Design Me a House: Recent Episodes
Katie Hutchison and Dawn Oliveira
Architect/designer/author Katie Hutchison and textile designer/educator Dawn Oliveira share insight into home design and design for the home. Design isn’t an added extra, an extravagance, a nicety; it’s a holistic process that drives the creation of homes that nurture and reflect our best selves to ourselves and within our communities. Katie and Dawn aim to demystify and humanize home design and design for the home. So grab a cup of coffee, and join us for some friendly design chat to inspire and inform your home and, by extension, to inspire and inform your life.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer/educator Dawn Oliveira chat with Brooke Merriam of Sunflower Designs about sustainable landscape and garden design.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Harry Adler of Adler's Design Center & Hardware in Providence about paint, incuding C2 Paint.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Emily Gaylord of CET about reducing waste at home
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Peter Chapman, former Book Editor, about his road to the Taunton Press and the home-design books he has shaped.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Florence MacGregor about NESEA and the BulidngEnergy Boston conference.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with realtor Paula Silva about the local real estate climate, home improvements that make sense, and the value of authentic communities.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Amy Vickers about water conservation at home.
Textile designer Dawn Oliveira and co-host architect/designer Katie Hutchison chat about running their studios as sole practitioners.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Evelyn Audet about lighting your home.
Architect/designer Katie Hutchison and co-host textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Design House: Owner Jamie Stebenne and Showroom Director/Lead Designer Susan MacLeod, as well as Rebecca Stebenne, Founder of Island Treasures Home Decor
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison speak with Christine Kiebert-Boss about working in leadership at Ralph Lauren Home and creating her Chairsh Shop
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira discuss six movies that inspire their design process.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison explore the Concept/Schematic Design stage of the Design Process.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with J Heasley about the big idea behind Jarmak Reclaimed Wood
Rick Adams of Adamo Stone Design talks about stone selection, fabrication, and installation.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison discuss six Instagram accounts that inspire their design practices.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Jonathan Glatt, furniture designer/maker and jeweler, about the journey that led to O&G Studio and where O&G is headed.
Katherine Tracey of Avant Gardens chats about plants for the late-summer/early-fall garden
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira discuss the big ideas behind the Sheridan Small Homes project with architect/educator Jonathan Knowles
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison talk about patterns in textile design and architecture/home design.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira chat about the Japanese aesthetic with architect/author Naomi Pollock
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Rina Naik interior designer/artist/educator about color in home design.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira bring listeners behind the scenes to discuss photo shoots for home and design.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison discuss diversity and opportunity for careers in design.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira chat about what type of window and window treatment to use where.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira discuss six books that inspire their design practices.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with Dory Skemp, realtor and historic preservationist, about the value of owning an historic home and living in an historic neighborhood.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison speak about the tools they use to create their designs
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak about a range of certification processes for sustainable textiles and sustainable buildings/architecture.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak about how to decide what type of dormer works with type of house/footprint, outside and inside.
Katie and Dawn discover a new "Design Hero": Suzie Zuzek, the textile designer behind the original Lilly Pulitzer brand.
Co-hosts architect/designer Katie Hutchison and textile designer Dawn Oliveira speak with landscape designer Brooke Merriam about the value of the residential landscape and how their three disciplines might collaborate.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison introduce the design process in their respective disciplines.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison introduce what sustainability means and why it matters in their respective disciplines.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison talk about determining what goes with what when beginning a design project.
Co-hosts textile designer Dawn Oliveira and architect/designer Katie Hutchison discuss their inspirational design heroes.