating wellness, which started…
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Ep301: The Allure of 1980s Luxury
For those growing up aware of the rich, intelligent, decadent style of the 1980s, it was a time of American tastemakers creating the most influential interiors. Today, designer David Netto joins me in recalling three of the most absolutely unapologetic and memorable of those homes, each inspiring...
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The AD Aesthete at Home: Season 3
Like many people around the world right now,, we and our guests are doing our best to shelter in place. The audio may not be as fine as in the past, yet perhaps you will still find our episodes to be as bright, lively, and informative as before. We hope you too can stay home, be well, and…
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Ep210: A Century of Access at AD
Our newest book, AD at 100, celebrates the most incredible homes of the past century, showcasing the work of top designers and offering rare looks inside the private worlds of artists, celebrities, and other fascinating personalities. Joining me in the studio to discuss the three-year process…
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Ep209: All in the Family
Heritage businesses often grow out of enviable, deep roots, yet today many legacy companies are run by corporate types wanting to trade on a brand name, not recognizing the original family creativity. Today I'm joined in the studio by three young powerhouses—Eliza Crater of Sister Parish Design,...
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Ep208: Home Swede Home
Swedish-born British designer Beata Heuman, an undisputed star of her profession, is an AD100 honoree who was named "Designer of the Year" in 2018 by Britain's House & Garden. Thoughtful and reflective, she chatted with me about unexpected details (that sometimes tip into the strange), being…
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Ep207: Anglo-American Style: Then, Now, Forever
Interior designer, writer, historian, and scholar Thomas Jayne may be devoted to traditional design, but as his rooms and books clearly show, the results are decided unstuffy. Of many decorators who hold high the torch of Anglo-American style, he prefers to bring its classicism into modern times,...
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Ep206: Bright Young Thing
British illustrator and designer Luke Edward Hall, a true leading light with thousands of fans and followers, may channel a glamorous, golden era—citing legends such as photographer Cecil Beaton and poet Jean Cocteau—yet beyond the gloss lies a hardworking talent whose tongue-in-cheek, creative...
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Ep205: The Rise and Fall (and Rise!) of Trimmings
Interiors have long been enriched with handmade tassels, fringe, lace, braid, and other trims, all of which contributed to a significant percent of many a decorating budget. But with the rise of modernism in the 1920s, the art of handmade trim fell out of fashion. Could a revival be underway now?...
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Ep204: George Washington Builds His Dream House
America's first president was a renowned military tactician, a Revolutionary War hero, and Father of the Country. Yet George Washington was also a man of surprisingly style, and the home he and wife Martha Washington created, Mount Vernon, astounded visitors and has always occupied a prominent...
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Ep203: Inside/Outside, the Marriage of Architecture and Landscape
Architecture and landscape design both enhance and anchor each other, never moreso than when the creative talents behind them collaborate as well as my guests AD100 architect Gil Schafer and landscape designer Deborah Nevins, who have several projects to prove it. Bonus: Listen in as I get...
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Ep202: Duveen Brothers: Inventing American Taste
Back in the late nineteenth century, the premier international arts and antiques advisories were the Duveen brothers, counselors to the very wealthy one percent on what to include in their private collections. As those artworks were donated to public museums and galleries, it's become clear how...
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Ep201: No Matter Where You Go, There's Something to See
"No matter where you go, there's always something to see," the acclaimed American decorator Mark Hampton once told me—a guiding principle for so many in the design industry. AD100 honorees Alexa Hampton and Steven Gambrel tend to travel the world with an eye for the unexpected, always returning...
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Ep106: Making Sense of the World Through Objects
Some of the most beautiful and affecting objects—a salt shaker, a stained glass panel—can carry an ugly thought, politically or socially. Mitchell "Micky" Wolfson Jr, a self-described preservationist whose collection of more than 70,000 treasures fill The Wolfsonian-FIU museum, always seeks a...
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Ep105: The Art of Cross-Collecting
With a passion for cross-collecting—that is, appreciating items from different time periods and genres—Philip Hewat-Jaboor, the founder of the glamorous British collector's fair Masterpiece London, has a lot to say about how observing the beauty in objects is as much about living with them as it…
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Ep104: Revisiting Mario Buatta
Design historian and dealer Emily Evans Eerdmans is coordinating "Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors," a much-anticipated auction of the late AD100 designer's belongings at Sotheby’s in January—nearly 1,000 lots’ worth. "Collecting is a very personal thing," Buatta, who died in 2018 at 82, once...
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Ep103: The All-American Elegance of the Shingle Style
The Shingle Style of architecture, born in the late 1870s in the United States, has since been revived and recalibrated by successive generations of architects, from the Hamptons to France, even China. It was especially popular at seaside resorts, leading it to be called the architecture of the...
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Ep102: The Man Behind the Camera, Interiors Photographer Derry Moore
Since the 1970s, British photographer Derry Moore, who is also the 12th Earl of Drogheda, has been one of the world's most celebrated chroniclers of interiors and gardens. Some of his most iconic work has been produced for Architectural Digest over the last 30 years, as well as for The World of...
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Ep101: Elsie de Wolfe, the Mother of Modern Decoration
Elsie de Wolfe, an American actress of the Gilded Age, became the most famous decorator in the world when she changed professions in 1904—and she's still a force in the field today, Her work and her work ethic has inspired many of today's leading interior decorators. Join interior designer...
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Welcome to The AD Aesthete
Listen in as the superlatively knowledgeable Mitchell Owens, Decorative Arts editor at AD (@ADaesthete), talks with the greatest design-world talents of our time about all things aesthetic. From the legacy of iconic decorators to the promise of design’s future, his lively, bold, and engaging...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Listen in as the superlatively knowledgeable Mitchell Owens, Decorative Arts editor at AD (@ADaesthete), talks with the greatest design-world talents of our time about all things aesthetic. From the legacy of iconic decorators to the promise of design’s future, his lively, bold, and engaging conversations truly appeal to a mixed audience of industry pros and design enthusiasts. New episodes Tuesdays.
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