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John Pawson on Minimalism as a Way of Life
Season 11 Episode 130
For the British architect John Pawson, minimalism isn’t just a design philosophy, but a life philosophy—with his 1996 book, Minimum, serving as a def…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lina Ghotmeh on Ruin and Regeneration in Architecture
Season 11 Episode 129
Through her “archaeology of the future” design approach, the Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has firmly established herself as a hu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Leonard Koren on Life as an Aesthetic Experience
Season 11 Episode 128
For as long as he can remember, Leonard Koren has been searching for beauty and pleasure. Throughout his career, the author and artist—he prefers the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Pico Iyer on the Pleasure and Profundity of Silence
Season 11 Episode 127
Since publishing his debut essay collection—Video Night in Kathmandu, featuring far-flung reportage from 10 Asian countries—in 1988, the prolific tra…
1 year, 6 months ago
Faye Toogood on Creation as a Form of Connection
Season 11 Episode 126
Faye Toogood is perhaps best known for her Roly-Poly chair, among the more famous pieces of furniture to come out of the 2010s and take over the zeit…
1 year, 6 months ago
Malcolm Gladwell on Finding Freedom in Abandoning Expectations
Season 10 Episode 125
Malcolm Gladwell may be one of the most widely read—and, with his Revisionist History podcast, listened to—journalists of our time. A New Yorker maga…
1 year, 9 months ago
Richard Christiansen on Bridging Horticulture and Popular Culture
Season 10 Episode 124
Richard Christiansen believes that the true definition of luxury is having one’s senses on full blast—seeing, tasting, smelling, hearing, and touchin…
1 year, 9 months ago
Marcia Bjornerud on the Profound Wisdom of Rocks
Season 10 Episode 123
To the majority of humankind, rocks may appear to be static, timeless objects, but not to the geologist Marcia Bjornerud. In her mind, rocks are rich…
1 year, 10 months ago
Nachson Mimran on Leveraging Privilege for Good and in Service of Others
Season 10 Episode 122
With great privilege, believes the humanitarian and entrepreneur Nachson Mimran, comes great responsibility. Brought up in a family that operates one…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jonathan Lethem on Novel Writing as a Memory Art
Season 10 Episode 121
Perhaps best known for his novels Motherless Brooklyn (1999), The Fortress of Solitude (2003), and Chronic City (2009)—or, more recently, Brooklyn Cr…
1 year, 11 months ago