Design Influencers Conference

11/11/2025

The Design Influencers Leadership Conference is entering a new chapter.

We’re excited to share that longtime industry voices Kate O’Hara and Nicole Heymer have acquired the Design Influencers Leadership Conference from , led by founder Adam Japko, with his full support through the transition.

The event will pause in 2026 as we reimagine the experience from the ground up. We’ll return in 2027, ready to offer the design community even greater access to the editors, writers, and brand leaders who shape our industry.

The future of DILC is about opening doors and building relationships.

Follow along for updates as we shape what’s next.

📍 See you in 2027!

09/16/2025

Registration is now open for Fall High Point Market 2025, October 25-29 in High Point, North Carolina. Visit highpointmarket.org/register to pre-register for the largest home furnishings market in the world. We will be scouring market ourselves with 5 different Insider Tours and one grand Design Influencer Tour. You can find out all about registration and tours on the website!

03/31/2025

We love Market season. Period! But if there were no period, we would go on and on about how fortunate we feel to guide this group of design influencers for two whole days; absorbing sponsoring showrooms through 10 different sets of talented eyes and creative brains. Bring it on!

02/10/2025

Tie dye marketing at Design Influencer Conference 2025

02/06/2025

It's finally here! Opening bell this Monday February 10. A reimagined event 14 years after our first annual conference. Our team created what we believed influencer marketing in the luxury home design space needed today and in the near future. We are honestly nervous about sharing it all, finally as alive production designed to create connections and outcomes. But hey, if we did something right for 13 straight years, why not take the risk of trying to reimagine the experience in a way to create more meaningful business outcomes for attendees and sponsors. So here we go! See you all Monday. Still a few seats left if you wanna trek to Napa for an amazing experiment and experience.

02/04/2025

Applications are now being accepted through the February 14th deadline for the High Point Market Spring Design Influencers Tour. 10 Design Influencers will be selected for a two-day tour of sponsoring showrooms. Compensation and travel credits paid to all participants in these fascinating behind scene looks at sponsoring exhibitors’ histories, brand positioning and product profiles. Influencers are required to create content w/agreed upon guidelines. This is one of the most facinating experiences to be had with and , so don’t wait until February 14th to apply!

01/04/2025

Announcing the amazingly witty and insightful MadelineStuart as keynote at the Design Influencers Leadership Conference. A little more than one month away in Napa Valley, all of us at Esteem Media are itching to unveil the most meaningful evolutionary stage of this event we started back in 2011. Conference hotel block at the The Meritage Resort and Spa is selling out fast. We put a ceiling on crowd size, registrations, and space to keep things more intimate than past years; staying focused on creating the intended attendee/sponsor ROI. Get more information at the conference website to lock in (before rooms are gone) an intense, fun, and connection filled educational experience designed to have measurable outcomes for your business.

Design Influencers Leadership Conference is the premier interior design networking and education event, for brands and influencers.

10/23/2024

1.5M TikTok,
1.4M Instagram,
147K YouTube

Flipping furniture became her game, but it never not stopped there. Featured on the Today Show, in Architectural Digest, and countless newspapers and magazines around the country, Maggie McGaugh has built a business including furniture, tools and material courses, paint shops, Amazon shops, and brand deals.

On February 11 at the Design Influencers Leadership Conference in Napa Valley, Maggie McGaugh will share extensive knowledge on a variety of social media-related topics and tools that jettisoned her career...all applicable to luxury design professionals.

November 4 is final day for early bird discount savings for this limited seating conference.

Design Influencers Leadership Conference is the premier interior design networking and education event, for brands and influencers.

10/09/2024

Can one lawsuit change the Influencer Marketing game forever? Hear how to work around all this in February in Napa Valley at DILC.

Attorney Ferris was recently quoted in the New York City press saying, "If successful, the lawsuit could change the influencer game as we know it.” We believe her, and immediately invited Tiffany Ferris to speak about the legal side of Influencer Marketing at the February 2025 Design Influencers L...

09/24/2024

One is a luxury tastemaker bending classic design rules in all the right ways and the other is comprehensive in creating all angles of first rate luxury home content; happy to be in front of the camera or advise major brands. Both credit Instagram as a key ingredient in their success formula. Jaime Rummerfield will moderate a conversation that shares their formulas.

Design Influencers Leadership Conference is the premier interior design networking and education event, for brands and influencers.

08/19/2024

February 2025 Napa Valley Design Influencers Leadership Conference SUPER EARLY BIRD ATTENDANCE FEES expire 8/30/24. Agenda and speakers starting to unveil themselves at conference website...so much more TBA through January. Limited seating will sell out; worth taking advantage of lowest fee level before 8/30!

DESIGN INFLUENCERS Leadership CONFERENCE We’ve got a new name, new venue, and expanded content for 2025! A unique opportunity to participate in the convergence of the business of interior design and new media including influencer marketing, social media, e-commerce, digital branding, branded lines...

08/19/2024

Deadline to apply to be one of 10 participating design influencers on the Design Influencers Tour at Fall 2024 High Point Market is this week. Make new connections, build more industry influence, share personal perspectives, and find great content. Apply for selection consideration! Fees and travel paid by Esteem Media.