Dinner at chef Yann Nury’s La Résidence in New York City, co-hosted by The Slowdown and L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, held in celebration of Season 14 of Time Sensitive and five years of L’ÉCOLE as the podcast’s presenting partner. Guests included Helen King, the president and CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels, Americas; artist Monique Péan (Ep. 41); Judd Foundation director of design Alexandra Cunningham Cameron; and Museum of Modern Art curatorial associate Amanda Forment. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)

Dinner at Manuela in New York City, co-hosted by The Slowdown and PIN–UP magazine. 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)

The Slowdown’s Spencer Bailey (left) in conversation with the Indian-born, Madrid-based designer and cultural advocate Kavita Parmar as part of the Homo Faber conversation series at the Fondation Cartier, organized by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity & Craftsmanship.

Craftsperson and editor Deborah Needleman (Ep. 66 of Time Sensitive) discusses the joys of making with our editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, at the members’ club Moss for the first-ever “Moss Talk.” (Photo: Caroline Friedman)

An intimate dinner co-hosted by The Slowdown and the nonprofit Performa at the restaurant Manuela, with guests including Camille Henrot (Ep. 140 of Time Sensitive), Adam Pendleton (Ep. 110), Kim Hastreiter (Ep. 18), Stephanie Goto, Eddie Stern (Ep. 43), and RoseLee Goldberg (Ep. 24), founding director and chief curator of Performa. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)

Gina 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 workshop at an LHW Summit at The Landmark hotel in London.

At Brown’s Hotel in London—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)

The 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 (Ep. 130 of Time Sensitive), interior and furniture designer Ilse Crawford (Ep. 107), and critics Deyan Sudjic and Alice Rawsthorne. (Photos: Iona Wolff)

Left 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)

The 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 (Ep. 91), Roxane Gay (Ep. 75), and Valerie Steele (Ep. 15) were among those in attendance. (Photos: Kate Owen)

Left to right: Curator, author, and design scholar Maria Cristina Didero; architecture critic Paul Goldberger (Ep. 119 of Time Sensitive); 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.

The 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)

The architect Billie Tsien (Ep. 45 of Time Sensitive), 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)

Left to right: Jacqueline Terrebonne, editor-in-chief of Galerie magazine; the architecture critic Paul Goldberger (Ep. 119 of Time Sensitive); 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)

Nachson 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” in Copenhagen. (Photo: Nedergaard Film)

The architect Annabelle Selldorf (Ep. 104 of Time Sensitive) 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)

The Slowdown’s five-year anniversary dinner at Eleven Madison Park, co-hosted with chef Daniel Humm (Ep. 53 of Time Sensitive) in partnership with L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)

The Slowdown’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, in conversation with the chef Massimo Bottura for a live taping of Ep. 106 of Time Sensitive, in partnership with Phaidon, at Refettorio Harlem. (Photo: Ogata)

For 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)

The Slowdown’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, speaking at the Altagamma Foundation’s Next Design Conference in Milan.

The food artist and chef Laila Gohar prepared an intimate dinner, hosted by The Slowdown, in partnership with the French winery Château Troplong Mondot. (Photos: Angela Pham/Deitch + Pham)

A 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)

Left 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)

The Slowdown’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, on stage with Google’s VP of hardware design, Ivy Ross (Ep. 11 of Time Sensitive), at the main stage of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.