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I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. But you know that and I am thankful that you are listening to the show and joining me on this little journey of ours. And, it is a journey. I was thinking about you this week. If you are listening to the show, you are a designer, architect, manufacturer, in the industry or a design enthusiast and you take time out of your day to listen to the show. I...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is the August 2024 installment of the Convo By Design Icon Registry featuring another absolutely incredible creative who appeared on the show. This months inductee is an amazing talent, Jamie Bush . Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a group of exceptional designers from our Day of Design gathering in Los Angeles in May 2024. I think designers and architects provide a service that simply cannot be measured in terms of dollars and cents. Especially in an era of fast content, social media perspective that creates a social dysmorphia. We have all become so inextricably tied to t...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a fresh take on design from the ATL, Atlanta, Georgia. This is a city making a huge impact on design due in large part to designers like Gabriela Eisenhart, founder of Silo Studios. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefin...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about architecture. Modern architecture, large and small but all spectacular with architect Scott Specht of Specht Novak Architects . Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience....

I’m Josh Cooperman, this is Convo By Design and this week we are heading to another hotbed of design in the Midwest, Kansas City. We’re visiting with Mallory Robins and Elizabeth Bennett, partners in Kobel +Co , a firm that curates happiness and joy through interior design and creation of contemplative spaces. We are discussing things like curated minimalism, happy places and timeworn object...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is the July 2024 installment of the Convo By Design Icon Registry featuring another absolutely incredible creative who graced the show with her presence. This designer is a multi-faceted creative who seamlessly weaves music, art and drama into and through her work with grace and style. This months inductee is the incomparable, Brigette Romanek. Designer Resources Pacifi...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an episode featuring a spectacular creative, Adam Hunter and I am going to call the following episode an instant classic. I don’t do that often, and you are going to hear why. Adam and I first met years ago at an industry function in LA. I have followed his career and it really is incredible to see what he has done with his firm. He has built an...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a follow up conversation. Last November, I sat with Joshua Dawson, film director,  and Rachel Joy Victor, designer, strategist and world-builder. This is a followup to a detailed conversation about artificial intelligence and the rapidly developing uses. And it’s not that scary. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where exce...

Hey, this is another special episode of Convo By Design, a Friday show which can only mean one thing. It’s another edition of   Drinking About Design. Patrick Ediger and I share thoughts about our love for Los Angeles architecture over a few pops.   We talk about nostalgia for the unique architectural landmarks of Los Angeles, such as Norms and the La Coliseum. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kit...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about integrated and spectacular kitchen design. This conversation was recorded live from the Monogram kitchen inside the Pacific Sales showroom in Torrance, California. An absolutely gorgeous day inside and out. Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation about fame, design, architecture and that which is truly important.   Designer Resources Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the modern shower experience. Without steam, it’s just a bathroom. Design Hardware – A...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of the CXD Icon Registry. A gentleman and creative legend, Dakota Jackson is the June 2024 Icon Register inductee. Jackson was my guest on episode 241 . That episode aired back in October of 2019. While much of the actual recording of conversations tends to blur, this session remains crystal clear in my mind. Dakota and I met in person at a galler...

Crafting Exquisite Outdoor Spaces Designed to Withstand the Harshest and Taxing Environments and Looking Great As They Do and Developing them for the Greatest Possible Value. Social, Restorative Retreats and Blending them Seamlessly with Indoor Design. The days of treating indoors and outdoors separately are over because clients have experienced a new level of performance through travel and hospit...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. The episode today features, Susanne Csonger of SLC Interiors . Susanne has spent decades honing her craft and taking the lessons learned and reinvesting that knowledge back into her design company. Usually, only discussions talk about the capital reinvested into the company. Susanne has adopted a unique approach that takes from personal experiences a...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a return to one of my favorite design house destinations, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts . Pasadena Showcase is an institution going on 60 years with a reputation for exquisite design, playful and fun ideas in fun and unexpected spaces and some of the best design talent around. Competing and collaborating to see who can be the showstopp...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today, you are going to hear from Daniel Marcus – CEO and Jonathan Michaud – Head of Design of Soie de Lune. Like everything in life, this podcast has changed over the years, I have changed over the years, the business of design and those who contribute have changed which is why I love to begin with the origin stories of the guests who jo...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of the Design Icon Registry. The Icon Registry inductee for May 2024 is the incomparable, Susan Ferrier. Here is how Susan describes her work, “Our interiors are meant to be experienced, to take you beyond the expected and into the extraordinary. We design lush, romantic spaces that are at once bold and refined, imbued with dr...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design. Today on the show, you are going to hear my   conversation with interior designer, Staci Munic of Staci Munic Interiors. Hers is a firm based in Chicago and Palm Springs, an interesting combination for base cities. We talk about that in addition to her experience in the service industry leading all the way up to that of a restauranteur. If you own a...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design featuring a conversation with Erin Minckley of Relativity Textiles . An artist who started a textiles company from passion and love came a business and that is only the beginning. From brand building to creating and sharing is how Erin crafted an idea to build a business . A business based on passion but also a business crafted to succeed in a very cr...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with an illuminating conversation about creativity, design and making things. It’s that last part that I find so intriguing both Ethan Streicher of Streicher Goods. Anyone who has made something. I mean really made something as in a thing from a block of wood or multiple parts that were not designed to be put together knows that there is magic in craf...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a ton to take in. When I moved to Tulsa in 2021, I thought that it would be a one year situation and then we would return to LA or figure out what was going to be the next destination. But something changed. Tulsa, Oklahoma is what the locals call, “Green Country.” And it is. Green. This part of the country is in what can only be described as the...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with a conversation with Daniel Ian Smith of Village West Design. Here is a quote from Daniel, “I believe everyone deserves to be surrounded by beauty, it is integral to what makes us human.”   Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home . Where excellence meets expertise. Monogram – It’s the details that define Monogram ThermaSol – Redefining the mode...

I received something in the mail recently that brought a huge smile to my face, and I think it will do the same for you. You might have surmised that this means another BOOKLOOK and you would be correct. There are very few things that I enjoy more than receiving a surprise package. It’s the simple things in life, am I right?   I received a parcel that contained the latest monograph from KAA Archit...

I’m Josh Cooperman and this is Convo By Design with another installment of the Design Icon Registry. An icon for sure. A 2 time guest on Convo By Design and a very cool individual and an extraordinary decorator. This is Alex Papachristidis . If you have heard these segments before, you know, I don’t do contests and I most certainly don’t do lists. Lists are gimmicks designed to capture clicks. The...