Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHumanscale 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Katie Ridder and Peter Pennoyer on the power of partnership
Episode 176
Interior designer Katie Ridder and architect Peter Pennoyer make for unique partners—they’re married, and they do occasionally collaborate, but the t…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Novogratz on the hard work of building a home brand
Episode 175
Robert and Cortney Novogratz are the husband-and-wife design duo collectively known as ‘The Novogratz.’ In the 1990s the two bought a condemned townh…
4 years, 9 months ago
High Point highlights with Kaitlin Petersen and Warren Shoulberg
Episode 174
Twice a year, thousands of designers, manufacturers and retail buyers flock to a small city in North Carolina for the biggest furniture trade show in…
4 years, 9 months ago
Do independent showrooms have a future?
Episode 173
Garry Martin, founder of The Martin Group multiline showroom, is a veteran of the industry and the longest-lasting tenant of the Boston Design Center…
4 years, 9 months ago
Thomas Lavin: "There will always be multiline showrooms"
Episode 172
Thomas Lavin—founder of the Los Angeles multiline showroom that bears his name—got his start working in another showroom, Kneedler Fauchere, where he…
4 years, 10 months ago
The lead time crisis isn't over yet. Bew White of Summer Classics explains why
Episode 171
Bew White started Summer Classics in the late 70s, almost by chance. After coming across a tag in a shop with the words “Summer Classics' ' written o…
4 years, 10 months ago
Brian McCarthy: 'You're only as good as the time you put in'
Episode 170
Brian McCarthy began his career with a bang—right out of design school he was hired on at the legendary firm Parish Hadley, where he worked alongside…
4 years, 10 months ago
Interior design is getting faster. Victoria Hagan is ready
Episode 169
A celebrated interior designer whose work has graced the cover of countless shelter publications, Victoria Hagan, who is often described as the reign…
4 years, 10 months ago