Podcast Episodes

Alexandra Kaehler // From a Lifestyle Blog to a Next Wave Designer

Season 3 Episode 5

This week we’re joined by a designer who found her calling for interiors through a lifestyle blog she started on the side of her day job, back in 2009. Alexandra Kaehler (known as Alex!) is a talente…

Published on 1 year ago

Alessandra Branca // Expert Advice from a Prolific Interior Designer on Blending her Italian and American Roots

Season 3 Episode 4

This week we’re honored to welcome an incredibly talented interior designer with a prolific career, Alessandra Branca. Born and raised in Rome, Alessandra has called Chicago home for over 30 years. A…

Published on 1 year ago

Mandy Cheng // From Set Design to Interior Design, On Career Pivots, Creativity and Growing A Small Firm into an AD100 Business

Season 3 Episode 3

This week’s guest cut her teeth on the fabulous sets of Hollywood, before transitioning her set design experience into a career: as one of the most sought-after interior designers in LA.

Mandy Cheng l…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Hannah Weil McKinley and Leah Melby Clinton // On Career Pivots, Entrepreneurship, and Starting a Print Magazine Made By and For Women

Season 3 Episode 2

For this week’s episode, it’s a Talk Shop first, as we welcome a duo (!) – lifelong friends and now co-founders,Hannah Weil McKinley and Leah Melby Clinton.

Hannah and Leah first met over a decade ago…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Jennifer Gracie // Behind the Scenes at a Legacy Family Business, Finding Inspiration All Around You, and Embracing an Unpredictable Style

Season 3 Episode 1

We’re thrilled to kick off Season Three with the fifth-generation creative leader of an incredible 125 year-old family business: Jennifer Gracie. Gracie creates some of the most beautiful and beloved…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Season Three Coming Next Week - Wednesday, September 25th!

Season 3

Join me, Ariel Okin, interior designer, editor and writer, as I kick off season three of my design podcast, Talk Shop. Each week, I welcome the foremost tastemakers from around the globe to chat abou…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

How to Complete a Room with Lighting // Live from the Fenimore Lane Design Summit

Season 2 Episode 14

In our final episode for the season, the theme is all about lighting a room, live from our second panel from the Fenimore Lane Design Summit, held at the Mayflower Inn & Spa. In partnership with Mitz…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Palette Play | Annie Meyers-Shyer and Joa Studholme join Ariel to talk Color in Design | Live from the Fenimore Lane Design Summit!

Season 2 Episode 13

Recorded live this past Saturday at the Mayflower Inn and Spa, in partnership with Farrow & Ball, Ariel is joined by two fellow best-in-class panelists to chat color and interior design: This Oak Hou…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Amanda Jones Vaughan // A Personal Touch from Design Start-Ups to Fashion Powerhouses to Her Own Brand

Season 2 Episode 12

This week Ariel welcomes her friend, Amanda Jones Vaughan. A creative consultant and tastemaker with a career path that runs the gamut from cutting edge interior design startups to fashion powerhouse…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Hillary W. Taylor // From Law to Design, Twenty Years of Fresh, Authentic and Traditional Styling

Season 2 Episode 11

On this week’s episode of Talk Shop, Ariel is joined by the accomplished interior designer, Hillary W. Taylor. Having grown up in the San Francisco area, Hillary learned the art of designing the home…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago