Daniel House Book Club
Daniel House Book Club
Peter Spalding
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.
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 on Decorating.
May 25, 2022
26 min
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.https://danielhouse.club
May 17, 2022
23 min
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
May 3, 2022
26 min
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.club
Apr 26, 2022
21 min
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 learn more about what Hampton advised!https://danielhouse.club
Apr 20, 2022
27 min
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
Mar 29, 2022
25 min
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
Mar 22, 2022
21 min
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
Mar 15, 2022
19 min
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 are our words.https://danielhouse.club
Mar 8, 2022
59 min
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 her sourcing and increase her profits. https://danielhouse.club
Feb 28, 2022
50 min
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