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Supersizing Bliss
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- Chapter 12 - Good Design Is Empathetic
Good Design Is Empathetic - An example of a home that feels for its inhabitants. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 12: Good Design Is Empathetic.
Image: The climbing library of the Schönberg Residence, 2010, Toby Witte. (Photo by Armando Bellmas.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-12-good-design-is-empathetic
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
7 min - Chapter 11 - For You
For You - What you deserve and should ask for. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 11: For You.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-11-for-you
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
10 min - Chapter 10 - McMansions
McMansions - Why builders build big. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 10: McMansions.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-10-mcmansions
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
8 min - Spoke & Hammer - A Chat With Mike Masto and Ryan Dennison
A conversation with the craft building duo Mike Masto and Ryan Dennison of Spoke & Hammer, a North Carolina construction company known for its custom energy-efficient homes, impeccable customer service, and an incredible eye for every detail. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Mike and Ryan about the craft of building, passive house design features, and what future homeowners can expect.
Image: Spoke & Hammer
Spoke & Hammer: https://spokeandhammer.com/
Spoke & Hammer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spokeandhammer
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/spoke-hammer-a-chat-mike-masto-and-ryan-dennison
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
44 min - Chapter 09 - Good Design Is Intimate
Good Design Is Intimate - An example of a home that builds on a sensual connection. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 09: Good Design Is Intimate.
Image: Backside of the freestanding wall segments leading into the foyer of the Woung House, 2015, Toby Witte. (Photo by Armando Bellmas.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-09-good-design-is-intimate
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
7 min - Chapter 08 - Builders Build
Builders Build - Who designs your home? Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 08: Builders Build.
Image: Suburban Sprawl, Las Vegas. (Courtesy of tupungat/123RF.)
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-08-builders-build
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
5 min - NC/US Modernist - A Chat With George Smart
A conversation with Mr. Modernism about the incredible building stock of midcentury modern homes in North Carolina and the USA and the archival efforts of NC and US Modernist. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with George Smart, the “accidental archivist and architect” who has helped archive thousands of midcentury modern homes nationwide.
Images: George Smart
NC Modernist: https://www.ncmodernist.org/
US Modernist: https://usmodernist.org/
Matsumoto Prize: https://www.ncmodernist.org/matsumotoprize.htm
George Smart on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-smart-382145162/
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/nc-us-modernist-a-chat-with-george-smart
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
29 min - ClaassHAUS - A Chat With Paige Claassen
A look behind the curtain of an architectural historian’s Instagram account for midcentury modern and innovative architecture in the US. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Paige Claassen, an architectural historian about her Instagram account Claasshaus.
Images: Paige Claassen
Claasshaus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claasshaus
Claasshaus: https://www.claasshaus.com/
Habitat 67, Moshe Safdie, Montréal, Québec: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCrfis8vLEt/
Biosphère de Montreal, Shoji Sadao and Peter Floyd (with Buckminster Fuller), Cambridge Seven,
Frank Heger (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Montréal, Québec: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDH0Qeyuol3Mummers Theater / Stage Center, John M. Johansen, Oklahoma City, OH: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSo5w3cL_JY/
Gropius House, Walter and Ise Gropius, Lincoln, Massachusetts: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9fN7VaOLU7
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/claasshaus-a-chat-with-paige-claassen
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
28 min - The Edith Farnsworth House - A Chat With Michelangelo Sabatino
A new look at the Edith Farnsworth House, the masterpiece by architect Mies van der Rohe - About the research, book, its architecture and its three lives. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” chats with Michelangelo Sabatino, a historian, curator, preservationist, professor of architectural history and heritage in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, as well as author of “The Edith Farnsworth House. Architecture, Preservation, Culture” and “Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975”.
Image: Michelangelo Sabatino
Michelangelo Sabatino: https://michelangelo-sabatino.com/
Michelangelo Sabatino, IIT: https://www.iit.edu/directory/people/michelangelo-sabatino
Michelangelo Sabatino on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelangelo-sabatino-phd-900aa628/
The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture: https://www.phaidon.com/monacelli/architecture/the-edith-farnsworth-house-architecture-preservation-culture-9781580936194/
Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75: https://a.co/d/f7OnN4I
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/the-edith-farnsworth-house-a-chat-with-michelangelo-sabatino
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
42 min - Chapter 07 - Some Myths Around House Ownership
Some Myths around House Ownership - Census numbers that tell a story. Toby Witte, author of the award winning book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek” reads Chapter 07: Some Myths around House Ownership.
The Podcast: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast
The Book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
Purchase a Copy: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/store/p/supersizing-bliss-the-book
Show Notes: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/podcast/chapter-07-some-myths-around-house-ownership
About Toby Witte and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/
6 min
About Supersizing Bliss
From the publisher's feed
Toby Witte of Wittehaus reads chapters from his book “Supersizing Bliss - How we have betrayed our homes and the happiness we seek”. Occasionally he throws in extra anecdotes and interviews with folks out of his world of modern, sustainable, luxury homes in the Southeast of the US.
For more info on the book: https://www.supersizingbliss.com/
About Toby and Wittehaus: https://www.witteha.us/