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Tom Sachs: “It’s All Sculpture to Me”
Tom Sachs: “It’s All Sculpture to Me”
Tom Sachs explores various creative disciplines, from sculpture and filmmaking to design and painting. On this season finale, Dan speaks with Tom about his accidental journey to fine art, how an installation in a Barneys window kickstarted his career, and more.
Claudio Marenzi: A Legacy of Technical Elegance
Claudio Marenzi: A Legacy of Technical Elegance
Herno's Claudio Marenzi knows a thing or two of creating garments that blend incredible design with legendary performance. On this episode, Dan speaks with Claudio about how the fashion universe in Italy has evolved, his hopes for the next generation, and more.
The Grand Tourist Reports: A New Home for the Fondation Cartier
The Grand Tourist Reports: A New Home for the Fondation Cartier
Tom Kundig: Making Memories With Architecture
Tom Kundig: Making Memories With Architecture
As one of the most lauded American architects today, Tom Kundig and his 350-person-strong firm Olson Kundig has created inventive spaces around the globe. On this episode, Dan speaks with the designer about his Pacific Northwest upbringing, how the kinetic architecture in his works came to be, and more.
The Grand Tourist Returns: The Assoulines
The Grand Tourist Returns: The Assoulines
In the world of publishing, the name Assouline is synonymous with glamour. On this popular episode from 2022, Dan speaks with the trio proving that print isn't dead: the French couple Prosper and Martine Assouline, and their son Alexandre.
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Bunny Williams: American Decorating Dynamo
Bunny Williams: American Decorating Dynamo
For more than 40 years, this interior designer has helped define the look of the American home. On this episode, Dan speaks with the living legend about how she learned from late icons Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, her advice for the next generation, and more.
Anna Sui: Designing the Nineties
Anna Sui: Designing the Nineties
This fashion designer helped define the wildly creative 1990s. On this episode, Anna Sui speaks to Dan about growing up in the Midwest, New York golden age of pre-digital culture, and much more.
How an Indian Designer is Putting Down Exquisite Roots
How an Indian Designer is Putting Down Exquisite Roots
Vikram Goyal is the last person you’d have expected to become a champion of Indian material culture. Here, he sits down with his noted gallerist to unpack his journey from economist to enlightened designer.
Meet the Artist Using Craft and Imagination to Define the Modern Woman
Meet the Artist Using Craft and Imagination to Define the Modern Woman
Artist Tina Lechner analyzes the beauty and vulnerabilities of the female form with her carefully constructed costumes that she photographs to create enigmatic—and sometimes even haunting—portraits. We meet the Austrian multi-hyphenate.
How a French Designer Honors an American Legend
How a French Designer Honors an American Legend
The late Jack Lenor Larsen was a pivotal American legend in textiles. Today, Béatrice Bostvironnois continues the designer’s legacy of globally inspired creations.
How Do You Say Upstate in Italian?
How Do You Say Upstate in Italian?
Amid the cultural renaissance happening north of New York City, a young museum brings Arte Povera masterworks to a growing creative community.
Peek Inside a Museum Where History is Re-Made
Peek Inside a Museum Where History is Re-Made
One of Berlin’s oldest institutions, the Gipsformerei is not only a priceless archive of sculptures, molds, and works of art, but of a vanishing skill set of craftsmanship and artistry. Photographer Michael Adair and writer Camille Freestone get us a peek inside.
If You Can Make It Here: A Lensman’s Love Letter to His American Experience
If You Can Make It Here: A Lensman’s Love Letter to His American Experience
For Italian fashion photographer Alessio Boni, New York was a gateway to his American dream, which altered his life forever. In a series of highly personal works, made with his own unique process, he explores an apocalyptic clash of cultures.
Aerin Lauder: Style in Full Bloom
Aerin Lauder: Style in Full Bloom
Where in the World is Nicolas Now?
Where in the World is Nicolas Now?
Algeria, Capri, Rwanda, Milan, Tunis…. The globetrotting impresario of collectible design Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte is bringing his discerning tastes all over the globe. We manage to pin him down, while lensman Tinko Czetwertynski follows him with a camera on his many curatorial adventures.
A Family Affair: Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford
A Family Affair: Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford
On this episode, Dan speaks to the brilliant London-based couple Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford about their unique careers, Ashby’s involvement in the nonprofit United in Design, Casely-Hayford’s own lineage in British culture, and more.
Pierre-Yves Rochon: “You Don’t Design for Yourself”
Pierre-Yves Rochon: “You Don’t Design for Yourself”
When it comes to designing hotels, Pierre-Yves Rochon is a cut above. On this episode, Dan speaks with Rochon about his global upbringing, his redesign of the Waldorf Astoria, and his installation at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Seoul Searching: Teo Yang Connects the Future to South Korea’s Past
Seoul Searching: Teo Yang Connects the Future to South Korea’s Past
The vibrant capital is a shining example of a city on the bleeding edge of modernity. We pay a visit to a designer asking his countrymen to remember their traditions.
Lee Mindel: Speaking From Experience
Lee Mindel: Speaking From Experience
This architect has done it all, and in style. On this episode, Dan speaks with Mindel about getting his start, his design gallery, and meeting Gaetano Pesce in a hospital waiting room.
Robert Wilson: “Do I Have Time to Dream?”
Robert Wilson: “Do I Have Time to Dream?”
For decades, he’s directed boundary-pushing performances, from his best-known work 1976’s "Einstein on the Beach" to the recent "Mary Said What She Said." On this episode, Dan speaks with the legend about his conservative upbringing, breaking the rules of theater, The Watermill Center, and more.
FORBES: Meet The Podcaster Redefining Luxury Media With A New Magazine
FORBES: Meet The Podcaster Redefining Luxury Media With A New Magazine
This Artist Turned to Design, Only to Return to the Canvas
This Artist Turned to Design, Only to Return to the Canvas
Jeanne Gang: Understanding the Power of Architecture
Jeanne Gang: Understanding the Power of Architecture
Jean-Georges Vongerichten: The Chef Who Raised the Bar
Jean-Georges Vongerichten: The Chef Who Raised the Bar
The Grand Tourist and Molteni&C Celebrate Design Week in New York
The Grand Tourist and Molteni&C Celebrate Design Week in New York
How One Architect Reimagined a Centuries-Old College Campus
How One Architect Reimagined a Centuries-Old College Campus
A Pirate’s Life for Thee
A Pirate’s Life for Thee
When a Design Legend Picks Up a Camera, Who Does He See?
When a Design Legend Picks Up a Camera, Who Does He See?
London Calling, One More Time
London Calling, One More Time
Postcard from Milan: The Monk Returns
Postcard from Milan: The Monk Returns
Erdem Moralioglu: “I’ve Always Been Attracted to Things with a Human Hand”
Erdem Moralioglu: “I’ve Always Been Attracted to Things with a Human Hand”
Alison Loehnis: Forging Fashion’s Digital Frontier
Alison Loehnis: Forging Fashion’s Digital Frontier
Studio KO: The Coolest Boys in the Room
Studio KO: The Coolest Boys in the Room
Matter and Shape’s Creative Director on Why Empty Space Is the New Luxury
Matter and Shape’s Creative Director on Why Empty Space Is the New Luxury
Stefano Boeri: Nature’s Favorite Architect
Stefano Boeri: Nature’s Favorite Architect
Who to Follow: A Design Veteran’s Stylish Sources of Inspiration
Who to Follow: A Design Veteran’s Stylish Sources of Inspiration
Sybil and David Yurman: The Artists Who Built an Empire
Sybil and David Yurman: The Artists Who Built an Empire
Calida Rawles: “Once You Put a Black Figure in Water, There’s Context”
Calida Rawles: “Once You Put a Black Figure in Water, There’s Context”
Hans Ulrich Obrist: “Art Can Always Come to Us Through Different Channels”
Hans Ulrich Obrist: “Art Can Always Come to Us Through Different Channels”
Elizabeth Diller: Pushing the Creative Boundaries in Architecture
Elizabeth Diller: Pushing the Creative Boundaries in Architecture
Designer Henry Zankov Knows the Importance of a Visual Language
Designer Henry Zankov Knows the Importance of a Visual Language
Massimo Bottura: "Enjoy the Ride"
Massimo Bottura: "Enjoy the Ride"
AGO Projects: “Urban Safari Meets Preppy Punk”
AGO Projects: “Urban Safari Meets Preppy Punk”
How a Sotheby’s Specialist Puts a Price on Allure
How a Sotheby’s Specialist Puts a Price on Allure
Living the Dream: Island Escape
Living the Dream: Island Escape
Frida Escobedo: The Curious Architect
Frida Escobedo: The Curious Architect
Martina Mondadori: Cabana Magazine’s High Priestess of Design
Martina Mondadori: Cabana Magazine’s High Priestess of Design
Judy Chicago: Revelations
Judy Chicago: Revelations
A Culture at War: Ukraine and the Art of Resistance
A Culture at War: Ukraine and the Art of Resistance
How Lensman Douglas Friedman Brought a Bit of Marfa to Austria’s Most Beloved Glassmaker
How Lensman Douglas Friedman Brought a Bit of Marfa to Austria’s Most Beloved Glassmaker
The Grand Tourist Introduces: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Sophie Lou Jacobsen, BoND
The Grand Tourist Introduces: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Sophie Lou Jacobsen, BoND
Stylist Julie Ragolia Finds New Yorkers Hailing Cabs Inspiring
Stylist Julie Ragolia Finds New Yorkers Hailing Cabs Inspiring
Jonathan Becker: A Life in Portraiture
Jonathan Becker: A Life in Portraiture
Blenheim Palace: Touring History with Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill
Blenheim Palace: Touring History with Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill
Cabana: My New York with Dan Rubinstein
Cabana: My New York with Dan Rubinstein
Roman & Williams: Design’s Masters of Mood
Roman & Williams: Design’s Masters of Mood
Patti LuPone: “I Was Born to Do What I Do”
Patti LuPone: “I Was Born to Do What I Do”
Daphne Guinness: “Everything is About Taste”
Daphne Guinness: “Everything is About Taste”
Tyler Brûlé: The Editor Who Changed the Conversation
Tyler Brûlé: The Editor Who Changed the Conversation
Madame Clicquot: History’s Champagne Pioneer
Madame Clicquot: History’s Champagne Pioneer
Martin Brudnizki: Master of the Grand Fantasy
Martin Brudnizki: Master of the Grand Fantasy
Murray Moss: The Radical Gallerist Who Transformed Design
Murray Moss: The Radical Gallerist Who Transformed Design
Curious Objects: Are Trends Sooo Over?
Curious Objects: Are Trends Sooo Over?
Walton Ford: A Wildly Creative Life
Walton Ford: A Wildly Creative Life
Linda Wells: “Beauty is a Word I Find Difficult”
Linda Wells: “Beauty is a Word I Find Difficult”
Yabu Pushelberg: Building a Better Life
Yabu Pushelberg: Building a Better Life
Alex Prager: Finding Purpose in Photography
Alex Prager: Finding Purpose in Photography
The Grand Tourist Toasts Season 10 at Kasmin Gallery
The Grand Tourist Toasts Season 10 at Kasmin Gallery
Kelly Wearstler: Interior Design’s Tastemaking Dynamo
Kelly Wearstler: Interior Design’s Tastemaking Dynamo
04/24/24: The Inside Story on the Oscars of the Travel World
04/24/24: The Inside Story on the Oscars of the Travel World
Postcard from Milan: Designing the Future With Kartell
Postcard from Milan: Designing the Future With Kartell
04/03/24: Inside the Fascinatingly Rich and Complex World of the Tulip
04/03/24: Inside the Fascinatingly Rich and Complex World of the Tulip
Pierre Yovanovitch: Warmth and Rigor, Poetry and Structure
Pierre Yovanovitch: Warmth and Rigor, Poetry and Structure
The Grand Tourist Introduces: Pierre Marie, Alyssa Kapito, Frederik Molenschot
The Grand Tourist Introduces: Pierre Marie, Alyssa Kapito, Frederik Molenschot
Frédéric Malle: “A Perfume Has to be a Part of Life”
Frédéric Malle: “A Perfume Has to be a Part of Life”
Kit Kemp: “I’m Frightened of Beige”
Kit Kemp: “I’m Frightened of Beige”
02/14/24: Where a Dreamer Likes to Get Inspired in Mexico City
02/14/24: Where a Dreamer Likes to Get Inspired in Mexico City
Es Devlin: All the World’s a Stage
Es Devlin: All the World’s a Stage
Dan on Ideas of Order with Jeremiah Brent
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Tom Hollander: Bringing Truman Capote to Life
Tom Hollander: Bringing Truman Capote to Life
01/31/24: A Beloved London Gallery Lands in Los Angeles
01/31/24: A Beloved London Gallery Lands in Los Angeles
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