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June 14, 2021

BIDN’s leaders on racial equity in design right now: ‘We’re so far behind’

In this episode of The Business of Home Podcast, the Black Interior Designers Network leaders Keia McSwain and Kia Weatherspoon evaluate the industry’s progress on racial equity over the last year—and where there’s more work to be done.

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June 9, 2021

Park & Oak on setting client expectations: ‘You might cry’

On this episode of BOH’s new podcast, Trade Tales, designers Renee DiSanto and Christina Samatas of Park & Oak share how they’ve used the highs and lows of fast success to hone their operations.

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June 7, 2021

SideDoor aims to bring an old-school industry into a new era. It’s not easy

In this episode of The Business of Home Podcast, Lynsey Humphrey and Chad Smith of digital sourcing and selling platform SideDoor share how their startup aims to help designers stop getting shopped by clients.

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May 26, 2021

How Noz Nozawa learned to invest in herself

On this episode of BOH’s new podcast, Trade Tales, San Francisco–based designer Noz Nozawa shares how keen financial planning got her business off the ground and why the industry needs pricing transparency.

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May 24, 2021

How Justina Blakeney built a colorful empire

In this episode of The Business of Home podcast, Jungalow’s Justina Blakeney shares her journey from designer to artist and how she built on her blog’s success to launch a big-time brand.

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May 17, 2021

Can Poltrona Frau make it big in America?

In the latest episode of The Business of Home Podcast, Nicola Coropulis, CEO of heritage Italian design brand Poltrona Frau, discusses the ins and outs of succeeding in the American market.

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May 12, 2021

Why Victoria Sass puts the story first

On this episode of BOH’s new podcast, Trade Tales, Minneapolis-based designer Victoria Sass of Prospect Refuge Studio talks about her intentional approach to running her firm, guided by intuition, a longstanding love of design.

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May 10, 2021

Heath’s profit took a hit during COVID. They responded by giving employees a raise

In this episode of The Business of Home Podcast, Robin Petravic, co-owner of Heath Ceramics, shares how he helped rescue the ailing company while preserving (and building on) the qualities that make it special.

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May 3, 2021

Suzanne Tucker: ‘Relationships are everything’

In this episode of The Business of Home Podcast, Suzanne Tucker of Tucker & Marks shares hard-earned wisdom from her four-plus decades in the design industry, including how to finesse tricky relationships and why patience pays.

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April 28, 2021

Max Humphrey on rewriting the rules of design

On this episode of BOH’s new podcast, Trade Tales, designer Max Humphrey shares his unorthodox approach to the design process, and how keeping business small can protect creative vision.

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