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Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 571 | The Great Outdoors: Reimagining California’s Love for Outdoor LivingCalifornians have perfected outdoor living, largely due to the favorable climate. As weather patterns change, the design industry has adapted with sustainable materials, inventive building practices and creative use of space including outdoor kitchens, theaters, plunge pools, functional landscapes, and unique approaches to sport courts. From pickleball to a pickle martini, design meets entertainment with the new innovations in outdoor design. All of these programs took place in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. The stage was designed by Julie Beuerlein of JKB Home Design. This program was sponsored by TimberTech. A fantastic partner/ s...

2025-03-1959 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 572 | The Great Outdoors: Reimagining California’s Love for Outdoor LivingCalifornians have perfected outdoor living, largely due to the favorable climate. As weather patterns change, the design industry has adapted with sustainable materials, inventive building practices and creative use of space including outdoor kitchens, theaters, plunge pools, functional landscapes, and unique approaches to sport courts. From pickleball to a pickle martini, design meets entertainment with the new innovations in outdoor design. All of these programs took place in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. The stage was designed by Julie Beuerlein of JKB Home Design. This program was sponsored by TimberTech. A fantastic partner/ s...

2025-03-1959 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 569 | Is it Worth Saving: Iconic Architecture or an Old but Poor RepresentationWhat makes an architectural work worth saving from the bulldozer? The architect? The style? The age? A famous past resident? How are preservation decisions made when historical considerations are in conflict with the rights of the current owner? What is the responsibility of the city and what municipal rules/regulations help address such discussions? Join this conversation with industry insiders as we explore preservation and progress. All of these programs took place in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. The stage was designed by Julie Beuerlein of JKB Home Design. As...

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Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 566 | Color Mix: The Sherwin Williams 2025 Color Capsule CollectionI’m Josh Cooperman and this is a special edition of Convo By Design featuring all of the programming from the 2024 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair. We call these entries WestEdge Wednesday, a programming concept that will allow those of you who either didn’t make it to the show this year or, those who made it and are taking me up on my promise to share It with them again on Convo By Design. All of these programs were shared in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home, a Best Buy company. On a...

2025-02-2658 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 563 | Sustainable Design: Does it Have to be All or Nothing?I’m Josh Cooperman and this is a special edition of Convo By Design featuring all of the programming from the 2024 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair. We call these entries WestEdge Wednesday, a programming concept that will allow those of you who either didn’t make it to the show this year or, those who made it and are taking me up on my promise to share It with them again on Convo By Design. All of these programs were shared in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home, a Best Buy company. On a...

2025-02-1958 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday | 557 | What’s Next: How the Election and Recent Events will Affect the Design IndustryNo matter who wins, changes are coming. How can the business of design adapt to these changes, and thrive at the same time? Will additional tariffs change the pricing model of goods? How will new regulations affect transportation, fuel usage and household appliances? During these uncertain times, we’re all looking for a bit more stability and direction. Learn how to best navigate the changing landscape and better prepare your design firm and clients for the future. All of these programs took place in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. The stage was designed by...

2025-01-291h 00

Convo By Design®Planning for the Changes Coming in 2025 | 546 | How the Industry is Prepping for the New RealityDesign Hardware Fall 2024 Open House I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with some of the highlights from the Fall open house at Design Hardware. Incredible design talent, interesting conversations and insights into how the business of design is changing. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for t...

2024-12-171h 13

Convo By Design®Brian Pinkett | 540 | Our November 2024 Convo By Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is the Convo By Design Icon Registry November induction whose recipient has been on the show individually, part of a panel, part of a smaller group, virtually and in person. He has done all of this while simultaneously rising to principle of one of the most incredible architecture firms of the modern era. Brian, how’s that for a lead in? The Brian I am referring to is the most recent inductee into the Icon Registry, it’s Brian Pinkett, principal of Landry Design Group. When I first started this program back i...

2024-11-1955 min

Convo By Design®Spotlight on Design feat. Jaime Rummerfield and Marcos Santa Ana 539 | LIVE from Design Hardware in Los AngelesI’m josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a sampling from the Summer edition of the Designer Showcase event at Design Hardware. Every Season, we invite some of the most talented creatives from across the Southland and the U.S. to participate in strategic conversations, interviews, product launches and panel conversations. This is part of Design Hardware’s commitment to the design community. And we’ve got a sampling from that event. Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining t...

2024-11-1234 min

Convo By Design®Iconic Architecture at the 2024 WestEdge Design Fair | 538 | A Preview AND Tickets to the ShowI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another preview episode as we get ready for the WestEdge Design Fair in Santa Monica, California. We’ll be back at the Barker Hanger for another installment of the show. That means another stage featuring 2 full days of talks and and thought provoking conversations. Thought provoking, yeah we’ve got that. And if you’d like to attend, here’s a link for tickets: https://www.grsreg.com/westedge24/exhPass?exh=cxd Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence...

2024-11-051h 04

Convo By Design®Love and Location. Making the Move and Leveling Up | 537 | Emily Baker StudioI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Do you like where you live? If you lived somewhere, anywhere else, how might that change you? How might that affect your work, your creativity? Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence TimberTech – Re...

2024-10-2948 min

Convo By Design®Stay in Your Lane! | 535 | SheSpoke Founder Joan Barton and Design Tonik’s Amy TheresaI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design featuring an old friend and a new one in a very familiar space, talking about what makes strong bonds and strategic partnerships work. All while staying in your lane. Joan Barton, founder of Dirty Girl Construction and SheSpoke, a platform that explores the stories and successes woman-owned, operated and worked side of the construction and design industry shared the mic once again with an outstanding creative thinker, Amy Theresa | DesignTonik @DesignTonik.Amy is the founder of Design Tonik, art + design, specializing in residential and commercial interior design, fu...

2024-10-2256 min

Convo By Design®Moments of Joy. Design Makes That Happen | 534 | Laura Tribbett, Outline InteriorsI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, we’re speaking with Laura Tribbett of Outline Interiors. I have long held the belief that design is a right, not a privilege. You might disagree, but let me explain why and after you hear my conversation with Laura, you might be on board. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardwa...

2024-10-151h 03

Convo By Design®He Said, She Said | 533 | Exceptional Hospitality Design feat. Brewco’s Michael Zislis and Designer Noelle IsbellI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about going home. You’ve heard the old adage, you can’t go home again. Derived from the Thomas Wolfe novel published in 1940, posthumously. It’s true, you can’t go home again because so much changes in your absence. I went home recently to Manhattan Beach. It’s true things change, but not everything and sometimes, change is good. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ...

2024-10-0853 min

Convo By Design®Craftsmanship in A Digital Age | 532 | WestEdge Rewind from 2015I’m Josh Cooperman, this is Convo By Design and today, as we inch closer to WestEdge Design Fair, the 2024 edition, with everything going on behind the scenes as we prepare a slate of programming to surprise and delight you, I wanted to share a program from the past. As we finalize the roster and get everything solidified, I wanted to share the “why” behind the programming. These panels are crafted to feature game changing, disrupting creatives and topics that hold up. What makes the WestEdge stage so special is the thought and effort that goes into the topics. They ha...

2024-10-0155 min

Convo By Design®People & Publicity, Insights from the Summer Day of Design | 531 | Brian Pinkett and Erik PerezI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an episode about two sides of this industry that are rarely talked about. Two voices you rarely hear from, except here, of course. These two amazing individuals met me at Design Hardware for our Summer Day of Design event. Something important about the following episode right from the start, and this is not exclusive to the business of design. We’re talking about building teams and promoting your talent. These concepts are universally important and often neglected. But not here, not today. Designer Resources

2024-09-2456 min

Convo By Design®Timothy Corrigan | 530 | Our September 2024 Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is the September 2024 installment of the Convo By Design Icon Registry featuring another absolutely incredible creative who appeared on the show not once, but I think this gentleman has been on the show 4 times over the past 11 years in every way possible. He has been on a panel, featured in an individual interview, been part of The Showroom series. He’s incredible. This months inductee is an amazing talent a gentleman and a friend. Timothy Corrigan. I met Tim for the first time, I believe it was 2017. I went to his Los...

2024-09-1927 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Rewind | 529 | Sustainable and Timeless Recorded Live in 2015I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation from the past but no less relevant today and that is why I love producing the main stage at the WestEdge Design Fair. WestEdge, it’s coming up this November 14th through the 16th in Santa Monica at the Barker Hangar. This show is very special to me. I have been working with principles Megan and Troy, and co-founder Troy for years. This is a special show, my favorite show in California and that is saying something. It’s a labor of love and its with gratit...

2024-09-1758 min

Convo By Design®The Art of Turning Something into Something Else | 528 | Simon HamuiI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about potential. Potential is defined as having the capacity to become something in the future. Think about that. I’ll give you six seconds. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence TimberTech...

2024-09-101h 05

Convo By Design®Why is it So Hard to Build in California | 527 | How to Prepare in Other States for the Coming ChangesI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a detailed conversation about why it is just so hard to build in California. It’s important to say in advance with listeners all over the world that picking California is the canary in the coal-mine. Which is to say that it is an early indicator of potential issues elsewhere because I think it is fair to say that California tries things first, as a rule. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the deta...

2024-09-031h 16

Convo By Design®Leading Designers Explain The Ultimate Kitchen | 526 | Live from the Monogram Kitchen in Pacific SalesI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. But you know that and I am thankful that you are listening to the show and joining me on this little journey of ours. And, it is a journey. I was thinking about you this week. If you are listening to the show, you are a designer, architect, manufacturer, in the industry or a design enthusiast and you take time out of your day to listen to the show. I take that as a challenge to provide you with the opportunity to hear from amazing creatives, incredible brand partners an...

2024-08-271h 02

Convo By Design®Jamie Bush | 525 | Our August 2024 Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is the August 2024 installment of the Convo By Design Icon Registry featuring another absolutely incredible creative who appeared on the show. This months inductee is an amazing talent, Jamie Bush. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence TimberTech –...

2024-08-2255 min

Convo By Design®A Day of Creative Conversations featuring Women in Essential and Luxury Design from Around the U.S. | 524 | LIVE from Design Hardware in LA, May 2024I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a group of exceptional designers from our Day of Design gathering in Los Angeles in May 2024. I think designers and architects provide a service that simply cannot be measured in terms of dollars and cents. Especially in an era of fast content, social media perspective that creates a social dysmorphia. We have all become so inextricably tied to the internet and social media that it is truly difficult to differentiate reality form make believe. The following conversations feature designers who met me at Design Hardware in LA...

2024-08-201h 06

Convo By Design®Taking A Fresh Look at Design and Honoring Family Roots | 523 | Gabriela Eisenhart of Silo StudiosI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a fresh take on design from the ATL, Atlanta, Georgia. This is a city making a huge impact on design due in large part to designers like Gabriela Eisenhart, founder of Silo Studios. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home!

2024-08-1352 min

Convo By Design®Scott Specht of Specht Novak | 522 | From Modern to Experimental. Next Level Modern Architecture, and it’s FantasticI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about architecture. Modern architecture, large and small but all spectacular with architect Scott Specht of Specht Novak Architects. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence TimberTech – Real wood beauty without the upke...

2024-08-061h 08

Convo By Design®Old and New, A Design Story from an Emerging Design Destination, Kansas City | 521 | Kobel & Co.I’m Josh Cooperman, this is Convo By Design and this week we are heading to another hotbed of design in the Midwest, Kansas City. We’re visiting with Mallory Robins and Elizabeth Bennett, partners in Kobel +Co, a firm that curates happiness and joy through interior design and creation of contemplative spaces. We are discussing things like curated minimalism, happy places and timeworn objects. All revolving around the idea that design is the curated creation of the place where you want to be. Sounds so easy, right? Manufacturing the place where you want to be. It’s not...

2024-07-301h 10

Convo By Design®Brigette Romanek | 520 | Our July 2024 Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is the July 2024 installment of the Convo By Design Icon Registry featuring another absolutely incredible creative who graced the show with her presence. This designer is a multi-faceted creative who seamlessly weaves music, art and drama into and through her work with grace and style. This months inductee is the incomparable, Brigette Romanek. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom...

2024-07-2539 min

Convo By Design®Restrained Drama and Unchained Talent , An Instant Classic | 519 | Adam HunterI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an episode featuring a spectacular creative, Adam Hunter and I am going to call the following episode an instant classic. I don’t do that often, and you are going to hear why. Adam and I first met years ago at an industry function in LA. I have followed his career and it really is incredible to see what he has done with his firm. He has built an amazing firm upon spectacular design and an affinity for drama going back to his previous career in thea...

2024-07-231h 15

Convo By Design®Rise of the Machines, Design Practices & Artificial Intelligence | 518 | Rachel Joy Victor & Joshua A DawsonI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a follow up conversation. Last November, I sat with Joshua Dawson, film director, and Rachel Joy Victor, designer, strategist and world-builder. This is a followup to a detailed conversation about artificial intelligence and the rapidly developing uses. And it’s not that scary. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A...

2024-07-161h 11

Convo By Design®A Master Class in Kitchen Design | 516 | Creating Contemporary Kitchen Masterpieces and Ideas for Every HomeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about integrated and spectacular kitchen design. This conversation was recorded live from the Monogram kitchen inside the Pacific Sales showroom in Torrance, California. An absolutely gorgeous day inside and out. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Whe...

2024-07-0952 min

Convo By Design®Erin Ellwood | 515 | Fame, Architecture, Design and That Which is Truly ImportantI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about fame, design, architecture and that which is truly important. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence TimberTech – Real wood beauty without the upkeep I sought out Erin after learnin...

2024-07-021h 06

Convo By Design®Dakota Jackson | 514 | Our June 2024 Design Icon Registry inducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of the CXD Icon Registry. A gentleman and creative legend, Dakota Jackson is the June 2024 Icon Register inductee. Jackson was my guest on episode 241. That episode aired back in October of 2019. While much of the actual recording of conversations tends to blur, this session remains crystal clear in my mind. Dakota and I met in person at a gallery on La Cienega Blvd in West Hollywood. What I remember most vividly is the manner in which the conversation took place. I have long held a fascination with artistically des...

2024-06-2759 min

Convo By Design®Susanne Csongor | 512 | Individual Reflections on Design, Making it Personal & Why Dogs are the BestI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. The episode today features, Susanne Csonger of SLC Interiors. Susanne has spent decades honing her craft and taking the lessons learned and reinvesting that knowledge back into her design company. Usually, only discussions talk about the capital reinvested into the company. Susanne has adopted a unique approach that takes from personal experiences and lessons learned along the way to personalize her approach both personally and professionally. So, you might ask, what’s so unique about that? Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Wher...

2024-06-181h 24

Convo By Design®The 2024 Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts | 511 | Perspectives: One of America’s Favorite Design HappeningsI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a return to one of my favorite design house destinations, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Pasadena Showcase is an institution going on 60 years with a reputation for exquisite design, playful and fun ideas in fun and unexpected spaces and some of the best design talent around. Competing and collaborating to see who can be the showstopper but always for the betterment of the whole project. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the...

2024-06-111h 03

Convo By Design®Soie de Lune | 510 | Daniel Marcus & Jonathan Michaud on Modern Textiles and Respecting the Ancient ArtistryI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, you are going to hear from Daniel Marcus – CEO and Jonathan Michaud – Head of Design of Soie de Lune. Like everything in life, this podcast has changed over the years, I have changed over the years, the business of design and those who contribute have changed which is why I love to begin with the origin stories of the guests who join me for these conversations. You’ll hear why. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogr...

2024-06-0453 min

Convo By Design®Susan Ferrier | 509 | Our May 2024 Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of the Design Icon Registry. The Icon Registry inductee for May 2024 is the incomparable, Susan Ferrier. Here is how Susan describes her work, “Our interiors are meant to be experienced, to take you beyond the expected and into the extraordinary. We design lush, romantic spaces that are at once bold and refined, imbued with drama and meaning.” I’m going to suggest you might want more of this. Well, here it comes. If you have heard these segments before, you know, I don’t do contest...

2024-05-3059 min

Convo By Design®Harmony From Chaos and Curated Style | 508 | Staci MunicI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today on the show, you are going to hear my conversation with interior designer, Staci Munic of Staci Munic Interiors. Hers is a firm based in Chicago and Palm Springs, an interesting combination for base cities. We talk about that in addition to her experience in the service industry leading all the way up to that of a restauranteur. If you own a restaurant, you understand how the kitchen works under extreme conditions. If you know that, designing a residential kitchen is a breeze, or so you might think. ...

2024-05-2859 min

Convo By Design®No Rules in the Universal Application of Design Products | 507 | Erin Minckley of Relativity TextilesI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design featuring a conversation with Erin Minckley of Relativity Textiles. An artist who started a textiles company from passion and love came a business and that is only the beginning. From brand building to creating and sharing is how Erin crafted an idea to build a business. A business based on passion but also a business crafted to succeed in a very crowded, very competitive space. How? While we do get into the weeds a little bit about building a business, something I generally stay away from because Co...

2024-05-211h 02

Convo By Design®Burnishing A Reputation in Experimental Ceramics, Lighting & Art Design | 506 | Ethan Streicher on Design and the JourneyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an illuminating conversation about creativity, design and making things. It’s that last part that I find so intriguing both Ethan Streicher of Streicher Goods. Anyone who has made something. I mean really made something as in a thing from a block of wood or multiple parts that were not designed to be put together knows that there is magic in crafting something from nothing. It’s what I imagine it feels like fro a designer or architect to take a space and turn it entirely into s...

2024-05-1456 min

Convo By Design®New & Now featuring SheSpoke and ASID-Los Angeles | 505 | A Day of Dropping Design Knowledge LIVE from Los AngelesI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a ton to take in. When I moved to Tulsa in 2021, I thought that it would be a one year situation and then we would return to LA or figure out what was going to be the next destination. But something changed. Tulsa, Oklahoma is what the locals call, “Green Country.” And it is. Green. This part of the country is in what can only be described as the lower mid-west. It’s not the south. And one of the things that I noticed very soon after moving here was...

2024-05-071h 15

Convo By Design®Daniel Ian Smith of Village West Design | 504 | Innate Design and That Which Makes Us HumanI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation with Daniel Ian Smith of Village West Design. Here is a quote from Daniel, “I believe everyone deserves to be surrounded by beauty, it is integral to what makes us human.” Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! – Where service meets excellence Ti...

2024-04-301h 04

Convo By Design®Alex Papachristidis | 502 | Our April 2024 Design Icon Registry InducteeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of the Design Icon Registry. An icon for sure. A 2 time guest on Convo By Design and a very cool individual and an extraordinary decorator. This is Alex Papachristidis. If you have heard these segments before, you know, I don’t do contests and I most certainly don’t do lists. Lists are gimmicks designed to capture clicks. They are, click bait pure and simple. You cannot tell me that a list of 50, 75 or 100 designers and architects are the absolute best at what they do wit...

2024-04-2549 min

Convo By Design®Design Destinations and America’s Favorite Design Events | 501 | 2024 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show Review with Angeline Guido Hall, John Weinstein and Kevie MurphyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. But you know that because you are kind enough to subscribe, download and listen to the show every week. If this episode was shared with you and you are not currently a subscriber, I would appreciate it if you would consider subscribing so you receive every new episode automatically to your feed. For those who have been part of our little club since day one, you have heard me say this, and for those new to the podcast, I want you to know that I am incredibly gra...

2024-04-232h 33

Convo By Design®Lessons Learned After 11 Years and Five Hundred Episodes | 500 | Storytellers, Best Practices and Ideas to Make the Design and Architecture Industry StrongerI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Episode 500. Five Hundred! In years past, I have stopped down to celebrate mile stones in a few different ways. Last year, we held a party at the Soho House studio in West Hollywood to celebrate 10 years of the show. Every hundredth episode, I would feature past guests. For this milestone, I wanted to do something a little bit different. Instead of talking about the past, I wanted to focus on the future, share a few past moments to galvanize the point and move on. With gratitude and lo...

2024-04-161h 42

Convo By Design®Vision, Leadership & Creative Functionality, Every Element for A Successful Firm | 499 | Katie McCaffreyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, we are heading to San Francisco. We’re talking with Katie McCaffrey with the McCaffrey Design Group about functional beauty, designing in a rapidly changing city like San Francisco and so much more. It is really astounding when you stop and think about it. A city like San Francisco that is under constant change. Social change, climate change, political change, safety concerns, property management and development issues. How can the design community stay on track for their clients and manage all of the changes simultaneously? Can’t be e...

2024-04-091h 08

Convo By Design®Incredible Brands Changing the Way we Design | 498 | TimberTech featuring Amanda Cimaglia and Designer Olga NaimanI’m Josh Cooperman, this is Convo By Design and today you are going to be hearing from Amanda Cimaglia, VP of Corporate Communications and ESG for TimberTech and interior designer, Olga Naiman. TimberTech is a new partner sponsor of the show this year. I wanted to share the TimberTech story with you. More than that, really. I wanted to share the story and feature a designer who uses the product to share the experience of both the why and how this product is revolutionizing the decking industry. By now, you have probably heard me telling you so...

2024-04-0255 min

Convo By Design®CXD Design Icon Series for March 2024 | 497 | Jean BrownhillI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a very special episode. Part of a new series of the show and something that I have been considering for quite some time but I specifically wanted to complete year 10 of the show before I rolled this out. Do you know that in the 11+ years of Convo By Design, I have published over 500 episodes, spoken with over 6500 creatives, produced over 5 dozen panel conversations for design events across the country. From all of these amazing conversations with the worlds greatest creative talent, I wanted. to start enshrining som...

2024-03-2830 min

Convo By Design®High Point Market and All of the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask | 496 | Tammy Nagem, CEO of High Point Market AuthorityI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation that is on the minds of just about every designer this time of year. How can I go to HighPoint, see everything, do everything in the few days while I’m there? The simple answer is, you can’t. High Point Market is the big game, the championship level event for designers in North America. It’s big, it’s spread out and it can be sensory overload. So, you can’t do it all. But, if you plan it right, do your homework and listen to the follo...

2024-03-261h 06

Convo By Design®Imbued Values and the Hand of the Architect: Thee Multicultural Approach to Modern Architecture | 494 | Mathew Chaney, FAIA and Bryn Garrett, AIA of EYRC ArchitectsI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. When I first started the podcast, a long time ago… It all started as an experience. I love design and architecture, I always have. I recently realized that if I had taken the time spent doing the show and went back to school, I could have become an architect. I say that tongue firmly planted in cheek. Not because I wouldn’t LOVE to be an architect, designer or set decorator. But, because had I done that, I wouldn’t be able to do this. This is what I love to...

2024-03-191h 08

Convo By Design®The Immutable Laws of Design, Why Do Some Former Lawyers Make Such Great Designers | 493 | Katie DavisI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, we are heading back to Texas. If you are new to the show, I love Texas. I have family there. I lived in Dallas for 9 years. For many years, I had a spin-ff of the podcast called Lone Star House of Design. Texas is not one of the design fly-overs. It has been for a long time, but the pandemic launched a movement that has since gone parabolic. Today, you are going to hear from Katie Davis, founder of her eponymous firm in Houston. But that is...

2024-03-121h 04

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday No. Ten | 492 | All Roads Lead to Southern California; Long Live the Creative ExperimentI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marie Designs and presented by BR Home. This is it, part 10 in our series from the WestEdge Design Fair. Southern California has long been a place where adventurous creatives of all disciplines could come to create with other like-minded dreamers—where a designer could draft and see their masterpiece come...

2024-03-0658 min

Convo By Design®Exploring the Architectural Identity of Los Angeles: Do Cities Define the Types of Architecture or is it the Other Way Around | 491 | KFA ArchitectureI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, we’re heading to Los Angeles for a conversation with Jaime Olmos and Lise Bornstein of KFA Architecture. We talked, in depth about exploring LA’s identity, preservation and the nature of design in LA, the multi-node structure of this incredible cluster of cities, rediscovering LA’s iconic architectural treasures and so much more. You knowI love LA. It’s home. It’s not the same as it was when I grew up as a teen in the San Fernando Valley in the 1980’s. The best place in the w...

2024-03-051h 13

Convo By Design®Icon Registry Induction for February 2024 | 488 | Cara WoodhouseI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a very special episode. Part of a new series of the show and something that I have been considering for quite some time but I specifically wanted to complete year 10 of the show before I rolled this out. Do you know that in the 11+ years of Convo By Design, I have published over 450 episodes, spoken with over 600 creatives, produced over 5 dozen panel conversations for design events across the country. From all of these amazing conversations with the worlds greatest creative talent, I wanted. to start enshrining som...

2024-02-291h 03

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday No. Nine | 487 | The Importance of Design. A One on One with Cliff FongI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marbe Designs and presented by BR Home. This is part 9 in our series and features a conversation with Interior designer, adjudicator, showroom owner, lover of fashion and authentic objects Cliff Fong, whose firm, Matt Blacke, inc., have earned critical acclaim for their authentic and meaningful design. Fong’s new show...

2024-02-281h 01

Convo By Design®Institute of Classical Architecture & Art SoCal Legacy Dinner | 486 | Celebrating Tim BarberI’m Josh Cooperman with a very special episode of Convo By Design. We’re recognizing and celebrating the life’s work and accomplishments of an amazing individual. Were welcoming a young new mind into the architecture community and remembering another friend that we lost way too soon. All in one night. Laughs, tears, joy…all from the ICAA Southern California chapter’s Legacy Dinner honoring architect, Tim Barber. For a few years now, I have had the privilege and the honor of emceeing the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Southern California Chapter’s annual Legacy Dinner recognizing...

2024-02-2749 min

Convo By Design®Big DFW Energy, A Look at What Happens to A City When the Population Explodes | 480 | Angeline Guido HallHello. I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another virtual trip to Dallas Ft. Worth to talk about exceptional design in and amazing, vibrant metroplex… If you have been listening to the show for any amount of time, you probably know just how fond I am of Fort Worth/ Dallas. A thriving market that has absolutely exploded in the past 20 years. With that population explosion, came an influx of new art, food, design, architecture, music. When this happens, it usually means gentrification, higher housing costs, infill projects, destruction of older dwellings to make room...

2024-02-201h 04

Convo By Design®Sweet Homes of Alabama. Major Cities Could Learn A Thing or Two | 482 | Jeffrey DunganI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a trip to Alabama. Yes, that Alabama. I do love sharing the stories of amazing creative types from locales where you would least expect to find them. Jeff Dungan is an extraordinary creative from and remaining in Alabama. Jeff has a gift for clean and modern designs within the framework of traditional architectural ideas. His story and path to architecture is special. His love for rural Alabama is strong and I have come to learn after many years traversing this country of ours that you can le...

2024-02-1358 min

Convo By Design®The Design Messengers | 481 | Something New about Something Old Times TWO!I’m Josh Cooperman, host and publisher of Convo By Design and this is a new series of the show called The Design Messengers. A Monday episode of the show sharing design trade info you need to know. I have three items of interest for you. The loss of another design industry brand, a new Booklook. Call this something old and something new, about something old. First up, the loss of another iconic brand. Kelly Moore Paints. The global design business doesn’t have enough brands. Think about it, let’s just look at paint… Sherwin Williams, Farrow a...

2024-02-1212 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday No. Six | 478 | Leveling Up: How the Minimizing Waste Leads to Better Designing Better BusinessI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marie Designs and presented by BR Home. This is part six in our series, entitled Leveling Up: How the Minimizing Waste Leads to Better Designing Better Business. The design industry disposes of over 12 million tons of furniture and generates 500 million tons of construction waste in the U.S. every ye...

2024-02-0755 min

Convo By Design®True Meaning of Luxury with Australian Designer Katarina Barakovska | 479 | The Universality of Luxury in Interior SpacesI’m Josh Cooperman, this is Convo By Design and today, we are taking a little trip. Actually, it’s a really long trip. About as far away as you can get really. We’re going to Australia. Yep. Down Under. Katarina is a really interesting creative. One who says, on her website that during 2023, when this was recorded, she will take on no more than 6 projects. She has a simple and singular focus on luxury and what that entails in her design work. She defines luxury as a “richness” as it applies to the experience of living. Y...

2024-02-0659 min

Convo By Design®WestEdge Wednesday No. Five | 477 | AI and The Future of Design & ArchitectureI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marie Designs and presented by BR Home. This is part five in our series, entitled Rise of the Machines: How AI will Revolutionize the Design Industry. This conversation is moderated by yours truly and features Rachel Joy Victor, a designer, strategist, and worldbuilder, working with emergent technologies and mediums (XR...

2024-01-311h 12

Convo By Design®Daring in Design. Taking Risks. Standing Out | 476 | Laura ThorntonI’m josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation with designer Laura Thornton about streamlining the design experience. And, this one hits very close to home. As I have mentioned on many occasions, I am working on the Tulsa Remote Design House. This is a real project, working with real designers who do not come to Tulsa. Their work is virtual and remote while the project is real. The experience of design is everything. Right? What goes into providing a wonderful experience for those who provide design and architecture services? What is more im...

2024-01-3058 min

Convo By Design®CXD Icon Registry Induction Episode Celebrating Bunny Williams | 475 | The Godmother of DecorI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a very special episode. Part of a new series of the show and something that I have been considering for quite some time but I specifically wanted to complete year 10 of the show before I rolled this out. Do you know that in the 11+ years of Convo By Design, I have published over 450 episodes, spoken with over 600 creatives, produced over 5 dozen panel conversations for design events across the country. From all of these amazing conversations with the worlds greatest creative talent, I wanted. to start enshrining som...

2024-01-2557 min

Convo By Design®The Asian American Pacific Islander Experience | 474 | WestEdge Wednesday No. FourI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marbe Designs and presented by BR Home. This is part four, entitled Empowering Representation. The Asian American Pacific Islander Experience. As it’s title suggests, what is the nature of that experience in a time when a premium is placed on the experience of things and diversity is no long...

2024-01-2459 min

Convo By Design®Romantic Emotional Architecture. Yes, Please | 473 | Cathy Purple CherryI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a creative who I admire a great deal for a number of reasons not the least of which revolve around her work. Cathy Purple Cherry is an architect with superior vision and a philosophical approach to match. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! The Oasis Allia...

2024-01-231h 04

Convo By Design®Back to Work! From Home? | 472 | WestEdge Wednesday No. ThreeI’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marbe Designs and presented by BR Home. This is the third installment, called Back to Work, From Home? A look at what it means to design meaningful work spaces that make employees actually want to come back to the office. It’s not easy shedding you comfy pants and slip...

2024-01-1759 min

Convo By Design®Seamless Storytelling Through Spectacular Design | 471 | Anne MichaelsenI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about creativity and seamless storytelling in design. What is that all about. Stick around. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! The Oasis Alliance – Providing design to those in need. Anne Michaelsen and I first met at the apex of the pandemic. I w...

2024-01-161h 03

Convo By Design®Introducing The Design Messengers | 470 | A New Series Designed to Change the Way We Think About The Design IndustryI’m Josh Cooperman, host and publisher of Convo By Design with something brand new for you. A Monday episode of the show, called The Design Messengers. I think you’re going to like this for a number of reason not the least of which is that this is going to make your design business stronger because together, we are going to start thinking differently about this industry and ways to do it better, faster, smarter. Let me remind you, I’m a journalist, not a designer, and certainly not a consultant, I have interviewed some of the ve...

2024-01-1524 min

Convo By Design®Under Construction; Building Communities with Purpose | 469 | WestEdge Wednesday No. TwoI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair. These conversations were held live on the stage crafted by Marbe Designs and presented by BR Home. This conversation is entitled, Under Construction, Building Communities with Purpose. This chat features Actor, producer and author, Malinda Williams, entrepreneur Kynderly Haskins, University of Southern California’s Lauren Dandridge and designer and founder of Blackbird House, Bridgid Coulter Cheadle. This talk focuses on the building of a...

2024-01-1059 min

Convo By Design®Drinking About Design No. One | 467 | A Journalist, Designer and Architect Walk into a Bar feat John McClain and Erik PetersonI’m Josh Cooperman, host and publisher of Convo By Design with something new for you. Dropping this on Friday, for a very good reason. You’re going to want to get a drink, we’ll wait… In the summer of 2020, the pandemic was in full effect. We were all locked in and trying to figure out what was going to happen next. You remember, you were doing the exact same thing. So, besides the day drinking and looking up old friends on Facebook, I was trying to learn new ways to be socially engaged. On at least one...

2024-01-051h 15

Convo By Design®UpCycled, Repurposed, Local and Fabulous Specifying and Sourcing Local | 466 | WestEdge Wednesday No. OneI’m Josh Cooperman with Convo By Design and this is the first of a 10 part series called Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday’s with conversation held at the WestEdge Design Fair in late November, 2023 from Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. This conversation features Moya O’Neill of Moya Living,Nancy Russert of Les Beaux Interiors and Twist Custom, Lenora Aguilar and Judy Davis of Vintage Junktion and moderated by Luxe Magazine’s Kelly Phillips Badal. This is a conversation called, Up-Cycled, Recycled, Repurposed, Local and Fabulous; Specifying and Sourcing Locally. The idea here is that desi...

2024-01-0354 min

Convo By Design®The Gratitude You Deserve | 463 | Putting A Bow on 2023I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. I have no interview to share with you today. No spectacular chat about design, no upcoming promotion, no BOOKLOOK, nope. Just two simple words followed by a few more to expand on the thought. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the show, email me with guest suggestions and show ideas. Thank you for coming out to Convo By Design events, watching and liking the silly videos on IG, subscribing to the show and for supporting the sponsors of the show. Spe...

2023-12-2403 min

Convo By Design®Change is Constant. Adapting to Your Creative Vision | 462 | Elisa Baran + A New BOOKLOOK feat. Homes By ByrdI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design and in this episode of the podcast, you are going to hear from designer, Elisa Baran. Baran and her eponymous bi-coastal firm are responsible for some interesting new looks. She has a very unique perspective on materiality, and the meaning of perfection in her work. Part of this includes application of wabi-sabi and brutalism in her otherwise softer and muted work for what is truly a unique new look, one that I believe will gain traction as Elisa garners more attention. Before we get to my chat wi...

2023-12-1959 min

Convo By Design®Fearless and Faithful. Leaning In on Heritage and Trusting Her Talent | 461 | Rachel MoriartyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design featuring a designer I have know about for a long time but only recently had the opportunity to speak with. She is an amazing creative with an incredible perspective on life and design. It’s true that I have known about Rachel Moriarty for quite some time. Have you ever felt like you really know someone even though you never actually met? That is how this was for me and hen I finally saw her at the Feizy showroom in Las Vegas, I just introduced myself and foll...

2023-12-121h 15

Convo By Design®An Oasis of Design Love When it’s Needed Most | 460 | The Oasis AllianceI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a story about giving back. On the show, over the past year, you have heard me talking about The Oasis Alliance, an organization co-designing the personal spaces of trauma survivors. Their vision, clearly stated….The Oasis Alliance envisions a world where every trauma survivor has a dignified place of refuge to refuel and recharge. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware...

2023-12-0500 min

Convo By Design®Luxury Design for the Home Away From Home | 458 | Vacation Home Design from Alder & TweedI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another story about sublime design and in this episode, you are going to hear from Heather Humphrey, principal designer of Park City, Utah and Big Sky, Montana based interior and furniture design company, Alder & Tweed. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! Heather and Reed Humphrey have created a firm tha...

2023-11-221h 04

Convo By Design®Jewelry for the Home. The Beauty of Functional Art | 457 | Heath Wagoner of HW StudioI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Episode 457 of the show with a wonderful creative who crafts one of a kind functional items for the most discerning clientele. This is a really fun story featuring an exquisite creative, simply divine creations and a story to match. Heath Wagoner of HW Studio tells his story with 7 words. HW Studio is jewelry for the table. As you will hear, it really is. Wagoner is a trained goldsmith who uses traditional methods in metalsmithing to craft, create and ideate functional, artistic objects. Objects meant to be used an...

2023-11-1459 min

Convo By Design®Reflecting on Summer Vibes and 4 Incredible Designers | 456 | Design Leadership LIVE from Design Hardware featuring; Lorena Pulichino, Jeanne Chung, Stephanie Hatten and Kim ColwellI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. This Summer, I spent some time back in LA visiting with some very talented designers and I wanted to share some of those conversations with you. But first, you should know that if you are in LA and listening to this episode the week it was released, November 14th, the WestEdge Design Fair is happening RIGHT NOW and you should come down to Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and take in some of the incredible conversation being produced by yours truly. These are highly curated conversations that wer...

2023-11-0756 min

Convo By Design®Design Justice: How this Amazing Creative Traded A Law Career for Design, And Has Not Looked Back | 455 | Kevin MurphyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a visit this week, and in keeping to our NorthEast swing, this is Kevie Murphy of K.A. Murphy Interiors. A Manhasset, NY based firm led by a super-driven creative in Kevie herself. Love this story and I think you will too. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! Follow...

2023-10-311h 09

Convo By Design®Design is to Be Enjoyed, Savored and Celebrated. It’s A Family Affair and They Do it Right | 454 | Nicole ForinaI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. This week, we are heading to New Jersey to speak with Nicole Fornia of Nicole Forina Home. Her honest and fully exposed approach to her design business is as unique as her work, and we’re talking about both. While Convo By Design has changed a lot over the past 10 years, some things remain the same as the day I started this show. I want to introduce you to amazing creatives in interior/ exterior design and architecture. I love this business and I love what they do. Nicol...

2023-10-241h 00

Convo By Design®Following A Clear Path to Design Mastery | 453 | Helen BerginI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with balmy breezes and sublime design as we visit with Palm Beach designer, Helen Bergin. This is the story of a tremendous creative who rose to prominence the “old fashioned” way. Bergin studied her craft, working as a designer from some very talented studios and when it was right, she went out on her own. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware –...

2023-10-161h 07

Convo By Design®The Showroom featuring Pride of the ATL, A Masterful Design Team Crafting Incredible Hospitality Work| 452 | C+TC Design StudioI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design featuring a return of The Showroom, a conversation series with amazing design talent from across the US and around the world. In this episode of The Showroom, you are going to hear from C+TC Design Studio heads; William Cox, Billie Thorne and James Culpepper. If not familiar with them you should be and you will be over the course of the next hour. Their work is exceptional and you are going to hear a master-class in hospitality design. Billie, Jim and Bill are a rare combination of...

2023-10-1058 min

Convo By Design®Kitchen and Bath Evolution | 451 | Tiffany Cassidy of Lagnappe Interiors on the Modern Kitchen and Bath DesignI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. I offer you a conversation with a previous guest about what is transpiring in the kitchen and bath space, in real time and the developments are extraordinary. This is Tiffany Cassidy of Lagnappe Interiors. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! I really do have a special place in my heart...

2023-10-0353 min

Convo By Design®Architecture, Design and Exquisite Work Deep in the Heart of Texas and Beyond | 450 | Eddie MaestriI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an exceptional architect emanating from Dallas, Texas. Eddie Maestri of Maestri Studio. I have known Eddie for a while and I am a huge fan. I think by the end of this episode, you will be too. Here is just a bit from Eddie’s bio, Eddie Maestri, AIA, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, started designing homes in Dallas in 2004 and officially founded Maestri Studio in 2008. Certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), he is a registered architect in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tenn...

2023-09-2659 min

Convo By Design®What is Design and Why Does it Matter | 449 | A Psychological Approach to Understanding the Design IndustryI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. What is design? Is design the process of finding pretty, cool, unusual things, objects, artifacts and materials and then placing them in an order to appear pleasing? Is it a method of material placement, functional arrangement or is it something else? And, why does it matter? Right about now, you might be wondering what the hell. What’s up, Josh? you good? I am. But I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I just recently completed a no code AI course through MiT. Yes, THAT MiT and wh...

2023-09-1955 min

Convo By Design®Superior Design is Like Your Favorite Playlist. Supreme Designers like | 448 | Jenn Feldman Capture that Same EnergyI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today on the show, you are going to hear from one of my favorite designers. This is Jenn Feldman, an amazing designer with equally strong musical taste. No, really! Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! The Oasis Alliance – Providing design to those in need. I asked Jenn to sen...

2023-09-121h 01

Convo By Design®Repping ATL with Beautiful Work in an Emerging World-Class Design Destinations | 447 | Andi Morse of Morse DesignI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design Today, I’m speaking with Atlanta based designer, Andi Morse about balance, vibe and having it all. Or getting as close to it as one can. Born and raised in Atlanta, Andi is married to her college sweetheart and the mother of three daughters. Family comfort is the central influence to her interior design philosophy, and one of the core values of Morse Design. One’s home must reflect the lifestyle of the occupants and resonate with both beauty and functionality. Her passion for creating comfort and style...

2023-09-051h 01

Convo By Design®She’s Got the Magic and That is What Makes it All Work | 446 | Glenna StoneI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design exploring the work of Philadelphia interior designer Glenna Stone. A very talented creative who said this, “I think of design as a magical process where something that didn’t exist suddenly does…and that’s what I love about what I do. I love developing a complete design, a 360 vision that considers the intentions of the client, the architecture of the space, and all the while artfully combining scale, balance, proportion, texture, and hue in a way that marries beauty and lifestyle. Great design is about walking into a space, and...

2023-08-2950 min

Convo By Design®Which Comes First Design of Architecture | 445 | Charlotte Designer (and Architect) Ashley DeLappI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design and on todays episode, you are going to hear from an incredibly talented Charlotte based creative who started as an architect and transitioned to designer. Ashley DeLapp is not the first creative I have spoken with that went the design route from other endeavors and there have been a few you have heard from in the past that started as architects as well. Ashley holds a BA in Architecture from the University of North Carolina and after spending 10 years as an architect, opened her own design firm in 2009. ...

2023-08-2259 min

Convo By Design®Fitting In Is the Art of Being Yourself, and Others Loving You for It and This Company Nailed it | 444 | Roberta Mantenuto, CEO of FittesI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today on the show, you are going to hear from Roberta Mantenuto, CEO of Fittes, formerly Aria Vent and sometimes the biggest changes from changing the smallest details. This is one of those occasions, to me at least. Fittes Co. is the Canadian company revolutionizing the vent and register business. They created a modular air vent and you know what I love most about this? For the longest time, we just used what we had available, contractor grade from the big box or perhaps a boutique brand that made th...

2023-08-151h 00

Convo By Design®Drinking About Design: An Architect, Designer and Journalist Walk Into A Bar | 443 | Al Beadle & William HainesI’m Josh Cooperman, host and publisher of Convo By Design with something new for you. Dropping this on Friday, for a very good reason. You’re going to want to get a drink. In the summer of 2020, the pandemic was in full effect. We were all locked in and trying to figure out what was going to happen next. You remember, you were doing the exact same thing. So, besides the day drinking and looking up old friends on Facebook, I was trying to learn new ways to be socially engaged. On at least one occasion, John...

2023-08-111h 15

Convo By Design®Illuminated Ideas: Architecture and Lighting for A Modern Client | 442 | Charles Pavarini IIII’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with Charles Pavarini III. Pavarini has reinterpreted the legacy of the Pavarini Construction Company, known for creating historic landmarks including the Seagram Tower, the United Nations, the State Theater at Lincoln Center, and numerous other landmark buildings in New York City and throughout the world. All of his projects hinge around a powerful central design theme and maintain a certain ‘vision’ which is always dramatically executed given Charles’ keen sense of color, style, and use of lighting as a ‘design tool’. Having sat on the board of directors of the Designer’...

2023-08-0858 min

Convo By Design®Top SoCal Talent Spill the Tea on Elevated Design | 441 | What You Need to Know Right NowI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of the Design Leadership Series and this week, I am going to share with you. This group was recorded live from the Design Hardware showroom on Third Street in LA. This was an amazing group and with 12 creatives there, it was the biggest event we recorded to date. Keep listening, you’re going to enjoy this. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry

2023-08-011h 18

Convo By Design®The Natural Desire to Create Pushed this Former Publicist Back Home Again to Her Love for Design, and It has Paid Off | 439 | Meghan Bassinger of Stevie InteriorsI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about transformation, both in interior spaces and individuals themselves. Meghan Basinger of Stevie Interiors spent the first part of her career in public relations before launching her firm in 2020. Great timing right? But it worked, and here’s why. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! The Oasis A...

2023-07-1852 min

Convo By Design®Kitchen Design Thought Leadership | 437 | Seven Creatives Define the New Concepts in the Next Generation of Kitchen DesignI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Following is another installment of the Wellness & Design Thought Leadership Series presented by ThermaSol. In May, 2023, a special gathering took place at the Friedman’s Home Experience showroom in Long Beach, California. This gathering presented an opportunity to get some of Southern California’s most dynamic and creative designers together for a conversation about kitchen design. Our group engages in an open forum about how the kitchen has changed in form and function since the pandemic began in 2020. This idea started as an exploratory look at what has ch...

2023-06-271h 12

Convo By Design®Celebrating 10 Years of Convo By Design Live from the West Hollywood Design District | 436 | Soho House Design’s Candace HickmanI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with the third installment from a live event at the Soho House studio in West Hollywood, California. Candace Hickman of Soho House Design has has followed a really interesting path along the way to a 15+ year career in hospitality design, from boutique restaurants in Hong Kong, to flagship properties for Soho House & Co. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning...

2023-06-2040 min

Convo By Design®The Showroom feat. Brigette Romanek | 435 | Music, Passion & Interior Design MagicI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of The Showroom featuring another exceptionally talented member of the design community. One of my all-time favorites for the little things she does. Her attention to detail and the manner in which she tells her stories through the work are exceptional. We talk abut music too, one of my favorite topics and hers as well. Love this chat and I know you will too, this is Brigette Romanek, live in the showroom. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Epis...

2023-06-1343 min

Convo By Design®The Secrets from Top Designers on Crafting the Modern American Kitchen | 433 | Listen in On an Intimate Chat With 7 Creatives Who KnowI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a look at the modern American kitchen and what the design community is doing in response to changing tastes and new opportunities to create unique functional spaces transforming the heart of the home. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featuring Mitch Altman Moya Living – Beautiful, durable powder coated kitchen, bath & outdoor kitchen cabinetry Design Hardware – A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home! The Oasis Alliance – Providing design to those in need.

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Convo By Design®Wellness & Design Thought Leadership Series | 430 | The Industry in the Midst of A Revolutionary Change, These Experts Share What’s Coming NextI’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Celebrating 10 years hosting and producing this show has given me so much that I cannot even tell you how much it means to me. That is why I strive to continue giving back to this incredible industry every chance I get. Because it’s important, and I think that because it took me so long to figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up. Not saying I have totally grown up. Designer Resources ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Episode 271 featur...

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