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.
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.
June 18, 2025
By THE GRAND TOURIST
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.
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.
This Chicago-based architect has captured the imaginations of critics and the public alike with her environmentally aware projects. On this episode, Jeanne Gang speaks about her prolific and influential career.
Janis Provisor had a successful art career before she and her husband took a risky detour into the world of luxury design. Now, decades later, she’s picked up the brush again to be an abstract painter. As we discover, she has a lot left to say.
Architect David Kohn’s recently completed residential complex at New College in Oxford proves that there are still ways to bridge past and present where elegance and utility receive equally high marks.
Avast! The latest high jewelry collection from Van Cleef & Arpels seems to be pulled from the deepest depths of our wildest imaginations. Photographer Maxime Poiblanc sets sail, while David Graver meets the house’s Catherine Rénier to discuss the luxurious voyage ahead.