A Student's Perspective

11/30/2022

Bianca and Vanessa catch up with creative force/style maven Allison Eden live from Allison Eden Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Since Allison’s last ASP appearance she has launched a successful partnership with ZUO Modern that has paired her patterns as textiles with their unique furniture pieces, as well as partnerships to combine her mosaics with Hearthcabinet Ventless Fireplaces and Reflectel .

Hear about how taking chances and not being afraid to open the door has led her to these sorts of successful and creatively inspiring connections throughout her career. We want to thank Allison and Gary for welcoming us to the workspace and allowing us to get a glimpse of where the magic happens.

11/23/2022

Bianca speaks with Marywood University Alumnus and Vice President of Sales (US) for Spacestor, Michael Markert about his varied experiences in the design industry. Michael has spent time working in design for large scale international architectural firms, as well as leading business and development areas for historic furniture manufacturers Gunlocke, Haworth, Knoll Inc., and now Spacestor.

Hear Michael and Bianca discuss the entire network that exists between client/designer/manufacturer/sales and so much more, and how design students might hold various fulfilling roles within all areas at some point in their careers and will continue to learn about how each cog of the wheel supports and depends on the next.


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11/16/2022

Bianca and Vanessa speak with Architect, Designer, Educator, and most recently, Author, Erin Pellegrino about how she defines her place within the architecture/design discipline. Erin’s projects range from experimental placemaking interventions and furniture with her design firm Matter , to consulting questioning designers through outofarchitecture .
Hear the talk about curiosity, what it means to become an ‘expert generalist’ and to continue learning about the things that interest you beyond the classroom…knowledge is power.

Thank you very much to Erin Pellegrino for taking the time to meet with us in New York for this inspiring conversation.

11/09/2022

Bianca speaks with Designer Aviva Stanoff from her showroom during Fall 2022 High Point Market. Hear about how Aviva’s heritage and upbringing, along with an innate sense of curiosity and pairing with a fantastic mentor, have allowed her to develop a truly unique collection of home furnishings and accessories that blur the lines between art/fashion/utility.

We are grateful to Aviva for taking time to meet with us from her busy showroom early on a Sunday morning during Fall High Point Market 2022.

11/02/2022

Jen and Katie speak with Jennifer Hudson, Creative Director for Alderman Company, a 130 year old marketing and design firm in High Point, North Carolina.

Alderman 'helps customers to build brands, tell product stories, and connect with customers. We bring together great people with a wide range of skills and talents focused on the goal of helping our clients with diverse marketing projects. The right people make all the difference, and we have them at Alderman.'

We are grateful to Jennifer for taking time to meet with us during Spring High Point Market from the Alderman Company studios and to share this enlightening conversation.

10/26/2022

...last day of Fall High Point Market , and we cannot wait to share with you the inspiring conversations that we have been part of over this last week.

No new episode for today with the craziness that is Market, but we will return with Season 7 Episode 11 next week, 11/2/22

10/19/2022

Vanessa speaks with Interior Designer, Podcaster, & Community Builder Kelsey Paul about how she has navigated her post-educational career to find the niche that allows her to maximize her personal strengths while helping others to do the same. It is not always clear what your path might be, and in the end it might just be that 3rd path that you end up creating for yourself and ‘breaking up’ with your preconceptions.

We are grateful to Kelsey for taking time to meet with us and to share this enlightening conversation.


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10/12/2022

Jennifer Brown and Kathryn Shea speak with Designer, Entrepreneur, Color Forecaster, Hospitality Design Expert & Media Personality Stacy Garcia live from the debut of her recent collection of products with Karastan at Spring High Point Market. Stacy describes her career evolution and why everyone should listen to Uncle Larry and be open to potential when it arises, even if you might not think that you are ready for it.

‘Respected for her inventive use of color and remarkable design skills, Stacy Garcia knows the hospitality, home decor and lifestyle design industries, inside and out. This internationally renowned designer has partnered with some of the world’s leading manufacturers and retailers to create products that span from floor to ceiling for hotels and homes all over the world.’ We are grateful to Stacy for taking time to meet with us from the Karastan showroom during Spring High Point Market 2022.

10/05/2022

Courtney and Jen speak with Aimee Kurzner , Director of Furniture at Currey & Company about how the design processes during school continue into the professional world, learning from the past and working through ‘mistakes’ helps to create successful product. Hear about how how Aimee has navigated the home furnishings industry at various scales leading to her position as Director of Furniture at Currey & Company.

We are grateful to Aimee, and Currey & Company, for welcoming us into their showroom during Spring High Point Market 2022 and taking time to speak with us.

09/28/2022

Jen and Maia speak with Dawn Sweitzer, Designer, Artist, & Owner of Dawn Sweitzer Studio, and special guest Milvia Ricca, former Director of Product Development for Anthropologie, about how they each made their way into the design industry. Hear about their journey into everything the design space has to offer and how they capitalized on their allied talents and interests and immersed themselves in the cultures of the makers and artisans that they were able to meet in order to develop a truly authentic approach to design.

We are grateful to Dawn for welcoming us into her studio during Spring High Point Market 2022 and she and Milvia for taking time to speak with us.

09/21/2022

Katie Shea and Courtney Mackrell speak with Walt Ruffier, Executive Director of the The Generator at Congdon Yards in High Point, North Carolina. Located in the former Adams-Millis Hosiery Mill the Generator developed in partnership with Scm Group, The Generator makes industrial-grade woodworking machinery accessible to all furniture designers and makers, interior designers and architects — as well as small, medium and large furniture companies. We are grateful to Walt for taking time to meet with us at Congdon Yards during Spring High Point Market 2022 to speak about the relationship between craft and technology and what the future might hold for the partnership between The Generator and the creative forces of High Point.

09/14/2022

Katie and Maia speak with Designer, Author, Realtor, Retailer, & Media Personality Barrie Livingstone about his experiences in the design industry through the years. Barrie’s projects span the globe from Los Angeles to Dubai and Miami to Malaysia. His passion for how people occupy spaces on a global level is the driving force for him, inspiring him to pair the proper design, product, or property with the right person or group.

With over 30 years of experience in the Residential and Hospitality Industries in both design and marketing, he offers vital insights on how to present and market yourself in the transition from student to ‘professional’ and to appreciate that your time in school marks the beginning of that transition. We are grateful to Barrie for taking time to meet with us from the Phillips Collection showroom during Spring High Point Market 2022.

08/31/2022

Jen and Maia speak with Former Executive Director of Sustainable Furnishings Council , Susan Inglis, and new Executive Director Scarlette Tapp about some of the history and milestones of the SFC from its founding through present day. This interview was recorded during Spring High Point Market from the SFC office in the Radio Building. Spring Market 2022 marked the 15th anniversary for the Sustainable Furnishings Council.

08/24/2022

Courtney Mackrell and Maia Clasby speak with Jeremy French Director of Making Whole , a creative studio where the addiction recovery process is built into the framework of a traditional apprenticeship. How can the design process and becoming more concerned with the intimacies of not only the making of fine furniture but also the psychology of how that furniture is used and the effect that it has on the public, work to focus individuals affected by addiction to create positive experiences moving forward? Find out Jeremy's thoughts and learn more about Making Whole in this thought provoking conversation that we had in their showroom at COHAB during Spring High Point Market 2022.

08/17/2022

The season premiere of A Student's Perspective as Bianca Bancheri speaks with Don Chadwick, one of the most renowned American furniture/industrial designers of the second half of the 20th century. His designs for Herman Miller, Knoll, and Humanscale (among others) have been recognized worldwide for their contribution to workplace design specifically. Always an innovator with regards to materials and exploration Don's chairs with fellow designer Bill Stumpf for Herman Miller, the Equa Chair and Aeron Chair were each named 'Designs of the Decade' for the 1980's and 1990's respectively by Time Magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America.

05/17/2022

With graduation season upon us, A Student's Perspective has also graduated to a new chapter as we have begun to recently add much of the back catalog of A Student's Perspective as 'audio-only' on Spotify and Amazon Music, with other outlets to follow. Season 2 can be found at:
https://anchor.fm/astudentsperspective

04/20/2022

Stephen Garrison, producer/director of A Student’s Perspective, speaks with almost all of the ASP hosts that you have followed during the 4 years that we have been bringing you encouraging and enlightening conversations about the design community…from a student’s perspective. We recap the journey of the first 100 episodes and begin to look towards the next 100.

04/20/2022

04/06/2022

A Student's Perspective has been away at Spring High Point Market 2022 capturing some of the amazing content that you will be seeing and hearing in season 7 beginning in August.
This means that our normally scheduled episode this afternoon will be paused and picked up next week on 4_13_22, and yes it will be our 99th episode and means that we turn 100 very soon...but I am sure that you will say we don't look an episode over 20 😘

12/28/2021

2021 was quite a year and saw seasons 4 and 5 of A Student’s Persepective make some amazing connections. All of the ASP family would like to send a thank you to all of our guests for sharing your time and conversations with us. Our top 9 most viewed episodes of 2021, in no particular order, were:

Alicia Rowbotham Ari Peralta Victoria Farrow Jaime Derringer Juliana Strieff Julia Gamolina MicroModula Rain Noe Core77 Valentin Haack

Keep an eye out in the next few days for a preview of our upcoming season 6 premiering January 12th 2022

12/15/2021

Mariah Hoffman, founder of Micro Modula Design Studio, speaks with Katie Shea about the experiences which led her to design and build her personal ‘tiny home’ and how it led her to form the design studio to assist others in their downsizing journey. Micro Modula ‘explores the architecture of HOME, PLACE, and the SELF. From small-scale design services, to public space place-holding, to intentional lifestyle coaching, Mariah hopes that Micro Modula can continue to serve as a vessel for human-centered design solutions.’

Mariah and Micro Modula has been featured in Apartment Therapy, The Spruce, and Dwell; earning a finalist nomination for ‘Best Small Space’ in the 2020 Dwell Design Awards.

We at A Student's Perspective are thrilled to have Mariah join us for this conversation about being open to taking the chance that might change your future.

09/08/2021

***Due to a weekend stomach bug AND my birthday (I know, the gift that everyone wants, right?!?) A Student’s Perspective will not be airing this week. We will be back September 15 with Karla Jones, Executive Director of the ***

08/25/2021

***SEASON 5 PREMIERE***

Katie Shea speaks with Juliana Strieff, Director of Creative Design + New Concepts for Panera Bread and former Creative Design Lead for Global Innovations for McDonalds. Hear about Juliana's path of reaching beyond what you might think are your limits, treating every opportunity as a problem to be solved, and how that mindset has provided her with some of the most amazing opportunities in the global design world that have even surprised her.

02/03/2021

"Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions"

Hear architect and educator Victoria Farrow speak with Brenna Heller her journey through her own education and how it led her to choose academia as the focus of her career.

The Course Director for BA Architecture at Birmingham City University 's School of Art and Design, the founder of BIM in Birmingham, and one of the driving forces behind the Association of Architectural Educators , Victoria has dedicated much of her time to helping to shape the future of architecture and design. Hear how building networks, as students, as professionals, and as academics can help to drive innovation in all areas.

06/09/2020

...we're back, staying connected virtually (SOUND ON)

A Student's Perspective Season 3 Premiere June 17th at 4:00ET with of Mod Mom Furniture

06/04/2020

The history, and future, of design are filled with a rainbow of influences.

The students that we serve come from all backgrounds and all parts of the world.

We will work harder to spread the stories of designers of color and minority owned businesses/manufacturers in our coming seasons.

We are not perfect people, if there is something that you believe we are missing please reach out to us.

03/25/2020

Due to the closing of our campus for the remainder of the semester please bear with any technical difficulties that arise during the final few episodes of our season 2 lineup. Thank you.

01/05/2020

You may know him as , , , or , but however you have been introduced to David Santiago you are sure never to forget him. Before his singing debut at this Friday 🙌🏻, he will debut on .students.perspective on Wednesday 1/8/20 at 4:00 ET talking with and from the showhouse at about mentorship, following your interest(s), and sharing your passions with others.

01/02/2020

Kathy Ireland is getting off to a strong 2020, A Student's Perspective on 1/1/20 and Good Morning America on 1/2/20 . A driven, inspiring individual indeed 🙌🏻

12/27/2019

We mentioned a very special New Year's Day resolution episode, and today we are pleased to announce that on 1/1/20 we will be talking with none other than Designer/Businesswoman/Philanthropist/Actress/Supermodel Kathy Ireland about following your dreams, finding mentors, and not settling. Join .students.perspective on Wednesday January 1st at 4:00ET/1:00PT on the A Student's Perspective page.