Robert Couturier | Architect/Interior Designer

Robert Couturier made design history in 1987 when the billionaire financier Sir James Goldsmith, who could have engaged any architect and decorator in the known world to do his bidding, followed his legendary instincts and entrusted the 32-year-old Couturier with what would amount to the single greatest private commission of modern times: the re-conception, execution, and continuous embellisment – down to the last gilded detail – of Goldsmith’s 20,000-acre kingdom on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Crowned by a 60,000-square-foot vaulted-and-tile-domed hilltop palace called La Loma, the estate, before the designer was through, would come to include vast satellite villas and assorted guest pavilions. He would later complete the grandiose picture by decorating Goldsmith’s Boeing 757 (”a flying carpet with a motor”), double-width Manhattan townhouse, and historic French chateau.

Robert Couturier is one of the most prestigious interior designers. His name has been included in Architectural Digest’s prestigious annual list of the best decorators and architects in the world, has become synonymous with continental and international style. 

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Listen to this episode from Proust Questionnaire Podcast on Spotify. Robert Couturier is one of the most prestigious interior designers. His name has been included in Architectural Digest's prestigious annual list of the best decorators and architects in the world, has become synonymous with continental and international style.

Pamela Sneed | Poet

Pamela Sneed is a poet, performance artist, and the author of several books: Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than of Slavery KONG And Other Works (Vintage Entity Press, 2009) and the chapbook, Lincoln (2014). Her poems and monologues have also been anthologized in The 100 Best African American Poems, edited by Nikki Giovanni. Recent publications include work in Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays, and Future Perfect, and the forthcoming Funeral Diva, which we cannot wait to hold in our hands. A committed teacher, spoken word artist, and activist, Pamela's work reaches communities everywhere.

We spoke with Pamela via Zoom during the pandemic and the social protests against police brutality and murder of Black individuals. She had just completed her first piece of public art in Lower Manhattan, which you can see in a photograph on our podcast's website.  

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Listen to this episode from Proust Questionnaire Podcast on Spotify. Pamela Sneed is a poet, performance artist, and the author of several books: Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than of Slavery KONG And Other Works (Vintage Entity Press, 2009) and the chapbook, Lincoln (2014).

Susan Fales-Hill | Writer/ Producer

Susan Fales-Hill is a writer and television producer. She is currently the showrunner and an executive producer on Lena Waithe’s new BET sitcom, Twenties, about a young queer woman of color. Susan began her career in television working first on The Cosby Show and then on its spin-off, A Different World, where, as co-executive producer and head writer, she became one of the youngest - and, at the time, one of the only female - showrunners in Hollywood.

She is the author of two novels, Imperfect Bliss and One Flight Up, and a memoir, Always Wear Joy, about her mother, the late actress, and singer Josephine Premice.

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Listen to this episode from Proust Questionnaire Podcast on Spotify. Susan Fales-Hill is a writer and television producer. She is currently the showrunner and an executive producer on Lena Waithe's new BET sitcom, Twenties, about a young queer woman of color.