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**Design Perspectives**

We start with design; then move on to discuss the latest hot topics. It’s a podcast where we like to share our POV as well as listen to others. This is a platform that is designed to inform & educate.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 35 - Tobi Fairley Oct 02, 2020

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Tobi Fairley is an award-winning interior designer and business consultant with over a decade of experience helping high-achieving, creative professionals take their companies and lives to the next level. When she’s not running her two seven-figure businesses, including an interior design firm and a consulting firm for artistic business owners, she’s busy leading an online membership community for ambitious professionals. Tobi specializes in transforming home and business environments to maximize productivity and well-being. She has been featured on television and in top-shelf publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, The Huffington Post, Southern Living, House Beautiful, and Traditional Home. As the host of her Design You podcast, Tobi helps creatives design businesses and lives that they love. Tobi lives in Arkansas with her attorney husband and teenage daughter.

https://tobifairley.com/

https://tobifairley.com/designyou/

Episode 34 -Albie Buabeng Sep 25, 2020

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My passion for decoding spaces is the culmination of nearly a decade of retail visual merchandising and freelance marketing, sprinkled with a lifetime of experiences. Using my background of space design and storytelling, I took my real life lessons and launched an online interior design service. My love of design has evolved into a destination for inspiration centered around my blog, video, and social media content.

For years, I worked as a self-proclaimed “silent salesperson” — a retail visual merchandiser translating brands’ visions into something tangible and transactional. My marketing degree taught me how to "sell" brands, my retail job taught me how to "sell" lifestyles, and my day-to-day life taught me how to bring them together to tell a story!

WHEN I MADE THE NATURAL TRANSITION FROM PRODUCT PRESENTATION INTO INTERIOR DESIGN, I WAS SUBSTITUTING FIXTURES FOR FURNITURE & APPAREL FOR ACCENTS, AS ANOTHER FORM OF STORYTELLING.

https://albieknows.design/

https://www.instagram.com/albieknows/

Episode 33 - Drew McGukin Sep 18, 2020

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Drew McGukin tackles the interior design world with a unique level of energy, great pace, and integrity. He is known for a touch of the unexpected, combined with beautiful textures and bold patterns that vibrate with a perfect amount of sophistication, warmth, innovation, style, and approachability. Graduating from the New York School of Interior Design in May 2010, Drew kicked off the lead designer in his own New York-based firm in October 2010.

While Classically trained, this self-proclaimed pattern-addict has fast become one of the leading contemporary designers in today’s market. “I’ve never been a wallflower,” says Drew. “Neither are my interiors.” In 2019, Introspective Magazine described Drew as designing “with a commanding intelligence and an ability to articulate his ideas sharply and clearly – a rare quality among younger designers, who often struggle to describe their work. And his aesthetic is anything but recessive. His style is forthright and high impact, characterized by strong and graphic patterns deployed with confidence and skill while avoiding eyeball-straining shades that can be visually overwhelming.”

The International Furnishings & Design Association quickly recognized Drew’s Signature style and named him a Rising Star. Drew has sat on various designer advisory councils including the ASID Board of Directors and the New York Design Center’s Access to Design Referral Network. He has also engaged as a creative consultant for renowned industry giants like Cosentino, Delta Facet Company, and Monogram. His work is regularly featured through traditional and nontraditional media, and a favorite across numerous social channels. His portfolio remains a standout on heavy-hitting digital design platforms like 1stdibs and Houzz – a nod to his extraordinary online following. In 2018 Drew launched his first capsule furnishings collection with Crate & Barrel.

Drew McGukin Interiors design innovative interiors across the United States that tell a story by combining bold choices and rich textures to create subtle, sophisticated designs that require you take notice, then relax and enjoy.

https://www.drewmcgukin.com/

https://www.instagram.com/drewmcgukin/?hl=en

Episode 32 - Sue Wadden Sep 11, 2020

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Sue Wadden is the Director of Color Markeing at Sherwin-Williams. We talk about 2021 Colormix Color Forecast, a collection of 40 hues across four storytelling palettes that designers and homeowners can expect to see more of in 2021.

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/

Episode 31 - Tiana Webb Evans Sep 04, 2020

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Tiana Webb Evans is marketing and communications professional and a key figure in the arts, advocating for diversity in the industry. Prior to founding ESP Inc, Tiana worked in the role of Communications Director at Phillips Auctioneers, a global corporation focused on the sale of Contemporary Art. She was instrumental in organizing Paddles On, the first auction dedicated to digital art, which was organized in conjunction with Tumblr. Working as Communications Director, her role involved a combination of corporate communications, crisis management, strategic partnerships, and client development through programming and events. Tiana is a longtime supporter of the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum or Art and Design in New York. In addition to being a member of the Rush Arts artist advisory board, she has been a guest curator for LIFEbeat’s Sound of Art and has hosted exhibitions for a number of emerging and mid-career artists.

http://espprinc.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tiana_webb_evans/

Episode 30 - Tenlie Mourning Aug 28, 2020

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Tenlie Mourning is someone that needs to be on your radar. I found her on instagram, where she challenges companies to pledge to Make Space for BIPOC to have a seat at the collaboration table. "Changing the visual landscape of the consumer home category. We are calling for home decor brands and media outlets to pledge that 13% of annual creative, content and collaborations will be produced by and/or feature a black creator."

https://makespacepledge.com/

https://www.instagram.com/den_dwell/

Episode 29 - Anastasia Casey Aug 21, 2020

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If you are an interior designer & you need to tighten up your brand. IDCO is the ONLY place you should be looking!! Just read their manifesto!

We are designers, writers, & creators. We specialize in branding. web design, and instagram management for interior designers. IDCO STUDIO is a boutique creative agency, crafting brands built around beautiful living.

https://www.idco.studio/

https://www.instagram.com/idco.studio/

Episode 28 - Arianne Bellizaire Aug 14, 2020

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Arianne Bellizaire is a force of Nature. She is highly sought after interior designer in Baton Rouge, Louisana, as well as an AMAZING videographer. And let me be clear, you NEED to take her course on how to video like a pro! She is full of wisdom & is super talented!

https://www.ariannebellizaire.com/

http://www.ariannebellizaire.com/videolikeaprocourse

http://www.inspiredtostyle.com/

Episode 27 - Hadley Keller Aug 07, 2020

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This is part III of my discussion with Hadley Keller. Today's topic is Plantations & the ugly history that no one talks about. We discuss how historians describe these places as beauty & elegance. When the truth is there is A LOT of ugliness that occurred daily & that they were built by slaves.

I have attached a few plantations that you can research:

https://www.whitneyplantation.org/

https://www.bellegroveplantation.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwx9_4BRAHEiwApAt0zhA-V2k6PN5y0rFvgH_JYRPBLZ9ibHrvpV213_jQjchm01WyiiOSXxoCyxwQAvD_BwE

http://www.pgparks.com/3044/Montpelier-Mansion-Historic-Site