Interior Minds

A roundtable video series featuring top designers

What if you could pick the brains of three top designers?

The Interior Minds video series is a rare opportunity for you to glean personal insights from successful entrepreneurs with years of experience.
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Episode 5: Fostering Client Relationships

Episode 5: Fostering Client Relationships

No two design clients are alike, with some preferring to be more involved than others. In our final episode, Dan, Ebony and Patricia talk about level-setting terms with your client upfront, keeping your progress meetings focused on solutions, and learning to understand what the client does, and does not, need to know.
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Episode 4: Balancing Work and Life

Episode 4: Balancing Work and Life

Work/life balance and mental health can be challenging to achieve. In this episode, Dan, Ebony and Patricia focus on the relationship between physical and mental health, how leaning on your team lets you focus on what you enjoy, and the importance of scheduling both “me time” and social time.
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Episode 3: Managing Your Online Presence

Episode 3: Managing Your Online Presence

While every path to the design calling is unique, there are tried and true ways to move your career forward. In this episode, Dan, Ebony and Patricia tell us their personal origin stories, why growth requires calculated risks, and how sharing your work with friends can build your business.
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Episode 2: Growing Your Design Business

Episode 2: Growing Your Design Business

Maximizing your online presence is an ongoing process. In this episode, our three designers discuss how vital it is to make your content unique, the benefits of outsourcing and/or automating content creation, and how being online can create new revenue streams.
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Episode 1: Finding Good Partnerships

Episode 1: Finding Good Partnerships

Finding contractors and vendors you can work with is easier said than done. In this episode, our featured designers talk about the difference between “Problem finders” and “Problem Solvers”, the importance of having partners who back you up, and why empowering your team engenders their trust.
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MEET OUR SPEAKERS

  • Patricia Davis Brown
    Owner / Principal Designer - Patricia Davis Brown Designs, LLC

    A proud, seasoned veteran of the industry, Patricia has championed every aspect of interior design. Starting her career in 1985, Patricia’s passion for executing the artistic visions of her clients has made a lasting impression on every client and every home that she has touched. Today, she continues her work as an interior designer and design influencer, garnering special recognition for her lighting design, fabrication of new materials, and designing custom furnishings and accents as hallmarks of her work.

     

  • Dan Rak
    Owner / Principal Designer Dan Rak Design

    Dan Rak Design launched in the winter of 2014. Dan's work was quickly recognized and the business started to grow. One by one, the team came together to form the highly talented and dedicated group that serves their clients today. Dan continues to lead the creative direction of each project and splits his time between offices in Chicago, Western Michigan and Southwest Florida.

  • Ebony Stephenson
    Owner / Principal Designer - Designs by Ebony

    As a 15+ year industry vet, Ebony’s clients benefit from her passion and extensive training as a Certified Living In Place Professional as well as a Certified Aging in Place Specialist.   Stephenson is a problem solver and provides a personalized service working side by side with clients of all ages, abilities, and investment amounts to make their homes safe, accessible, and livable for many years to come.

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