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Here, you can join us as we spend time with a host of professional designers and allied industry professionals to hear about their professional paths. Over the course of our experience in the contract interior design industry, we have talked repeatedly about the "hidden careers" that are outside the traditional path of an Interior Designer. We are thrilled to shed light on these career paths by getting further acquainted with some of the interesting people that make up this industry, and we hope you'll enjoy their stories and tips as much as we have.
Episodes
37 episodes
Design Nightmares
It's Friday the 13th and all around the design community there were stories to be told. This episode is our first anonymous episode. We had the chance to sit down with multiple people from around the industry and let them share one of their hor...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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57:57
Designers behind Healthcare Design
What a great episode. We caught up with Mary Porter, an Associate Principal at HLG Studio here in Atlanta. She specializes in Healthcare design and we get a chance to talk with her about the differences s...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:16:49
Branded Environments...and a little bit more
In this episode, we are sharing some time with Christy Cain, Vice President and Principal at Atlanta’s ASD|Sky. Christy has a noteworthy design pedigree, and a particular passion for Branded Environments.&...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:08:43
Risk and Reward
We are back from hiatus and kicking off the second half of our season with Dana Anderson, founder of Planning Interiors. Dana and her team recently celebrated the company’s ten year anniversary. On this episode, we spend time talkin...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:05:27
NeoCon Recap - The Guys Version
This episode is a little twist on the normal. It's summertime and we are everywhere so this week Cas is going it alone with Jason Diaz, Design Director at Vickers Design Group. We give our thoughts on NeoCon 2023. Jason tells us what it w...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:09:50
The Three C's
We often think of diamonds when we think of “The Four C’s.” This week, we are talking about “The Three C’s,” and the conversation is with an absolute gem in our community! Stephanie Kirkpatrick, Niles Bolton’s Director of Interior ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:19:12
Where do we begin
“Where Shall We Begin?” In this episode we sit down with Sarah Holliday and discuss exactly that…what happens just after the client says “go.” This includes what design project manager’s role and what the design team can expect. Much of o...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:16:35
Staying Creative
In this episode, we are talking with Jason Diaz, Design Director at Vickers Design Group, about creativity. What does it really mean, and how do you foster it? This one is a fun conversation that rambles across an incredibly complex...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:12:17
Positive Reinforcement
Our new episode this week is centered on positive reinforcement. A huge component of being in this industry is accepting negative feedback and using it as a tool to refine the project. But sometimes, that’s a lot to take, right?&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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57:12
Patnering with a GC
This week, we got the chance to sit down with Jennie Rusciano to talk about what it’s like to be a (GC) General Contractor. Jennie is a Project Executive at Atlanta-based commercial interior General Contractor, CA South. Prior to joining ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:32:03
Creating your Own Opportunity
Cara McIntire is an Interior Designer and SCAD Alumni with a background in Workplace Design, she has worked at several design firms in Atlanta before making the move to ShawContract as the lead Interior Design Specialist for their new StudioOne...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:21:06
GAIDP - What is Interior Design and what it means to be registered
Caitlin Matonak is a Project Manager at May Architecture. She is a Registered Interior Designer and SCAD alumna with an immense passion for Healthcare Design. She is also the 2022-2023 GAIPD President. This week, we sat down with Caitlin to get...
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1:12:49
Crafting your Crew
Ashton McFarlane is an Associate Project Manager at CBRE here in the Atlanta area. She is a graduate of the UGA Interior Design program and spent 4 years at Hendrick before she made the switch to CBRE. She has worked on several projects, includ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:09:21
Pitching for the Job
Brian Parker is a Principal over the Interiors group at Cooper Carry here in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been in the industry for 20 plus years, so he has some great stories and insight to share. Some of the notable projects he has worked on...
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1:04:31
Thoughts on Design with Amanda Miller
Amanda Miller is a top notch Interior Designer that has been practicing for a little over 10 years here in the Atlanta area. She has some great projects under her belt that include the Atlanta Regional Commission Office and Humble Pie. She is a...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:04:09
Work Life Balance
Happy New Year! We are kicking off our second season with a discussion around a New Years resolution that a lot of professionals struggle with - Work/Life Balance. We will look at what it means and how it affects us, ways that it changes,...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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54:25
Season 1 Last Thoughts - Cas and Tara
In our last episode of this season, we tackle some of the areas of stress that we've encountered in the contract interiors industry. We also talk a bit about what we each do to try to reenergize ourselves, which leads to a great conversat...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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48:19
Trey Champion - Invest in your self and Invest in others
Trey Champion has had not one but two careers in the creative field. Starting out in the preforming arts arena and then transitioning to the construction and design field, and it was defiantly different going back to school the second tim...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:43:10
Ronnie Belizaire, Part 2 - What's your Wordle?
Ronnie Belizaire has had an amazing career thus far that has took her from the conventional path of I need to be a doctor, to the more creative path as she discovered Interior Design. Ronnie has had the opportunity to and drive to help those in...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:15:22
Ronnie Belizaire, Part 1 - Logical vs Creative
Ronnie Belizaire has had an amazing career thus far that has took her from the conventional path of I need to be a doctor, to the more creative path as she discovered Interior Design. Ronnie has had the opportunity to and drive to help those in...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:04:38
Meredith Campbell - The "GIF" of Knowledge #I finished Netflix
Meredith Campbell has been on both sides of the design coin and realized early on that life in the design firm wasn't for her. She has such great insight and wonderful stories, it's no wonder she is now working on the research side of design. S...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:12:19
Naheed Jahid-Rahman
Naheed's career is filled with hidden gem's, from her time at Kimberly-Clark, to the 13 years she spent on the interiors team at Turner/Warner Media. She talks about what it's like to interface directly with the clients she is working for, how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:16:55
Olivia Hutchison - People Skills
Olivia Hutchison is a project manager at Colliers International here in Atlanta. She knew at an early age that she wanted to do something in the design field from her time as a kid with a bunch of Lincoln Logs. She has had an interesting path f...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:19:25
Patricia Buckner - Nobody wants a stale donut
We sat down with Patricia Buckner to find out how she found her way into the interior design industry after being a shoe model and a marketing director for a shoe company. We talk a lot about what it means to be a rep in the industry, and what ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:10:07
Nicole Lankford - Your own corner office
Nicole Lankford has been a staple of positivity in her role at J and J Flooring. She has had an interesting path from design to sales and in our conversation she pulls back a little more of the curtain and gives some insight into what rep life ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:15:19