Hot Young Designers Club | Interior Design Business Podcast

Do you want to take your interior design business to the next level? High Point Market can be the boost you need to take things to the next level. Today’s guest, Stacy Garcia, has built an impressive career over 25 years in the design industry. She shares how instrumental High Point Market has been in fueling the success of her businesses, Stacy Garcia Design Studio and textile company LebaTex.

In this episode, Rebecca and Shaun speak with Stacy Garcia to discuss:

• Stacy’s career journey from textile design to residential design
• How Stacy started her business with limited resources
• Forecasting trends through groups like Color Marketing Group, Patti Carpenter, Nancy Fire and knowing what will work in the mass market
• The role of High Point Market in product development, seeing trends emerge before they hit retail
• How design trends, colors and consumer tastes have changed over the years
• The way trends, creativity, and different designers/creatives influence each other
• The importance of industry connections, education and collaboration with other creatives
• How different designers influence each other’s work
• Encouragement to attend conferences and panels at High Point Market to learn from experts

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Stacy's Textile Company: LebaTex

Stacy's Website: Stacy Garcia

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Moe's Home Collection

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On this week's episode we're excited to sit down with Asha Chaudhary, the CEO of Jaipur Living. Jaipur Living is one of our favorite rug and textile vendors to work with. Asha shares what it's like to run a business with her family and how they like to collaborate with textile artisans globally.

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This episode is sponsored by Jaipur Living. Visit JaipurLiving.com/HYD to set up your account today.

We appreciate the family-owned attention Jaipur Living gives to their products and their customer experience.

Asha and her sisters are all helping their company build on their father's vision that started in India.

It was fascinating to hear about how the relationships with the artisans helps create a unique and beautiful textile and we love sharing that story with our clients.

Asha is on the steering committee for the Nest organization, a non-profit supporting the responsible growth of the artisan and maker economy.

The Jaipur Rugs Foundation is helping to uplift the artisan communities throughout India.

We talk about Jaipur's partnership with designers at Verde Home to create a unique collection based on what designer's are looking for.

And you know we enjoyed hearing about the supply chain impacts on their business so we can help our clients understand what's happening globally and build the right expectations into our business.

Asha also shares with us how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their families, artisans, and their business. It was a good reminder for us to consider the impact that individual people are having on the goods we bring into our clients' homes.

There are lots of great customization options in the work with Jaipur Living which is exciting as a designer to think about how we can create our own bespoke pieces for clients.

Asha shared how she has been investing in her own professional development recently through the StrengthsFinder book and online StrengthsFinder assessment.

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This week the Hot Young Designers are giving you a peak into their monthly business expenses. They've learned that running a successful design business means investing in systems, software, and processes. They're sharing the expenses and overhead they carry to keep things running smoothly. You'll definitely want to take notes during this episode as they share how it all adds up. Sometimes you've got to spend money to make money!

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Stuff They Mentioned:

Rebecca uses Trello and Studio Designer for project management

Shaun uses Asana and Ivy for project management

They both use Dubsado and Acuity for Client Management

Planoly for Instagram planning and analytics

Linktree to add multiple links to your Instagram profile

Rebecca uses Flo Desk for her email campaigns while Shaun uses Active Campaign

This week the Hot Young Designers are taking you to market because if you've never been, you're missing out. They're sharing their market planning advice, survival techniques, and the most important part - what to wear. They even share their top questions for trade vendors. You might just catch them at Vegas and HighPoint this year!

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Stuff they mentioned:

Shaun's watching Rupaul's Drag Race Season 13 and Season 2 UK

Rebecca's power outage isn't as bad as Orlando Soria's adventure

Rebecca's new desk

We loved meeting Ginny MacDonald at Las Vegas Market

We're planning to be at High Point Market in Fall 2021