Today’s guest started his hospitality career in hospitality by working in High Rise architecture, but quickly became a hospitality wizard. He has an eye for decatant design. Dieter Cartwright is a Partner at Dutch East Design. Dieter joins host Dan Ryan to talk about his journey through #hospitality and what it all means to him.

Takeaways: 

• You want to design a place where people can gather and enjoy their experience.
• As the designer, you can build a beautiful space but it is up to the owner and manager to maintain it and keep it lively.
• When designing a space, don’t be afraid to hand it over to and acknowledge someone else’s direction.
• You want to create an environment that doesn’t alienate people but instead it bring others together.
• Net Zero is a goal to go away from the dependency on fossil fuels and rather sustainable ways of providing energy.
• The barriers to any change are institutional practices. If you surround yourself with the right team you can help to change things for the better.
• Whatever you are considering building, none of it possible without the use of energy.

Quote of the Show:

9:59 ​​”As a designer, we can build the car, we can give you the keys, but you have to drive it.”

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dieter-cartwright-assoc-aia-ba859318/
• Website: https://www.dutcheastdesign.com/

Shout Outs:

0:48 David Kaplan

0:50 Death and Company

1:33 Demond

3:07 Setting the Table by Danny Meyer

17:19 Hotel Marcel

19:15 Tapestry by Hilton

29:54 Rich, Brilliant and Willing

32:44 Bruce Becker

39:15 Mindclick

Ways to Tune In: 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
• Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1s
• Amazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419
• Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
• Youtube : https://youtu.be/RFn09BsS2qc

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