This is the Convo By Design Icon Registry episode for April 2025. I love these Icon Registry episodes for a number of reasons. At the top is the opportunity to show some gratitude for those who have m

Outdoor living, the new frontier for everything from maximizing enjoyment of external spaces, outdoor entertainment and outdoor kitchens. New modalities generating a renewed interest in cultivated des

If you are listening to this episode the week its published, that would be the week of April 22nd, and you are planning on attending the Spring High Point Market, lucky you You are going to hear fro

The kitchen rEvolution is hereBut is it more evolution or revolution. Are designers developing contemporary kitchens based solely on new ideas or looking to the past for inspiration? Is it a wholesa

Topics that keeps bubbling up in conversations industry wide is burnout. Exhaustion. Dealing with the daily and unrelenting chaos. These feelings are coming from the stresses caused by the constant pr

Many if not most clients will confess that the reason they employ the services of a designer, architect and landscape architect is because the way they live is not congruent with the way they wish to

Patience. Its hard to navigate around because everything is seemingly delivered almost overnight. Actually, its more like two days thanks to Amazon. So, after I return from a show like KBIS, I have

The series is calledKBIS Confidential - Creative Conversations LIVE from KBIS 2025.This 7-week series will be published every Wednesday. - Many of the worlds most innovative brands began with an ah

One of my favorite places in the world is the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells. The valley is thriving as new residents move in, the are is mountainous and arid

There are some guests that you hear on the that transcend design. You will usually find those guests here, on a very special episode of the show called the Convo By Design Icon Registry. These episode