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Back to SearchDouglas Friedman photographed your favorite room
Episode 186
If you’ve opened up a design magazine in the past decade, you’re familiar with Douglas Friedman's work. As one of the premier interior and architectu…
4 years, 3 months ago
Orlando Soria wants to expose the messy reality behind design TV
Episode 185
Two years ago, designer Orlando Soria was riding high, with a hit book, buzzy brand partnerships and a new show on HGTV. In 2020, it all came crashin…
4 years, 4 months ago
Custom furniture is booming. Grant Trick knows why
Episode 184
Grant Trick’s custom upholstery workshop is a little off the beaten path: He operates in Irondale, Alabama, just outside Birmingham. But that hasn’t …
4 years, 4 months ago
The education of a designer, with Suzanne Tucker [Rebroadcast]
Episode 183
Suzanne Tucker earned her stripes working first for Peter Hood in London, then for iconic California designer Michael Taylor. Now she leads Tucker & …
4 years, 4 months ago
Looking back on an eventful year in the design industry
Episode 182
Business of Home’s editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen and executive editor Fred Nicolaus have spent the past 12 months reporting on the highs and lows …
4 years, 4 months ago
Transparency is the way forward, says Eric Chang of Hellman-Chang
Episode 181
Eric Chang started his company—high-end furniture brand Hellman-Chang—in 2005 with his childhood friend Daniel Hellman. At first, it was a hobby, but…
4 years, 5 months ago
Alex Shuford of Rock House Farm on the war for the future of furniture
Episode 180
The last two years have been a rollercoaster for Alex Shuford. His company—Rock House Farm, a group of furniture brands ranging from Century to Highl…
4 years, 5 months ago
Sunbrella is making the most fabric it ever has. The market wants more
Episode 179
Founded in 1880, Glen Raven has a deep history manufacturing fabrics of all kinds. In the 1960s it began producing a waterproof textile used for awni…
4 years, 5 months ago
Humanscale wants to own the home office
Episode 178
Bob King founded Humanscale in the early 1980s, just as personal computers were becoming common in the office, and workers had no idea how to sit pro…
4 years, 6 months ago
How Jan Showers learned to trust her instincts
Episode 177
With a bustling interior design business, a popular Dallas showroom, and a product line sold all over the country, Jan Showers wears many hats. She’s…
4 years, 6 months ago