Business of Home Podcast
Episodes
How Interior Define Couples Customer Experience With Company Culture
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Royer launched Interior Define online in 2014, offering direct-to-consumer, customizable sofas at a middle-market price point. Veteran insight and...
From the Archives: Bunny Williams and Oscar de la Renta
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion in the 1960s was not unlike the interior design scene is today. When Oscar de la Renta moved to the big apple from Paris, most clothing l...
Hem Wants to be the High-End IKEA
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IKEA is the only furniture brand that is truly global, notes Petrus Palmér, founder of modern furniture brand Hem. The designer-turned-entrepreneur s...
The Story of Sweeten
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Architect-turned entrepreneur Jean Brownhill has raised more than $8 million in venture capital to grow Sweeten, a general contractor match-making s...
Becoming Holly Hunt
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Hunt made headlines four years ago when she sold her eponymous company to Knoll for $95 million. But it’s never been about the money for the...
How Maxwell Ryan Won With Millennials
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's fitting that Maxwell Ryan was a teacher for seven years prior to founding Apartment Therapy. He’s now teaching readers—20 million of them—...
A New Era for Trade Showrooms
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Crans Baldwin reflects on 30 years running to-the-trade companies such as Donghia and Dedar. Now, after starting his own consulting outfit, he is on t...
Why Direct-to-Consumer is the Future of Furniture
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With stints at McKinsey, Google and Birchbox, Maiden Home founder Nidhi Kapur has applied her digital brand-building skills to upholstery—sofas and ...
A Modern Turnaround Tale
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Modern design is at John Edelman’s core: Andy Warhol did the graphics for his parents’ leather company; he cultivated a renowned Milo Baughman col...
Behold, To the Trade 2.0
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maury Riad’s connection to the trade goes back decades—from running Fortuny, the storied Italian fabric brand his family owns, to Fuigo, the desig...
How Consort Plans to Scale the Boutique Design Experience
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Designer Mat Sanders jokes that his design business launched with a ceramic middle finger. Scratch beneath the surface of his playful sensibility—...
Why ‘Fast Custom’ is the Next Wave
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Home furnishings brand maven Christiane Lemieux chats about her fast furniture endeavor, The Inside, and the other companies she founded along the way...
How Homepolish is Redesigning Interior Design
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Homepolish co-founder Noa Santos champions interior designers and creates transparency in an infamously opaque industry. Santos shares how Homepolish ...
The Rise and Rebirth of Domino
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Brenner, chief revenue officer of Domino Media Group, shares her firsthand experience of the founding of Domino magazine, diving deep into its cu...