Daniel House Book Club
Welcome to The Daniel House Book Club. We’re here to learn more about great design together. Whether you’re designing a new hotel or just furnishing your first apartment, we’re exploring books that will help you create spaces you and / or your guests and clients will want to return to again and again. There’s a lot of design out there and though I hate to be a downer, not all of it is good. But all of it could be, if we armed ourselves with a little more knowledge. This is not a podcast created to persuade you toward one aesthetic or another, but to explore together the immense library of design genius that has been contributed to the world by so many great talents that came before us and some that are still among us, so that when we arrive at our next jobs, we’ll find our place amongst the ranks of our amazing profession. I’m Peter Spalding, the Chief Creative Officer of The Daniel House Club, and I’ll be your host.
Episodes
28 episodes
Do your clients ever ask you to design their outdoor spaces?
Join us we learn some valuable lessons on how to furnish outdoor spaces, how to conceive outdoor rooms and what fabrics are appropriate for certain applications. All this of course drawn from the final sections of the famous book, Mark Hampton ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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26:01
What’s your favorite room?
Mark Hampton loved library rooms most of all. In the episode, learn everything from how he thought bookcases should be proportioned to where furniture should be positioned to ensure conversation could flourish.
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Episode 27
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23:30
Mark Hampton on Style
What’s your style? Listen and learn about a few of legendary decorator Mark Hampton’s favorites as expressed in his book, Mark Hampton on Decorating.https://danielhouse.club
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Episode 26
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26:29
Bedrooms Should be Sensual, and so Much More From Mark Hampton
How do you think about bedrooms, about setting the table or about the impact a fireplace design has on an overall room. Learn what Mark Hampton thought and see if you’re aligned.https://danielhouse.cl...
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Episode 25
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21:34
Mark Hampton on Decorating, Episode 1
Oh no, more color! The famous 20th century decorator Mark Hampton begins his book with color, and really, is there anything that has a bigger impact on the way a room makes you feel. Even two whites can have a vastly different color. Listen to ...
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Episode 24
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27:33
Upholstery: The Beautiful, The Useful and the Purposely Bizarre
The last 100 years of furniture might carelessly be lumped in three categories; the beautiful, the useful, and the purposely bizarre. Which category interests you?https://danielhouse.club
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Episode 23
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25:26
Philippe Starck is So Cool
There’s empty Post-Modernism and then there’s the work of Philippe Starck which is constantly striding to improve the human condition.https://danielhouse.club
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Episode 22
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21:04
What's in a Name?
Are chairs famous just because of the characters who created them, or are they actually really comfortable? Let's look at a few 20th century cult chairs to see.https://danielhouse.club
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Episode 21
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19:56
The Most Beautiful Chair in the World
As part of our look at 1000 Chairs, Peter is joined by furniture maker Aspen Golann who describes some of the key aspects of making a perfect Windsor Chair. She didn’t call the Windsor the most beautiful chair in the world, btw, those ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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59:21
The Sexiest Chair - According to Designer Kristen Siefkin
Today we are talking with designer, and Daniel House Club power user Kristen Siefken. She is joining us today from her home in sunny Mexico to discuss her favorite chairs and how she leverages planning boards on Daniel House Club to simplify he...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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50:32
1000 Chairs & Their Preceding Blockbusters
Ever wonder where our modern sense of comfort developed? Join Peter as he takes a look some of the chairs we know and love and examines how they’ve contributed to contemporary design.https://danielhous...
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Episode 18
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20:34
Vibing in your own space" with Oregon Home Editor, Emily Grosvenor
People love to come to your house because they want to be in your vibe,” says Oregon Home Magazine editor, Emily Grosvenor. "Earlier eras were too concerned with what the story of their space was telling other people, but hopefully we're gettin...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:04:21
Katie Ridder Shares Her Expertise on Color
Our guest today is the brilliant Katie Ridder. You may know her for her expert use of color as seen on the cover of Architectural Digest or all over instagram. I know her as one of the very first designers I got to work for. She is a perfect gu...
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Episode 16
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51:20
Designer Jenna Sheingold Makes the 80's Feel Fresh
Designer Jenna Sheingold is known for her use of color. Today she is joining us on our journey though Albers' Interaction of Color to talk about what she learned and how to really make color flourish in your projects.
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Episode 15
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40:12
Interior Designer Kimberlee Jaynes on how she helps clients see the Interaction of Color
We're discussing Josef Albers book "Interaction of Color" with a great guest today - Portland designer Kimberlee Jaynes. Kimberlee has also written a book on color and has been designing for over 20 years. Her experience is the perfect backdrop...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:03
Special Episode: An interview with Rug & Kilim Vice President, Cyrus Nazmiyal
We’re going to push our study of Josef Albers’ classic book Interaction of Color to next week, because I wanted to share the interview I did with Cyrus Nazmiyal, the vice president of one of our vendors, Rug & Kilim. In our conversati...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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41:19
Quintessence Host Susanna Salk on the Emotional Pursuit of Decorating
Listen as author and Quintessence Blog host Susanna Salk gives us the confidence to let our emotional responses guide our design process, even if that represents a departure from what Elsie de Wolfe might have thought.
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Episode 12
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44:05
Roy Caro Cohen of The Picturalist Shares the Right Way to Reproduce Art
This week Peter interviews Roy Caro Cohen of The Picturalist. They discuss Elsie De Wolf's chapters on the Small Apartments and Reproductions of Antique Furniture and Objects of Art (Chapter 16 & 17 if you're following along). Roy is the pe...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:09:49
Designing the Ideal Living Room With Elsie de Wolfe
Hey Design Lovers, welcome to Episode Number 10 of The Daniel House Book Club, where we are working our way through the 8 Books Every Interiors Lover Should Have Read according to Architectural Digest. We’re in our 4th of 6 episodes dedicated t...
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Episode 10
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24:23
The House in Good Taste: An Interview with Metta Home
Today we're joined by Heather Martin of Metta Home. She is adding her unique perspective as an AirBnB designer from Richmond, North Carolina. This is a fun exploration of chapters on Doors, Windows & Chintz, The Problem of Artificial Light,...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:06:20
The House in Good Taste: Proof of Concept
I think in some sense all designers can see themselves in Elsie de Wolfe. This feels especially true in the chapter we are starting with today, which is all about proof of concept. She’s moved out of her first house near Manhattan’s Gramercy Pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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25:05
The House in Good Taste: America's First Decorator
In the last episode, I said Elsie de Wolfe was the Joanna Gaines of her day, except way chicer, but that may have minimized her gigantic shoes – it might be better to call her the Kim Kardashian of her day. In de Wolfe, we see our modern concep...
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Episode 7
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21:34
The Decoration of House: Cultivating Connoisseurship
We started our study of this book by identifying that one of its surprising threads was that of simplicity. Today we are looking at the book’s final three parts, a chapter on The School – Room and Nurseries, which I’m imagining will feel slight...
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Episode 6
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23:35
The Decoration of Houses: Who Needs a Dining Room Anyway?
Hey fellow interior designers and design enthusiasts. Welcome to The Daniel House Book Club. Together, we’re reading and discussing the 8 books every interior designer and design enthusiast should have read according to Architectural D...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:51
The Decoration of Houses: Ballrooms & Boudoirs
Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman spend a lot of time going over rooms that seem to have no relevance to us today, like ballrooms and boudoirs. While, we may not use these spaces in our contemporary lives, there's a lot we can learn from them to impr...
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Episode 4
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31:28