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The Trend ReportCEO Chat with Natalie Hartkopf of HightowerSend us a textNatalie Hartkopf, CEO of Hightower, shares her journey in the furniture industry and how this family-founded business evolved from importing European designs to creating their own award-winning Hightower Studio products while becoming a certified B Corporation.• Natalie started with Hightower around 2003, beginning in Seattle before moving to New York• They shifted from purely importing European designs to manufacturing upholstered pieces in North Carolina• Won Best of NeoCon recognition for their innovative Flote chair designed by their in-house design team• Became a certified B Corporation, looking holistically at governance, communit...
2025-06-2345 minThe Trend ReportCEO Chat with Natalie Hartkopf of HightowerSend us a textNatalie Hartkopf, CEO of Hightower, shares her journey in the furniture industry and how this family-founded business evolved from importing European designs to creating their own award-winning Hightower Studio products while becoming a certified B Corporation.• Natalie started with Hightower around 2003, beginning in Seattle before moving to New York• They shifted from purely importing European designs to manufacturing upholstered pieces in North Carolina• Won Best of NeoCon recognition for their innovative Flote chair designed by their in-house design team• Became a certified B Corporation, looking holistically at governance, communit...
2025-06-2345 min
I Hear Design: the i+s podcastNeoCon 2024: Conversations that Inspire with IIDA’s Cheryl Durst, Hightower’s Natalie Hartkopf and Many MoreWell, folks, that's a wrap! We just returned from NeoCon and Design Days in Chicago, and the energy at The MART and Fulton Market was palpable. In this extended episode of I Hear Design, i+s Chief Content Director Robert Nieminen sits down with NeoCon movers and shakers, including IIDA's CEO Cheryl Durst, Hightower's co-founder and CEO, Natalie Hartkopf, Mantra Inspired Furniture's CEO Susan Pilato, and many more designers and manufacturers from the show to talk about the future of the industry and how design professionals can make a significant impact in sustainability through the decisions they make every d...
2024-06-171h 09I Hear Design: the i+s podcastNeoCon 2024: Conversations that Inspire with IIDA’s Cheryl Durst, Hightower’s Natalie Hartkopf and Many MoreWell, folks, that's a wrap! We just returned from NeoCon and Design Days in Chicago, and the energy at The MART and Fulton Market was palpable. In this extended episode of I Hear Design, i+s Chief Content Director Robert Nieminen sits down with NeoCon movers and shakers, including IIDA's CEO Cheryl Durst, Hightower's co-founder and CEO, Natalie Hartkopf, Mantra Inspired Furniture's CEO Susan Pilato, and many more designers and manufacturers from the show to talk about the future of the industry and how design professionals can make a significant impact in sustainability through the decisions they make every d...
2024-06-171h 09
Humans Beyond Resources: From culture to complianceBecoming a B Corp with Natalie Hartkopf, CEO of HightowerIn this conversation, Sarah Wilkins interviews Natalie Hartkopf, CEO of Hightower, a B Corp. They discuss the importance of B Corp certification and the process of becoming certified. They also talk about the changes in spaces over the years and what people need in workspaces. Natalie explains why becoming a B Corp was important to her and shares her biggest learning from the certification process. They mention working with experts to navigate the certification process and discuss how employees have received the change.
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2024-05-1615 min
Network Next Gen PodcastNNG NeoCon Live Podcasts: Natalie Hartkopf / HightowerHightower Group has been a family-owned furniture manufacturer for 20 years, and Natalie Hartkopf, Owner and CEO, sat down with us to walk us through how the business has evolved and changed over the years. Hightower, now a certified B-Corp, is innovating and changing perspectives on furniture and not just stressing how the furniture feels but how it makes you feel.
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2023-06-2614 min
I Hear Design: the i+s podcastWomen in Design Leadership During Inaugural Dinner+Discourse EventHightower co-founder and CEO Natalie Hartkopf talks to interiors+sources editor-at-large Robert Nieminen about the recent Dinner+Discourse event in Seattle where she participated in a panel discussion about the role of women in design leadership, and how the industry can become more equitable.
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2020-02-0712 minI Hear Design: the i+s podcastWomen in Design Leadership During Inaugural Dinner+Discourse EventHightower co-founder and CEO Natalie Hartkopf talks to interiors+sources editor-at-large Robert Nieminen about the recent Dinner+Discourse event in Seattle where she participated in a panel discussion about the role of women in design leadership, and how the industry can become more equitable.
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2020-02-0712 min