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A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

185: Designerlebrity in the House! Interior Design Powerhouse Panel Talk

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Arts, Design, Business

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Are you bummed because you weren't able to attend the amazing  Designerlebrity Event, which was held on the 17th of May at the gorgeous Ethan Allen Showroom in New York City? If so, have no worries, because we have the full audio for the event, right here for you, on today's show. Listen in now, to catch this special presentation. The panel for the event included Barbara Viteri, a brilliant business woman and the Creator of Designerlebrity, Cheryl Eisen, the Founder of Interior Marketing Group, Mikel Welsch, the Principal of Mikel Welsch Design and Manuella Morreira, the co-founder of the really beautiful New York Ethan Allan location. Today's show starts off with LuAnn's private, pre-show interview of the four panelists. After that, we go straight into the live panel discussion, which happened in front of all the attendees. Listen in to find out more about this outstanding Designer  Event.   Some highlights include: Mikel gives some inside info on Harry Connick Jr – that he really is as sweet and authentic as he seems to be, on his show! Mikel gives a brief synopsis of working with Steve Harvey. What it's like for Cheryl Eisen to work on the show with Frederick. That Cheryl staged Bethany's apartment and it sold within twenty-four hours – for over asking! What it's like for Cheryl, working with networks and doing amazing work that just doesn't get spoken about. Cheryl talks about the freedom of not having to design for a client and why people come to her. What it's like for Manuella, to design with the challenge of people from every walk of life coming into her showroom, in the middle of Manhattan. How Manuella got to where she is today. LuAnn explains what a wonderful and unique person and the astute businesswoman that Barbara Viteri really is! How Barbara got to where she is today. Barbara explains about the hot topics and the potentials in her great, new Designerlebrity.com thing that she's doing for the design community. Being prepared to be lucky! Barbara, Cheryl and Manuella's struggles on the way up and how they've grown beyond them. LuAnn's encouragement for you to take time to listen to the voice inside you, which will never lead you wrong. How Designers can help Celebrity Designers and grow in the industry. If you're a Designer and you have something going on, share it with Barbara and she will put it out on the Designerlebrity Platform if it's noteworthy. Cheryl answers Facebook Live questions about what was involved in her re-invention of herself and how she got started with doing staging of homes. Barbara's definition of what epitomizes a Designerlebrity. What makes a 'potential'.   Links: Barbara's email: hbic@designerlebrity.com To be on LuAnn's mailing list, send a text to 444 999 and put the word designbiz in the message field. Go to LuAnn's website: www.windowworks-nj.com to see The Designerlebrity Event streamed live on Facebook, through Tastefully Inspired. (Go to the To The Trade Blog and you'll see a whole recap there.) You can also see all the pictures on the sites and blogs of all the others – Ethan Allen, Designerlebrity, and even Tastefully Inspired has a post about it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artists and Designers Guild,

0:05.6

which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?

0:11.1

Big news, right?

0:12.6

The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.

0:18.2

Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,

0:23.8

inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network

0:28.6

established in the early 19th century through which many enslaved African Americans

0:33.6

traveled in search of freedom. This library installation represents a 21st century sanctuary surrounded by art, objects,

0:43.5

artifacts, and books of black legacy.

0:46.9

In reimagining and repurposing the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library,

0:52.7

badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries

0:56.1

and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read

1:02.3

under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create

1:08.7

the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric

1:12.5

by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make a

1:20.0

point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition runs

1:25.5

from November 24 all the way through August 10th,

1:30.0

2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.

1:40.0

Welcome to a well-designed business with your host, Luan Nigara.

1:48.0

Luan has a lifetime of experience building a multi-million dollar business with her husband and cousin,

1:53.2

and she knows the challenges you face in your interior design business.

1:57.3

Luan brings you real-life answers to your most pressing problems,

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