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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 \u201cout-of-district\u201d 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.
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\nThe 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.
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\nThis inaugural event was held at the Tidelli Outdoor showroom in the Pacific Design Center and included;
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\nJohn McClain
\nJohn McClain Design
\nwww.johnmcclaindesign.com
\njohn@johnmcclaindesign.com
\n(310)402-5592
\n@johnmcclaindesign
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\nPeggy Platner
\nPlatner & Co.
\nwww.platnerandco.com
\npeggy@platnerandco.com
\n(424)280-8894
\n@platnerco
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\nKristi Nelson
\nKM Nelson Design
\nwww.kmnelsondesign.com
\nkristi@kmnelsondesign.com
\n(310)441-0026
\n@kmnelsondesign
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\nAnthony Poon
\nPoon Design, Inc.
\nwww.poondesign.com
\napoon@poondesign.com
\n(310)277-8855
\n@anthonypoondesign
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\nEdel Legaspi
\nLegaspi Courts Design
\nwww.legaspicourts.com
\nedel@legaspicourts.com
\n(323)641-0250
\n@legaspicourtsdesign
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\nStephen Francis Jones
\nSFJones Architects, Inc.
\nwww.sfjones.com
\nsfjones@sfjones.com
\n(310)822-3822 x150
\n@sfjonesarchitects
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\nNancy Russert
\nLes Beaux
\nLesBeaux224@aol.com
\n@LesBeaux
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\nTwist Custom
\ntwistcustom@gmail.com
\n(310)245-6156
\n@twistcustom
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\nBrooke Gardner
\nBrooke Gardner Interior Design
\nwww.brookegardner.com
\nbrooke@brookegardner.com
\n(310)295-1892
\n@_brooke_gardner_
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\nCynthia Lambakis
\nLambakis Interiors
\nwww.lambakisinteriors.com
\ncynthia@lambakisinteriors.com
\n(626)737-7479
\n@lambakisinteriordesign
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\nJohn Feldman
\nEcocentrix Landscape Architecture
\nwww.ecocentrix.com
\njohn@ecocentrix.com
\n(310)907-5066 x101
\n@ecocentrix.landscape
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\nRead 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.