Traditionally, interior designers in the UK were well-heeled, well-connected lady decorators with good posture and expensive handbags, creating interiors for people just like them. One could even go so far as to say ‘Pale, Stale and Female’. It felt like this would never change, but then, in 2020, seemingly out of nowhere, a charity called United in Design appeared with a mission to shine a light on the issue and do something about it! Jeff and Susie welcome Alex Dauley and Eman Akbar from United in Design to talk about the charity, explain what exactly did they set out to do and find out how are they doing it?
This episode was recorded at the wonderful showroom of The Rug Company in Chelsea Harbour, London.
We are a Wildwood Plus production.
Chapters
(00:00:00) - The fight for diversity in interior design
(00:01:28) - United in Design: The Charity's Journey
(00:08:48) - Getting It: The Future of Interior Education
(00:10:20) - United Design: What do you do?
(00:13:07) - United in Design's journey since its inception
(00:15:23) - How many students have been placed in internships?
(00:16:38) - The Residential and Hospitality Internships
(00:21:05) - The Centre for Career Change Through Mentoring
(00:24:23) - The United in Design Alumni
(00:25:41) - United in Design: Interiors Media
(00:28:00) - Wonders House
(00:29:30) - Wonders House Gets the Makeover
(00:31:27) - The WowHouse Partnership
(00:32:53) - The Rug Company Warehouse Partnership
(00:34:08) - The interiors industry's three pillars
(00:35:53) - Immigrant internship and mentoring
(00:36:56) - UK Interior Designers: The barriers to diverse interests
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