Design Influencer Series | 225 | 10 Must Hear Design Trends

After 5 years hosting, producing and publishing Convo By Design, I launched the Design Influencer Group. The need for industry trends and information not just about design, but about the business of design is absolutely crucial to the future of the industry. Designers and architects have seen their business model fundamentally change sure to the rise of social media, movement from brick and mortar locations to “out-of-district” locations and in some cases, exclusively online. In addition to these challenges, design creatives are being asked to do more, for less. Revenue models are being challenged and online competition for creative services are popping-up and dropping out at an alarming rate. The Design Influencer Group is a forum for a select group of design trade professionals to discuss these industry issues and design ideas that are shaping our design community here in Southern California. The ideas was to gather, have lunch and discuss trending ideas and concepts affecting the trade and currently shaping the business side of design. This inaugural event was held at the Tidelli Outdoor showroom in the Pacific Design Center and included; John McClain John McClain Design www.johnmcclaindesign.com john@johnmcclaindesign.com (310)402-5592 @johnmcclaindesign Peggy Platner Platner & Co. www.platnerandco.com peggy@platnerandco.com (424)280-8894 @platnerco Kristi Nelson KM Nelson Design www.kmnelsondesign.com kristi@kmnelsondesign.com (310)441-0026 @kmnelsondesign Anthony Poon Poon Design, Inc. www.poondesign.com apoon@poondesign.com (310)277-8855 @anthonypoondesign Edel Legaspi Legaspi Courts Design www.legaspicourts.com edel@legaspicourts.com (323)641-0250 @legaspicourtsdesign Stephen Francis Jones SFJones Architects, Inc. www.sfjones.com sfjones@sfjones.com (310)822-3822 x150 @sfjonesarchitects Nancy Russert Les Beaux LesBeaux224@aol.com @LesBeaux Twist Custom twistcustom@gmail.com (310)245-6156 @twistcustom Brooke Gardner Brooke Gardner Interior Design www.brookegardner.com brooke@brookegardner.com (310)295-1892 @_brooke_gardner_ Cynthia Lambakis Lambakis Interiors www.lambakisinteriors.com cynthia@lambakisinteriors.com (626)737-7479 @lambakisinteriordesign John Feldman Ecocentrix Landscape Architecture www.ecocentrix.com john@ecocentrix.com (310)907-5066 x101 @ecocentrix.landscape Read about all the findings on the Form Magazine website. FormMag.Net and watch each of the designers talk about their trending design ideas on our YouTube channel.