Design Perspectives

By Gail M DavisArts Design

Design Perspectives episodes

May 12, 2023 EPISODE 135 - GINGER CURTIS
Ginger Curtis is an award-winning interior designer, book author, Instagram Influencer, and serial entrepreneur. She is an expert in modern luxury design and has a passion for all things beautiful. After surviving cancer, she began Urbanology Designs in 2015 to inspire and help others elevate their homes' beauty, comfort, and function. Ginger is known for stunning and inspirational design. Her distinctive ability to connect with clients and bring their dreams into reality has led to multiple "best of" awards for design and customer service year after year. She's appeared on several TV and radio shows, podcasts and featured in over 100 magazines and digital publications. Her new and highly acclaimed book, "Beauty By Design," is available nationwide. She is a professional member of the BBB, Interior Design Society, and Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. She resides in Keller with her husband Eric and their five beautiful children.
https://www.urbanologydesigns.com/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanologydesigns/
25 min
May 05, 2023 EPISODE 134 - DEBBIE TRAVIN
Since Debbie grew up in the world of haute couture accompanying her family on business trips to Italy to purchase men’s luxury fashion, she always had an innate sense of style and a keen eye for color. Her early career in the fashion industry led to the discovery of her passion for design and eye for detail in interior design. From then on, her keen sense of style began to grow and turned into a successful career and now there are interior design by Debbie which are too much impressive.
Debbie currently lives in both New York City and Miami, Florida with her husband Michael and their three children. When she is not in the Decoration & Design Building (DDB) finding beautiful fabrics for custom furniture, etc she likes to travel, go running in the park or join an early morning yoga class.
https://www.dltinteriordesigns.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dltinteriors/

28 min
April 28, 2023 EPISODE 133 - RAQUEL LANGWORTHY
Raquel Langworthy has been taking photos and telling stories since childhood. She earned a BFA in art history from the University of Michigan, as well as an M.S. from the VCU Brandcenter (a program that marries strategy, creative and business). After working in advertising as an art director for brands such as Chobani, Amazon Kindle, CNN, Denny's and Kotex she decided it was time to take a leap of faith and follow her heart to pursue visual storytelling through photography in 2011. Within three short years she had the pleasure of working with many commercial brands, including Discovery Channel, Boden Clothing, Canon Cameras, the TV show Cake Boss, and a host of other small business clients. Most recently she has worked with securing a niche in the the interiors and decor world by helping interior designers capture the essence of their designs both through photography and styling assistance. She has been published in print as well as a various web publication for her photos of interiors, children, food and decor. Raquel has always loved to to travel and forever learns from the people and places she encounters. In 2014 and 2015 she had the opportunity to tour the U.S. documenting the unique mornings and evenings of 30 different families.
https://www.raquellangworthy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/raquellangworthy.photo/
27 min
April 21, 2023 EPISODE 132 - AMY FLURRY
Amy Flurry operates a boutique communications and brand development firm in Athens, Georgia. Along with her team and advisor, they partner with companies in the home furnishings industry to develop and and implement focused communication plans, expand marketing strategies to connect to the interior design trade and apply trend direction to product development.
Amy has two decades of editorial experience, producing features and writing for top print and online publications. In 2011 Amy authored Recipe for Press (Pitch Your Story and Create a Buzz,) and is a nationally recognized speaker on the subject of DIY PR. Recipe for Press (Designer Edition) is her newest book with the tools interior designers need to take advantage of the press opportunities available to creative professionals. The book took shape after two years as creative director of the first-of-its kind project management app for interior design professionals.
Amy is co-founder of Paper-Cut-Project, a company that conceives highly crafted installations for fashion houses including Hermes, Kate Spade, Valentino, Christies and the Victoria & Albert Museum. She is also principal in aloka, a home accessories company with an emphasis on limited-supply vintage pillows and throws thoughtfully styled for today’s living.

https://amyflurry.com/
https://amyflurry.com/product/recipe-for-press/
https://www.instagram.com/amyflurry/
32 min
April 14, 2023 EPISODE 131 - BROOKE LANG
Brooke Lang graduated from the University of Illinois with a Masters of Architecture degree. Her design career began in 2006 while working for some of Chicago’s top architecture firms including Brazley, Epstein Global and Harding Partners. Brooke studied overseas at the Sede di Roma facilities in Rome and won the Donald E. Bergeson Sustainable Design Award for the “Office of the Future” design concept.
Since 2008, Brooke has been involved in a number of organizations including the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Interior Design Peer Alliance (IDPA), NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) and Grove3547, a Bronzeville community organization. In addition, she also taught architecture history classes for City Colleges of Chicago Center for Distance Learning program.
https://www.brookelang.com/
https://www.instagram.com/brooke.lang.design/

37 min
April 07, 2023 EPISODE 130 - GAIL M DAVIS
What is it going to take to allow children to feel safe in school again? The real reason why 2 of the Tennessee 3 was expelled.

https://nyti.ms/37JLWkZ
https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211888.Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here

24 min
March 31, 2023 EPISODE - 129 RENEE BUSH
Renee founded Tandem to address the conflict that often arises in the space between creativity and structure in business. She knew there was a better way to achieve success– by creating a sharp vision and building systems that work in tandem with the design process instead of trying to control it. Tandem puts design at the center of everything we do. We look at each client, business, and vision individually to find the best possible solution to align with our client’s values and desired goals.
Renee is the business-minded problem solver. She understands the interior design industry, knows how to get straight to the heart of any issue, and always has a creative solution up her sleeve.
https://with-tandem.com/
31 min
March 24, 2023 EPISODE 128 - DAVINA OGILVIE
Davina Ogilvie is founder of Wovn Home, a direct-to-consumer custom window treatments
company based in New York.

After growing up in Bangkok, Thailand surrounded by beautiful custom window
treatments, Davina was surprised to find a lack of options to choose from when
she was decorating her own Manhattan apartment. When she turned to local
upholstery shops, she found they were incredibly expensive and also required
months-long lead times. On the other hand, big box retailers only offered
standard sizes that were often poor quality. Rather than choosing either of
these less-than-desirable options, she decided to use her previous experience
from working in the New York fashion industry to create her own custom window
treatments. From this experience, she created and launched Wovn Home in
September 2019, offering designer-quality custom window treatments at an
accessible price point.

Wovn Home’s fabrics are made of luxurious linens sourced from premium textile mills
in Belgium, while the patterns are designed exclusively for Wovn and screen
printed in Los Angeles. The brand’s drapes, shades and pillows are produced in
North Carolina through family owned workrooms that have generations of experience and knowledge in the
industry to ensure a quality product. Through Wovn Home, Davina hopes to enable
consumers and designers alike to create beautifully customized spaces that complement
and reflect their own style and preferences.
27 min
March 17, 2023 EPISODE 127 - DARCY GUTTWEIN
Darcy Guttwein is a season world traveler with a passion for lifestyle improvement. She has spent over two decades designing at-home luxury lifestyle experiences that exemplify “Hotels to Home” living.
What if you could live the luxury hotel experience at home, every day? Hotels to Home answers that question by creating a new lifestyle template that bridges the gap between your fondest hotel memories and everyday living.
Imagine stepping into your entryway with the eager anticipation as when entering your favorite hotel lobby, defining your family's hotel brand as a lifestyle strategy, finely orchestrating room service for your household, or celebrating the end of each day with personalized turndown service. Taking what might have once been considered ordinary homelife and making your address a highly coveted destination.
Less memoir, more guidebook. Peek into the author's travel essays and enjoy prompts to excavate your own vacation preferences that reveal a holiday lifestyle at home. Welcome to the Hotels to Home lifestyle!
https://www.tohomelifestyling.com/
29 min
March 10, 2023 EPISODE 126 - GAIL M DAVIS
I am back and, I will be slightly pivoting the message. Racism is an important part of the fibers of this country. While I will still discuss design...I will also address yt supremacy as it is designed into the fibers of this country. While I am a proud American...I am also disappointed with the death grip that yt folks have on their privilege. This is NOT an attack (although it may FEEL like it) but what it is, is an observation on casual racism.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
11 min

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