Interior Design Business Podcasts - Episode 226

First off, apologies for not posting yesterday, but it was my wife Nicole’s birthday yesterday and we ALWAYS take off our birthdays to celebrate. No work…just celebration of the person we chose to spend our lives with :)

Back to the podcasts…today’s collection of the world’s best interior design business podcasts consists of ten episodes from hosts Kimberley Seldon, Rachel Larraine Crawford, Peter Sobchak, Desi Creswell, Jessica Bennett and Suzanne Hall, Tobi Fairley, Rebecca Hay and Dennis Scully.

Today’s podcast guests include Ami McKay, Lara Worm  of Bivouac Ciderworks, Andrew Lane, co-founder of digby; George Foussias, Creative Director of mood.designlab; and Mark Cichy,Director of Design Technology at HOK, Amber Guyton, Masha Koyen, Fred Nicolaus, Kaitlin Petersen and retail columnist Warren Shoulberg.

So much good advice for leveling up your interior design business.

• Business of Design - Kimberley Seldon - Rising from the Ashes with Ami McKay - 38 min

• The Holistic Interior Design Business Podcast - Rachel Larraine Crawford - Behind-the-Scenes Design Series - Bivouac 2.0 - 50 min

• Bevel: Canadian Interiors Conversations - Peter Sobchak - Emerging Tech Meets Design - 1 hr

• The Interior Design Business CEO - Desi Creswell - Time Tracking Troubles - 19 min

• Dear Alice - Jessica Bennett and Suzanne Hall - Trend Crushes | Fall 2023 - 44 min

• The Design You Podcast - Tobi Fairley - How to Pivot in Your Business with Amber Guyton - 57 min

• Resilient by Design - Rebecca Hay - The changes you need to make on your website right now with Masha Koyen - 48 min

• Business of Home Podcast - Dennis Scully - The Thursday Show: High Point highlights, Z Gallerie goes bankrupt and more - 58 min

Business of Design - Kimberley Seldon - Rising from the Ashes with Ami McKay - 38 min

What happens when you lose everything? Well, if you can embrace adaptability and reinvent yourself, says Ami McKay, you can emerge more powerful than ever before. If you need a new beginning, then this episode is for you.

In this episode we learn:

• embrace adaptability and reinvention

• build a supportive and positive team and internal network

• draw strength from resilience

• prioritize joy from within

• step out of your comfort zone and leverage past learnings and a measured mindset when faced with risks and challenges

The Holistic Interior Design Business Podcast - Rachel Larraine Crawford - Behind-the-Scenes Design Series - Bivouac 2.0 - 50 min

This week, host Rachel Larraine Crawford welcomes her friend Lara Worm of Bivouac Ciderworks to the podcast for a conversation about community and design.

Lara and Rachel are currently collaborating on the design of “Bivouac 2.0,” or Bivouac Adventure Lodge, a beautiful gathering space for cider tasting–and much more–in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego.

This episode (and future ones to come) will give you a look inside the design process in the hospitality space, from beginning to end. This project is a great example of how we as designers can help bring the dreams and visions of our clients to life through the addition of little, meaningful details. It is also an example of one of Rachel’s collaborations with a female business owner, which carries a different vibe and flow.

Bevel: Canadian Interiors Conversations - Peter Sobchak - Emerging Tech Meets Design - 1 hr

Chatter is exploding about advancements in AI. Every industry is sitting up and taking notice, including, of course, the A&D industry. These creatives are intrigued not only by how AI can help design teams by not only reducing overall project lead times, but also expanding creative discovery by memorizing insights from thousands, if not millions, of previous project data

Software such as DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion are seen as tools to speed up sketching and other ideation processes, producing a plethora of renderings for comparison and further development.

Advocates praise how AI-enhanced technologies will simplify many routine office and design tasks, replacing current software products and freeing designers to concentrate on other aspects of their business. Yet there are critics urging caution, as debates are emerging around what, if any, regulatory interventions governments should take to protect from potential fraudulence and exploitation.

In this episode of Bevel we hear from Andrew Lane, co-founder of digby; George Foussias, Creative Director of mood.designlab; and Mark Cichy, Director of Design Technology at HOK, who gathered for the latest INSight session hosted by Canadian Interiors and Black Bread + Jam to explore issues that range from hopeful to concerning, and delve into compelling, real-world examples of how creative industries are already leveraging these emerging technologies and what they mean for the future.

The Interior Design Business CEO - Desi Creswell - Time Tracking Troubles - 19 min

Time tracking is the secret to making your business a joy to run. It’s a simple way to ensure you’re in control of not only your time but the amount of money you create in your business, as well as the level of enjoyment you experience of your clients and projects. However, time tracking is a habit many interior design business CEOs feel resistant to, and it’s hindering them in more ways than one.

If you know that time tracking is a practice you need to implement, but you’ve tried it and stopped because it was a struggle, you’re in the right place. Join host Desi Creswell today to learn all the reasons time tracking is a habit worth developing, why it’s been challenging for you, and her top tips for how to make it easier.

What You’ll Discover from this Episode:

• How time tracking gives you control over your time, money, projects, clients, and business.

• What a time audit means.

• Why it’s important to understand where you’re spending your time.

• The common roadblocks that make time tracking challenging.

• How to make the practice of time tracking easier.

Dear Alice - Jessica Bennett and Suzanne Hall - Trend Crushes | Fall 2023 - 44 min

Today on Dear Alice, hosts Jessica Bennett and Suzanne Hall talk about trend crushes, which is the stuff that they are crushing on right now. Jess talks about the saved button on Instagram and how she has started to prefer this over Pinterest when thinking about her own interests, whereas if she’s working with a client, she will prefer to use Pinterest. We discuss other trend crushes such as the color red, casual styles, monochrome, and kitchens. 

Highlights:

• Trend crushes 12:30

• Color, red 15:25

• Casual vs hyper formal 22:30

• Monochrome 23:35

• Kitchens 29:50

• Painting on your walls 36:00

• Colored upholstery 38:25

• Plaster 39:00

•  “It’s fun to go to your Pinterest and see ‘What am I consistently pinning right now that’s a theme?’ It’s fun because you can see these batches of ‘I was into that, and that, and then my algorithm changed.’ or these like, courtyards, specifically with these geometric gates that allow light to come in through peek-a-boos, and so it creates really interesting light shadow plays throughout the day and I have so many of them, and I just love it. It’s totally giving me this global vibe.” 40:40

The Design You Podcast - Tobi Fairley - How to Pivot in Your Business with Amber Guyton - 57 min

As creatives, most of us are multi-passionate, interested in a million different things, and love to dabble, change, and pivot. We think we’re only allowed to stay in one lane in business, when in reality, there’s power in claiming these multifaceted parts of ourselves.

That's exactly what my guest this week did. Amber Guyton is the founder of Blessed Little Bungalow. She found the courage to leave her corporate job in advertising and marketing to join the influencer space, and she’s here to share her journey with us. Amber is revealing how she shows up as both an interior designer and social media influencer, and her top tips for anyone who feels called to take a leap of faith with their business.

Resilient by Design - Rebecca Hay - The changes you need to make on your website right now with Masha Koyen - 48 min

Today, host Rebecca Hay is tackling all things website wording with copywriter and messaging strategist Masha Koyen. This episode is packed with advice and insights into what you can do to level up your website copy to showcase your value, inject your personality, and attract your ideal client. Masha shares the wisdom in hiring an expert, tips for getting better testimonials, and a few incredible final nuggets of wisdom so be sure to stick around until the end.

Business of Home Podcast - Dennis Scully - The Thursday Show: High Point highlights, Z Gallerie goes bankrupt and more - 58 min

BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus joins host Dennis Scully to discuss the biggest news in the design industry, including Z Gallerie's bankruptcy, Walmart's AI design experiment, and a look at the latest housing numbers. Later, BOH editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen and retail columnist Warren Shoulberg recap High Point Market.