After 5 years hosting, producing and publishing Convo By Design, I launched the Design Influencer Group. The need for industry trends and information not just about design, but about the business of design is absolutely crucial to the future of the industry. Designers and architects have seen their business model fundamentally change sure to the rise of social media, movement from brick and mortar locations to “out-of-district” locations and in some cases, exclusively online. In addition to these challenges, design creatives are being asked to do more, for less. Revenue models are being challenged and online competition for creative services are popping-up and dropping out at an alarming rate.

The Design Influencer Group is a forum for a select group of design trade professionals to discuss these industry issues and design ideas that are shaping our design community here in Southern California. The ideas was to gather, have lunch and discuss trending ideas and concepts affecting the trade and currently shaping the business side of design.

This inaugural event was held at the Tidelli Outdoor showroom in the Pacific Design Center and included;

John McClain

John McClain Design

www.johnmcclaindesign.com

(310)402-5592

@johnmcclaindesign

Peggy Platner

Platner & Co.

www.platnerandco.com

(424)280-8894

@platnerco

Kristi Nelson

KM Nelson Design

www.kmnelsondesign.com

(310)441-0026

@kmnelsondesign

Anthony Poon

Poon Design, Inc.

www.poondesign.com

(310)277-8855

@anthonypoondesign

Edel Legaspi

Legaspi Courts Design

www.legaspicourts.com

(323)641-0250

@legaspicourtsdesign

Stephen Francis Jones

SFJones Architects, Inc.

www.sfjones.com

(310)822-3822 x150

@sfjonesarchitects

Nancy Russert

Les Beaux

@LesBeaux

Twist Custom

(310)245-6156

@twistcustom

Brooke Gardner

Brooke Gardner Interior Design

www.brookegardner.com

(310)295-1892

@_brooke_gardner_

Cynthia Lambakis

Lambakis Interiors

www.lambakisinteriors.com

(626)737-7479

@lambakisinteriordesign

John Feldman

Ecocentrix Landscape Architecture

www.ecocentrix.com

(310)907-5066 x101

@ecocentrix.landscape

Read about all the findings on the Form Magazine website. FormMag.Net and watch each of the designers talk about their trending design ideas on our YouTube channel.