Daniel House Book Club Reading Schedule
We'll be going through Architectural Digest's 8 books every designer should read. Follow along on our Podcast!
Hey there,
Our inaugural episode of The Daniel House Book Club, covering the intro and first two chapters of The Decoration of Houses, is live and you can listen to it here. Or, search Daniel House Book Club wherever you find your podcasts.
To follow along each week as we explore the 8 Essential Design Books Every Interiors Lover Should Read according to Architectural Digest, refer to the syllabus below. Click on the bold underlined titles to purchase each book and read the chapters in advance of their scheduled podcast date.
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Daniel House Book Club Syllabus Fall 2021 - 2022
9/27/21 - Introduction, The Historical Tradition, Rooms in General
10/4/21 - Walls, Doors, Windows, Fireplaces
10/11/21 - Ceilings and Floors, Entrance and Vestibule, Hall and Stair
10/18/21 - The Drawing Room, Boudoir and Morning-Room, Gala Rooms
10/25/21 - The Library, Smoking-room and “Den,” The Dining-Room, Bedrooms,
11/1/21 - The School Room and Nurseries, Bric-á-Brac, Conclusion
11/8/21 - The Development of the Modern House, Suitability, Simplicity and Proportion, The Old Washington Irving House, The Little House of Many Mirrors
11/15/21 - The Treatment of Walls, The Effective Use of Color, Of Doors, and Windows and Chintz, The Problem of Artificial Light
11/22/21 - Halls and Staircases, The Drawing-Room, The Living-Room
11/29/21 - Sitting-room and Boudoir, A Light, Gay Dining-room, The Bedroom
12/6/21 - The Dressing Room and The Bath, The Small Apartment, Reproductions of Antique Furniture and Objects for Art
12/13/21 - The Art of Trelliage, Villa Trianon, Notes on Many Things
Winter Break
Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition, 1963
1/3/22 - Color Recollection, Color Reading and Contexture, Why Color Paper, A Color has Many Faces
1/10/22 - Lighter and / or Darker, 1 Color Appears as 2, 2 Different Colors Look Alike
1/17/22 - Why Color Deception, Color Mixture in Paper, Factual Mixtures, Transparence and Space-illusion
1/24/22 - Optical Mixture, The Bezold Effect, Color Juxtaposition, Film Color and Volume Color
1/31/22 - Free Studies, The Masters, The Weber-Fechner Law, From Color Temperature to Humidity in Color
2/7/22 - Vibrating Boundaries, Equal Light Intensity, Color Theories, On Teaching Color, My First Collaborators
Mark Hampton On Decorating, 1989
2/14/22 - Colors
2/21/22 - Elements
2/28/22 - Styles
3/7/22 - Plans
3/14/22 - Rooms & Outdoors
3/21/22 - Materials & Afterward by Alexa Hampton
3/28/22 - Introduction
4/4/22 - Select Chairs
4/11/22 - Select Chairs
4/18/22 - Select Chairs
4/25/22 - Select Chairs
5/2/22 - Select Chairs
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Home: The Foundations of Enduring Spaces, 2018
6/20/22 - The Design Process, p.16 - 57
6/27/22 - The Design Process, p. 58 - 109
7/4/22 - Elements of a Room, p. 112 - 207
7/11/22 - Elements of a Room, p. 208 - 303
7/18/22 - Room-By-Room Considerations
7/25/22 - An Insider’s Guide to Design Documents & Procedures
Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century, 2019
8/1/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
8/8/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
8/15/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
8/29/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
9/5/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
9/12/22 - Deep Dive on Select Rooms, tbd
September 23, 2021
