Norman Jaffe's guest appearances

Norman Jaffe

Clever

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Tom Dixon

Genevieve Gorder

Tina Roth Eisenberg

Aaron Draplin

Nate Berkus

Jaime Derringer

Jessica Hische

Kristy Tillman

Lisa Congdon

Grace Bonney

Joe Gebbia

Debbie Millman

Barbara Bestor

Lawrence Azerrad

Timothy Goodman

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As New Yorkers grew more prosperous in the 1960’s, they wanted to escape to the Hamptons of Long Island, a place at the time of mostly farmland – and where summer is a verb.  After working briefly for Philip Johnson, architect Norman Jaffe set up his own practice and within a few years everybody who was anybody in New York society wanted a Jaffe house.  Known for meticulous design and detail, and unrelenting creativity, Jaffe soon became top gun in Hamptons Modernism. But by 1993, Jaffe was stricken with prostate cancer, an unhappy marriage, and profound disillusionment from affluent and demanding clients who often refused to pay what they owed.  It did not end well.  Joining us today in our continuing series, Children of Genius, is his son, architect and artist Miles Jaffe. 

As New Yorkers grew more prosperous in the 1960’s, they wanted to escape to the Hamptons of Long Island, a place at the time of mostly farmland – and where summer is a verb.  After working briefly for Philip Johnson, architect Norman Jaffe set up his own practice and within a few years everybody who was anybody in New York society wanted a Jaffe house.  Known for meticulous design and detail, and unrelenting creativity, Jaffe soon became top gun in Hamptons Modernism. But by 1993, Jaffe was stricken with prostate cancer, an unhappy marriage, and profound disillusionment from affluent and demanding clients who often refused to pay what they owed.  It did not end well.  Joining us today in our continuing series, Children of Genius, is his son, architect and artist Miles Jaffe.

#289/The Life and Death of Norman Jaffe: Miles Jaffe

On the morning of August 19th, 1993, mid-century architect, Norman Jaffe, parked his car in his client’s driveway, walked to Ocean Beach in Bridgehampton, New York, stripped down, folded his clothes, and dove into the Atlantic. He never returned and his body was never recovered. Was it murder? Was it suicide? Did he fake his own death? What happened to Norman Jaffe? Join us on this first episode of Clever Confidential, where we dig into the lesser known stories of the mysterious, darker side of design. Credits: Hosts: Amy Devers &amp; Andrew WagnerGuest: Alastair GordonWriting and research: Amy Devers &amp; Andrew WagnerProduction: Amy DeversEditing: Rich StroffolinoAll Sound Bites: from Alastair Gordon's documentary film "Beyond the Beach: The life and Death of Norman Jaffe, Architect"Theme Music: “Astronomy” by Thin White Rope courtesy of Frontier Records. Logo: Laura Jaramillo For more on Norman Jaffe please grab a copy of Alastair Gordon’s Romantic Modernist, The Life and Work of Norman Jaffe, Architect, published by Monacelli Press in 2005. It is fantastic :)  Click here to donate to Clever so we can keep this series going!Please say Hi on social! Twitter, Instagram and Facebook - @CleverPodcast, @amydeversIf you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider leaving a review, making a donation, becoming a sponsor, or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you!Please fill out Clever’s listener survey. Thank you for your input!Clever Confidential is hosted and produced by Amy Devers, with editing by Rich Stroffolino, and music from Thin White Rope Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the morning of August 19th, 1993, mid-century architect, Norman Jaffe, parked his car in his client’s driveway, walked to Ocean Beach in Bridgehampton, New York, stripped down, folded his clothes, and dove into the Atlantic. He never returned and his body was never recovered. Was it murder? Was it suicide? Did he fake his own death? What happened to Norman Jaffe? Join us on this first episode of Clever Confidential, where we dig into the lesser known stories of the mysterious, darker side of design. Credits: Hosts: Amy Devers &amp; Andrew WagnerGuest: <a href="https://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/2020/08/28/architect-norman-jaffe-a-break-in-space/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Alastair Gordon</a>Writing and research: Amy Devers &amp; Andrew WagnerProduction: Amy DeversEditing: Rich StroffolinoAll Sound Bites: from Alastair Gordon's documentary film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTgZRfB5cC0&amp;t=600s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">"Beyond the Beach: The life and Death of Norman Jaffe, Architect"</a>Theme Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtTRz5-xZbk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Astronomy”</a> by Thin White Rope courtesy of <a href="http://www.frontierrecords.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Frontier Records</a>. Logo: Laura Jaramillo For more on Norman Jaffe please grab a copy of Alastair Gordon’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Modernist-Norman-Architect-1932-1993/dp/1580931561/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1313682811&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Romantic Modernist, The Life and Work of Norman Jaffe, Architect</a>, published by Monacelli Press in 2005. It is fantastic :)  <a href="http://www.cleverpodcast.com/sponsor-support" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to donate to Clever</a> so we can keep this series going!Please say Hi on social! <a href="http://twitter.com/CleverPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/cleverpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cleverpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> - @CleverPodcast, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amydevers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@amydevers</a>If you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/clever/id1106679693?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">leaving a review</a>, <a href="http://www.cleverpodcast.com/sponsor-support/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">making a donation, becoming a sponsor</a>, or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you!Please fill out Clever’s <a href="http://www.cleverpodcast.com/survey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">listener survey</a>. Thank you for your input!Clever Confidential is hosted and produced by Amy Devers, with editing by <a href="https://about.me/stroffolino" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rich Stroffolino</a>, and music from Thin White Rope Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Clever Confidential Ep. 1: The Strange Disappearance of Norman Jaffe