Events
We create custom-tailored events and experiences for mission-aligned companies and organizations looking to build community, from conceiving and organizing an eccentric exhibition with the Italian architect and designer Paola Navone during Milan Design Week, to moderating a live talk on neuroaesthetics with Google’s Ivy Ross at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, to hosting an intimate dinner with Grand Seiko during Art Basel Miami Beach.
2026
- June 17, 2026
New York CityDinner at Manuela in New York City, co-hosted by The Slowdown and PIN–UP magazine. The evening was held in celebration of Season 13 of our Time Sensitive podcast, Issue 40 of PIN–UP, and Ep. 155 featuring PIN–UP’s Felix Burrichter. Several former Time Sensitive guests were also in attendance, including Jennie C. Jones (Ep. 145), Lindsey Adelman (Ep. 120), Brad Cloepfil (Ep. 79), and Julia Watson (Ep. 35). (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)
- April 29, 2026
ParisThe Slowdown’s Spencer Bailey (left) in conversation with the Indian-born, Madrid-based designer and cultural advocate Kavita Parmar as part of the Michelangelo Foundation For Creativity & Craftsmanship's Homo Faber Conversation Series at the Fondation Cartier.
2025
- November 18, 2025
New York CityCraftsperson and editor Deborah Needleman discusses the joys of making with our editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, at the just-opened members’ club Moss for the first-ever “Moss Talk.” (Photo: Caroline Friedman)
- November 10, 2025
New York CityAn intimate dinner co-hosted by The Slowdown and the nonprofit Performa at the restaurant Manuela, with guests including Camille Henrot, Adam Pendleton, Kim Hastreiter, Stephanie Goto, Eddie Stern, and RoseLee Goldberg, founding director and chief curator of Performa. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)
- September 27, 2025
LondonGina Anderson, director of brand and communications at The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), and our editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, in conversation during a “Stories That Stick” workshop at an LHW Summit at The Landmark London hotel.
- September 25, 2025
LondonAt the historic Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair—in celebration of the release of "Culture: The Leading Hotels of the World" (Monacelli), the second in a five-book series with editorial direction by The Slowdown—our editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, moderated a panel with Antonio Sersale, owner of the hotel Le Sirenuse in Positano, Italy, and British jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge. (Photo: Ian Macaulay/ianmacaulay.com)
- September 24, 2025
LondonThe Slowdown toasts the 12th season of our Time Sensitive podcast during an intimate dinner at the restaurant Rochelle Canteen in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood, with guests including architect John Pawson, interior and furniture designer Ilse Crawford, and critic Alice Rawsthorne. (Photos: Iona Wolff)
- June 24, 2025
Monsaraz, PortugalLeft to right: The Slowdown's editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, interviews photographer Mark Borthwick; architect, artist, and designer Joana Astolfi; and entrepreneur José António Uva, the owner of São Lourenço do Barrocal, at a Leading Hotels of the World “Luxury Summit.” (Photo: Ben Schott)
- April 22, 2025
New York CityThe Slowdown and the members’ club Moss co-hosted a dinner party featuring seafood dishes from Cervos. Several former guests from our Time Sensitive podcast, including Jelani Cobb, Roxane Gay, and Valerie Steele, were among those in attendance. (Photos: Kate Owen)
2024
- November 23, 2024
Marbella, SpainLeft to right: Curator, author, and design scholar Maria Cristina Didero; architecture critic Paul Goldberger; and The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, in a conversation about “Design: The Leading Hotels of the World” (Monacelli) in Marbella, Spain, at The Leading Hotels of the World’s 2024 Annual Convention.
- October 10, 2024
Paimio, FinlandThe Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, presents a talk exploring memorial-making and his book “In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials” (Phaidon, 2020) at the Paimio Sanatorium’s annual Spirit of Paimio conference in Finland. (Photo: Turkka Taipale)
- October 2, 2024
New York CityThe architect Billie Tsien (right) during a conversation with The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, presented in partnership with the Swedish rug-maker Kasthall and hosted at their Manhattan showroom. (Photo: Chris Coe)
- September 30, 2024
New York CityLeft to right: Jacqueline Terrebonne, editor-in-chief of Galerie magazine; the architecture critic Paul Goldberger; and The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, in conversation during a launch event for “Design: The Leading Hotels of the World” (Monacelli) at The Greenwich Hotel. (Photo: Christos Katsiaouni)
- September 4, 2024
CopenhagenNachson Mimran (right) and The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, record Ep. 122 of the Time Sensitive podcast in front of a live audience at The Lobby “hospitality event.” (Photo: Nedergaard Film)
- May 16, 2024
New York CityThe architect Annabelle Selldorf during a conversation with The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, presented in partnership with the Swedish rug-maker Kasthall and hosted at their Manhattan showroom. (Photo: Elvin Abril)
- April 30, 2024
New York CityThe Slowdown’s five-year anniversary dinner at Eleven Madison Park, hosted in partnership with L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)
2023
- December 11, 2023
New York CityThe Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, in conversation with the chef Massimo Bottura at Refettorio Harlem for a live taping of our Time Sensitive podcast hosted in partnership with Phaidon. (Photo: Ogata)
- April 17, 2023
MilanFor the exhibition “Take It or Leave It,” organized by The Slowdown and architect and designer Paola Navone, hundreds of objects from Navone’s collection were given away to participants. (Photos: Antonio Campanella)
2022
- October 27, 2022
MilanThe Slowdown’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, speaking at the Altagamma Foundation’s Next Design Conference in Milan.
- May 31, 2022
New York CityThe food artist and chef Laila Gohar prepared an intimate dinner, hosted by The Slowdown, as a toast to the French winery Château Troplong Mondot. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)
2021
- December 6, 2021
New York CityA celebration to launch The Slowdown’s “At a Distance book” at the Nordstrom restaurant Wolf, hosted in collaboration with stylist and entrepreneur Beverly Nguyen. (Photos: Sean Davidson)
- December 1, 2021
MiamiLeft to right: Art Production Fund executive director Casey Fremont and designer and actor Waris Ahluwalia, two of the guests at a Grand Seiko dinner hosted by The Slowdown at Nobu during Art Basel Miami Beach. (Photo: BFA)
2019
- June 11, 2019
Cannes, FranceThe Slowdown’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, on stage with Google’s VP of hardware design, Ivy Ross, at the main stage of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.




























































