Today on the show I am happy to welcome Charrisse Johnston, chair of ASID National! She is also the principal and the firm-wide practice leader of Steinberg Architects. Steinberg Architects has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Shanghai. Charrisse was previously the senior associate and studio operations leader at Gensler where she managed and designed K-12, higher education, and workplace projects. Before that, she was Vice President of corporate planning for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter where she oversaw the companies consolidated financial and strategic planning efforts. Today we talk about all kinds of things including her career path which also includes both behavioral psychology and a successful wedding planning business. We will also talk about how she was introduced to ASID as a student in California. Charrisse is smart, down to earth and an inspiring leader.

Show Notes:

• Would Charrisse say that entrepreneurs have a better start out with a financial background?
• What is Charrisse’s niche in Steinberg Architects?
• How old is the Steinberg Architects business?
• How does design work for an “after the fact” work?
• Has Steinberg started a trend for architectural firms to start offering architectural design as well interior design?
• What is evidence-based design?
• Where can you find more information on evidence-based designs?
• Why did the position names change?
• How successful was Charrisse’s student chapter when she was president?
• How did she gain her position as chair of ASID national?
• What are some programs and benefits that ASID National has to offer for new designers and for seasoned designers?
• How is ASID National using health and wellness in design?
• How is ASID helping designers with designs for people who have to leave their home and move to an assisted living home?
• What new events are coming out in 2017 at ASID National?
• What are some government issues that ASID is trying to work on?

Resources:

https://www.steinbergarchitects.com 

https://www.gensler.com 

https://www.informedesign.org 

https://www.asid.org

Guess what? This is our six month anniversary! I have two very special shows for you this week. The first show we are going to meet one of the masterminds behind the fabulous curatedkravet.com platform. Curatedkravet.com is celebrating a few milestones of its own. This spring marked the one year anniversary of the hugely successful curatedkravet.com!

Our special guest today is Will Hunt Lewis, Senior Director of Merchandising of curatedkravet.com! In this position, he oversees all business done with merchandising and product development for all product category. Today Will Hunt and I are going to talk all curatedkravet.com from quality, delivering times, to the designers that curate the rooms.

Show Notes:

• How long has Will Hunt been with Kravet?
• What were the vision/goals for curatedkravet.com?
• What are some of the best features of curatedkravet.com?
• What kind of products are on the website?
• How are the products sourced?
• What does he love best about the website?
• How is customer service handled?
• How are designers found for the website?
• What is a “magalog”?

Resources: https://www.curatedkravet.com Code for 10% off: ckpodcast https://www.facebook.com/windowworksnj

Have you heard of Chairish yet? If you haven’t yet I am so happy to introduce you to this brand and Anna Brockway: one of the founders of this brand! Listen in to Anna’s story of how she started her company only three and a half years ago and it already has 150000 items available on the site

Show Notes:

• What is Chairish?
• Why did she start the business?
• What is the Chairish pink book?
• Is it a business or a feature?
• Research the market!
• What kind of special features does the Chairish site have?

For the rest of the show notes, please visit our Resource Center— Window Works

Deborah Rosenberg is here with us today on Power Talk Friday. If you remember Deborah was first on the show on episode 82. Deborah is the founder of an ultra-luxury design firm, Dimare Design and https://www.certifiedcrueltyfree.net. She is a leader in cruelty-free and wellness healthy design. During episode 82 she talks about her passion for animal’s rights and how she has skewed her interior design firm to stand firmly behind this passion of hers to be cruelty-free. Deborah believes that luxury design should look good, feel good and do good. 

Deborah has also been on TLC as a featured designer; she has appeared on the Today Show; she writes articles and lectures on humane and wellness design. If you haven’t listened to episode 82 you need to go back and listen to it because you will get full details of how she runs her business and her great business principles. She mentioned in that episode that she was working on a certification program for interior designers, if you have a passion to bring this to your business as well. The course is launching!

You can read the full show notes at https://www.windowworks-nj.com/deborah-rosenburg

On the show, today we are lucky to have Amanda Gates with us! Amanda is the principal of Gates Interior Design, a Feng Shui practitioner, a podcaster, an award-winning blogger and very soon a published author. She has been seamlessly marrying interior design and Feng shui for over 17 years to help her high-end clients awaken their souls and rejuvenate their spirit all through the art of intentional design. She is best known for her classic design with a modern twist and was selected by Nashville Home and Garden Magazine as one of the top designers to watch. Her designs and educational blog which was named top 25 interior design blogs in the world! Amanda is quite accomplished and is very generous to share her advice.

Show Notes:

• How does she incorporate her design with the phrase “good design enhances your lifestyle but intentional design enhances your quality of life?”
• What does intentional design mean?
• What is BTB?
• How long has Amanda been studying Feng Shui?
• How does she divide Feng shui and interior design in her business or does she?
• How does Amanda figure out if she has found “her people”?
• Hoes she figure out if a person is not a client for her?
• How did her blog get started?
• How many elements are in Feng shui?
• When is her book, Detoxing Clutter with Feng Shui” coming out?
• What is her book about?
• How can you get your blog known?
• What are some tips to starting a blog?
• How can a podcast appeal to potential clients?
• Why is it important to work with a coach?
• Why is it important to join a mastermind?
• Why is it important to look for a coach outside of your business industry and shop around?
• Be cautious of the advice you take when starting out!
• How do you figure out who you should work with?

Resources:

“Detoxing Clutter with Feng Shui”

Her website: https://gatesinteriordesign.com   Her Blog- Rated Top 25 in the World for Interior Design: https://gatesinteriordesign.com/blog/   Her Podcast: Design 101 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-101-designing-your/id505550006?mt=2

Julianne Taylor is the founder and creative director of Taylor Burke Home: a luxury home décor brand offering bold, unexpected and sophisticated in furniture and lighting. Since launching Taylor Burke Home in 2012 Julianne has quickly emerged one of the home décor’s most prominent female entrepreneurs. She is also known in the industry as a trend setter and taste maker. She has a BFA in interior design from the University of Georgia and a Masters in Human Resources from the University of South Carolina. 

Show Notes:

• What famous show did Julianne appear on?
• How did Taylor Burke Home come into thoughts?
• What were the biggest factors getting Taylor Burke Home going?
• How did she do a proof of concept to make sure her business was going to be successful?
• How much money do you need to start your business?
• What is “SCORE” and how can it help when starting a business?
• Be careful of the dream killers!
• What made Atlanta the place to debut?
• What sort of products does Julianne have at Taylor Burke Home?
• How many female entrepreneurs did Julianne interview for her book, DesignHER?
• What was the experience like interviewing these ladies for her book?
• Are there certain things that Julianne would say female entrepreneurs would go through when running a business?
• What nickname did she get working in her business?
• What advice would she give to other female entrepreneurs starting out or planning to start a business?

Resources:

https://www.score.org 

https://www.taylorburkehome.com 

“DesignHER”

info@taylorburkehome.com 

1-800-860-5821

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