The Chairish Podcast

To celebrate our 75th episode, we decided to flip the script! Chairish’s co-founder and president Anna Brockway sat down with the esteemed host of The Chairish Podcast, Michael Boodro to discuss how he got his start and how he became one of the design world's most successful and beloved editors. In this exclusive interview, he takes us back to his beginnings in the publishing world, what it was really like as editor-in-chief of Elle Decor, how he worked alongside powerhouse names like Anna Wintour and Martha Stewart and how he landed in the world of podcasting. Tune in to hear the surprising lessons he's carried through the years and what he's learned along the way.

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For two decades, Jean-Louis Deniot has brought a cool, contemporary edge to French glamour, and endowed projects around the globe with his unique French accent. His work is lush but never overdone, contemporary but always inclusive of the past, and bold yet always comfortable. In this exclusive interview he tells why he always looks first for the flaws in any project, how important it is for a designer to abandon any pre-conceived ideas, why he believes that luxury and sustainable design are compatible, and shares his strategy for enticing clients to go far beyond their initial vision.

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When Jamie Drake, one of New York’s most successful and beloved designers, announced seven years ago that he was forming a partnership with Caleb Anderson, the impact was immediate. The firm has expanded without losing any of its characteristic verve, color, or luxe, and maintaining its quality and status. In this episode, the partners discuss how they work together, why their strengths are compatible, what they see ahead, and how sustainability and wellness are already reshaping the very idea of luxury.

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Americans have long looked to British homes for inspiration. But for a young British designer, can the weight of history sometimes seem too much? How do you update tradition so that it remains relevant and works for realms far beyond the grand country house? The principals of two rising British design firms—Bunny Turner and Emma Pocock of Turner Pocock and Mary Graham and Nicole Salvesen of Salvesen Graham—reveal how their backgrounds shaped their sense of design, why color, pattern, and handcrafted details are crucial to their visions, how they sometimes find inspiration in the work of American designers, and why quality and comfort remain the hallmarks of British design, no matter what the century.

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As with so much else, the pandemic had a huge impact on the vintage market and changed what and how people purchased items for their homes. As any stigma about buying used furnishings diminished, and as awareness of the importance of sustainability increased, vintage items became more sought after than ever. With Chairish about to issue its second status report on the state of the resale market, three experts—interior designer Laura Hodges, vintage dealer Stephanie Schofield, and Anna Brockway, co-founder and president of Chairish—size up the vintage market today, report on changed attitudes, discuss the shortage of artisans and craftsmen that limits the viability of many vintage pieces, and reveal what they feel is most likely to be sought after in the months ahead—everything from games table to wicker and bamboo to all things blue.

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Thomas O’Brien is not only a hugely influential interior designer, but since the founding of his firm, Aero Studios, in 1992, he has been a merchant and shopkeeper, and has designed numerous successful lines of furnishings for a range of companies. From faucets to furniture, towels to tableware, he seems to have designed it all. Here, he tells of his early years in New York working for Mario Buatta and Ralph Lauren; how his passion for design history, his love of New York City, and his skill at shopping have all equally shaped his vision; why movies of the 1930s and ‘40s still inspire him; and why he feels that, even as design trends come and go, vintage will always have value.

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In an era where the internet has made virtually everything available to anyone with a click, and when social media has revealed design to be a passion for multitudes, what does To-the-Trade mean anymore? Does it matter if a product is exclusive to designers or does the world of custom orders, long lead times, and the mysteries of net versus list pricing simply confuse clients? And what is the role of a design center in an all-access world?

Three people who know the ins-and-out of To the Trade—David Sutherland, founder of Sutherland Furniture and Perennials, Katie Miner, general manager of the Atlanta design center ADAC, and Los Angeles designer Joe Lucas, owner of the showroom Harbinger, discuss the validity of exclusivity today, why markups and billing are evolving, how showrooms can foster creativity and fuel desire, and why they feel that no matter how commerce changes, there will always be a To-the-Trade market.

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With the pandemic shutdown, the interest in gardens seemed to skyrocket. Did this mark a significant and permanent change in how we approach nature? Will the garden become a place to be lived in and not just looked at? Do concerns about the environment and climate change affect how people interact with their own outdoor spaces? Landscape designer Edmund Hollander and garden writer Catie Marron discuss the connection between house and garden, the importance of gardens and parks for solace and serenity, how to help clients achieve their outdoor dreams, why clover is no longer considered a weed, and why vegetable gardens may be the status symbol of the future.

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When an architect and a designer collaborate, the results can be greater than either of them, or the clients, expected. But it can also be a difficult relationship, with clashing visions, disputed budgets, and creative misunderstandings. Two top talents—architect Gil Schafer and interior designer David Netto—discuss the success of their past collaborations, why a shared vision is important but different perspectives can be even more powerful, how to turn inevitable friction points into creative opportunities, and why window treatments and mantels so often become bones of contention.

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After two years of unprecedented growth, is the design industry heading into a slowdown? Inflation is rampant, interest rates are on the rise, and the stock market is down. What does this mean for the high-end designer? Heads of two major companies that cater to the to-the-trade market—Gale Singer, president of Visual Comfort/Circa Lighting and Timur Yumusaklar, president and CEO of F. Schumacher and Co.—weigh in on what they see for the months ahead, the ways to handle continued supply chain disruptions, how to-the- trade is being redefined, and why they remain confident that high-end design has a bright

future.

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