Design Over Drinks
Hello! Design Over Drinks is an interview style podcast aiming to be a forum for emerging designers to talk about our philosophies, trends, experiences, successes, failures, diversity, advocacy, predictions, and everything in between.Why over drinks? Because designers often have a beverage in hand. Whether its a hot coffee or chai to start the day, or a glass of wine with coworkers to end it. A kombucha, or bubble tea, even that trusty bottle of water as we go from meeting to emails, to 30 minutes of actual work. We always have a hand for a drink.I started this podcast because I am an emerging professional and when Covid-19 hit in 2020 I spent a lot of time listening to the giants of design talk about what they predicted the future to be like, and how our profession will adapt as our world changes. Although that is important, I felt disconnected from the designer who is doing the production work, the designer who had to adapt because they no longer have the job they started with in 2020. I wanted to talk to the designer who will be the potential "giant" of the future. I like being a designer, but I love to talk about it more. My younger self hoped to someday be an art curator and a philosopher. In a way this is how I still hope to do just that. Become a patron at Patreon.com/DesignOverDrinks and follow us on Instagram @designoverdrinks as we connect with designers and down our drinks along the way.
Episodes
Season 2, Episode 13 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Peter Harrison
Current Firm: Gensler Portland
Design Program Attended: Utah State University, Major Interior Design, Minor Landscape Architecture
Drink of Choice: Lemon Lime Lemongrass Seltzer
Kendra Drinking: Sweet Rosé
Drinks Discussed:Mead (Honey Wine)
NOTES:
Trading Spaces
HGTV
CIDA Accreditation
The Social Life of Small Urban Space...
Season 2, Episode 12 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Deidre Knowles
Current Firm: Bassetti Architects
Design Program Attended: The Art Institute of Colorado
Drink of Choice: Red Wine
Kendra Drinking: Mushroom Half-caff coffee
Art Institute Seattle, Clarification: AIS had multiple Architects as faculty, and a few NCIDQ interior designers as well.
IDNG - Interior Design Networking Group (...
Season 2, Episode 11 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Jessica Holman @jessica.holman
Current Firm: Concentric
Design Program Attended: Art Institute of Seattle in 2013 BFA
Drink of Choice: Water, Mint Tea, Coffee Chocolate Cream Cold Brew from Starbucks
Kendra Drinking: Porter Revel Wine and Lemonade over ice
IIDA
ASID
NEWH
RDI
Filson Factory SODO
Gouache
Munsell Color Theory
Season 2, Episode 9 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Charlotte Leveque @charlotteevaaah
Current Firm: Currently working at United Tile, but looking for the right firm.
Design Program Attended: U of Oregon Undergrad (Art History), Drexel University in Philadelphia, then Thomas Jefferson University, also in Philly.
Drink of Choice: Water and Chai Tea
Kendra Drinking: Half-Caf Mushroom Coffee
We have too many notes and li...
Season 2, Episode 8 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Merylin Ortac @mkessi
Current Firm: McClellan Architects
Design Program Attended: Bellevue College, Bachelor of Applied Arts in Interior Design
Drink of Choice: Turkish Tea
Kendra Drinking: Wine
LINKS:
Altos de Chavon School of Design (Fashion)
Tadao Ando, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Affinity
IIDA HQ Mentorship Program
Season 2, Episode 7 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Kate McQuade
@kate7m
Current Firm: Design Well Spent
Design Program Attended: Bellevue College, Bachelor of Applied Arts in Interior Design
Drink of Choice: Chateau Ste Michelle Sparkling Wine
Kendra Drinking: Grocery Store White Wine
IIDA Venn Diagram
Refere...
Show Notes- Michelle Northfield
Current Firm: Gensler
Design Program Attended: University of Oregon (Ducks), Bachelor of Interior Architecture
Drink of Choice: Hot Tea
Kendra Drinking: Red Wine
Cal Poly Summer Program (Design)
Highlights for Children
Husky (University of Washington)
Cougar (Washington State University)
JPC Architects
<...
Episode 5 of Season 2 of Design over Drinks, Kendra talks with Christie Thorpe @christiethorpe.art.
Current Firm: Ankrom Moison, but at the time of recording was working for BCRA Design
Design Program Attended: Washington State University (WSU)
Drink of Choice: Chai Tea
Kendra's Drink: Hot Toddy
Biophilic Design
Parametric Design
Jennifer West Showroom
In this episode we touch on the following topics:
MEP Teams
Fire Safety Codes
Well AP Certification; where I allude to the Monroe school district's struggle with PCBs (I said PFBs, I meant PCBs). Link below to the article I mention.
Value Engineering; which devolves into a long rambling discussion on the evolution of designed spaces in healthcare specifically, as well as the effect that emerging technology has on driving innovatio...
In this episode we touch on the the following topics.
- Construction Documents
- Form Parti
- Mid-Century Modern; what is it? Why it is used too much; in our opinion & how might we move past white-coded design?
Here's a link to the Slate article Simon refers to; talking about the problematic history of Mid-Century Modern Design.
Here is a link to the book by Kristina Wilson; Mid-Century Modernism and the Ameri...
On this episode of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Jamie, Lauren, and Lisa of the Whatcha Reading Dude (@wrdpod) Podcast.
Drinks:
Lisa: Cold Brew (and Bailey's?)
Jamie: Irish Coffee (Coffee and Irish Whiskey)
Lauren: Tea
Kendra: Sun Liquor, Holiday Spice Blend and Tea
Hot Toddy (Hot water, some spices and Whiskey)
London Fog (Earl Grey tea with steamed milk)
The pod's new series " A Layman Asks" (do you have anything better? We will happily take suggestions! designoverdrinkspod@gmail.com) Simon, Kendra's husband, pod editor, and not-a-designer asks about all those terms Kendra slings around.
On the free version we talk FF&E and Elsie de Wolfe. Subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode!
We're back with Season 2, starting February 3rd, 2022
Episode 8 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Hannah Morrow @hmarieee28
Current Firm: B+ H Architects, but at the time of recording was working for KMD Architects
Design Program Attended: Bellevue College
Drink of Choice: "Emperor's Cloud Mist" Green Tea
IIDA NPC
Interior Design Magazine
Hey, there are some programs that I found out about after recoding this episode check them o...
Episode 7 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Emily Spillar @ems_world
who is now taking a sabbatical after working for Dal Tile pre-pandemic
Design Program Attended: Spokane Falls Community College, and Washington State University
Drink of Choice: Cold brew coffee with sweetener
Bedlam Coffee
New York School of Interior Design
NCIDQ
WELL AP
NAC Architecture
RDI
The Eighth Day - tu...
Episode 6 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Kendyl Smith @kendyl._smith
Current Firm: Shepel Homes Design & Build
Design Program Attended: University of Idaho
Drink of Choice: Red Wine
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
IDI: Chair Affair
Charrette
IIDA National Student Design Charette in Chicago - I can't find anything on the National Charrette directly, but most IIDA chapters h...
Episode 5 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Natalie Gould @babyzouk79
Current Firm: Six Walls Interior Design
Design Program Attended: Bellevue College
Drink of Choice: Vodka, Sparkling Water, and a splash of pomegranate juice
Arch Daily article with websites to find diverse people for rendering
IIDA NPC
RDI PNW
Parsons School of Design - Healthy Materials Lab
Blu Dot
Knoll
Episode 4 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Guest Eleanor Jodway @eleanor_alive
Current Firm: SABArchitects, Healthcare
Design Program Attended: Seattle Pacific University
Drink of Choice: Chamomile Tea
Kendra was 100% wrong in her guess, not Harold’s LTD but Harney & Sons LTD
ZGF Architects
Housewarming LLC
Seriously Happy Homes
The Go Game
IIDA
Karen Briaitmayer of St...
Episode 3 of Design Over Drinks, Kendra talks with Guest Lorenzo Salazar @lozosalazar
Current Firm: At the time of recording this, January 2021, Lorenzo had been laid off from his previous job because of Covid. Happy to report he is now back at David Whitney Architects!
Design Program Attended: San Jose State University
Drink of Choice: Boulevardier
2 oz. Bourbon or Rye
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
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