Episodes

  • Bunny Williams: American Decorating Dynamo

    Bunny Williams: American Decorating Dynamo
    Oct 1 2025
    For more than 40 years, Bunny Williams has helped define the look of the American home through a thriving interior design business, a successful and longstanding furnishings collection, as well as eight bestselling books to her name. On this episode, Dan speaks with the living legend about learning her craft from the late icons Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, how she likes to plan a room, her advice for the next generation of designers, how she met her husband the lauded antiques dealer John Rosselli, and more.

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    57 mins
  • Anna Sui: Designing the Nineties

    Anna Sui: Designing the Nineties
    Sep 24 2025
    From grunge style to the preppy look, one fashion designer helped define the wildly creative 1990s, New York’s Anna Sui. In her latest book “The Nineties x Anna Sui” (Rizzoli), the beloved designer catalogs this momentous decade in her life and career through photographs, memories, and runway-fabulous illustrations. On this episode, she speaks to Dan about growing up as a music-obsessed teen in the Midwest, getting her start as an ambitious creative in Manhattan, meeting and working with a young Marc Jacobs, how the world of vintage shopping impacted her process, and much more.

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    53 mins
  • Francois Halard: Design’s Beloved Photographer

    Francois Halard: Design’s Beloved Photographer
    Sep 17 2025
    If you have a friend who loves interior design, then you’ve likely seen a coffee table book by a certain photographer in their personal collection. On this episode, Dan meets a beloved photographer known for his keen eye and unparalleled access: Francois Halard. The pairs speak about how he got his start in the world of magazines, including his many years at various Condé Nast, the success of his eponymous first three books with Rizzoli, and his latest, “Francois Halard: Art & Flowers” that moves his art from the photographic documentation of spaces to unique works of fine art.

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    48 mins
  • Annie Lennox: “I Don’t Buy Into the Game”

    Annie Lennox: “I Don’t Buy Into the Game”
    Sep 10 2025
    Singer, activist, pop legend. Annie Lennox has left an indelible mark on music and visual culture for decades. In her new book “Annie Lennox: Retrospective” (Rizzoli), she takes a trip down memory lane from a photographic and image-making perspective. On this Season 14 premiere, Dan speaks with Lennox about the origins of her musical talents, the story behind the genesis of Eurythmics, how a trip to a pawn shop spurred an era of iconic visual creations, the time she performed live with David Bowie, and much more.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 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 hr
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins