Our good friends at Taylor Burke Home will generously be providing furnishings for our panel discussions. Their Hollings chairs are the epitome of comfort and style and we can’t wait to try them out in person!
Born into a community of architects and engineers, Rachel Blindauer attended the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, received her Bachelors in Interior Architecture and Product Design from Kansas State University, attended the Architectural Association in London, and well the rest is history.
To date she is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and holds 12+ years experience designing spaces and residential furniture/seating/lighting. Rachel’s design portfolio was on display at the St. Etienne International Design Biennial in France with Matali Crasset as the curator. She also received Best of Houzz for Customer Service twice.
Rachel Blindauer’s furniture & lighting products have been in numerous articles and blogs including: Apartment Therapy, Decor 8, Design Sponge, Domino Magazine, L.A. Times, Oh Joy, and the Seattle Times.
Julia Molloy, founder of the BOLD Summit, tells us a bit about the roundtable discussions and who you’ll have an opportunity to sit with!
Amy Mooney Lutz, a native Texan and daughter of a builder, has been designing spaces most of her life. She teamed up with partner Matt Butterfield in 2008. Butter Lutz Interiors specializes in custom home building interior design and renovations, as well as home styling.
“We believe in a common sense, value-oriented approach. Regardless of price point, most people are not interested in wasting money. It takes experience and a keen eye for value to maximize the impact of your budget while maintaining the designs beauty and functionality.”
Our most important goal is to have each customer love his or her experience. Every member of our firm, from our construction supervisors to our designers and architects, has an alignment of purpose and understanding that our customers’ needs and desires will come before our own. We carry our responsibilities with sincere passion and energy, and we deliver on our promises.”
The owners of Liberace’s house in Palm Springs have graciously opened their home to us for dinner after the BOLD Masters Award Ceremony, Thursday June 25th. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the beautiful home that was remodeled by Christopher Kennedy in 2010.
After the first day of the Summit, you will be given time to relax and refresh before being whisked away in a limousine provided by BOLD. Once you arrive, you can mingle with the BOLD Masters and Speakers during an elegant cocktail party perfect for socializing and expanding your industry connections. This will be followed by an intimate dinner on the magnificent Liberace property. Kelly Hoppen, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Joan Behnke, Keith Granet, editors from Interiors Magazine, Traditional Home and Robb Report will be in attendance as well as many more.
The BOLD Master’s dinner is sponsored by Interiors Magazine. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Modernism Week, providing scholarships to local students pursuing college educations in the fields of architecture and design, as well as supporting local and state preservation organizations in their efforts to preserve modernist architecture throughout the state of California.
Nationally acclaimed interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins demonstrates a knack for seeing beyond the obvious, taking what his clients tell him to another level that exceeds their wildest dreams. One peek through his impressive portfolio shows that Corey is a true visionary. While his creative instincts are undeniable, he brings a great deal more to the table with his professionalism, sunny disposition and genuine enthusiasm for every endeavor.
His style has been described as a fresh, continental mix of elegance and modernity, while his vision is fueled by his clients. Looking at their dreams and aspirations as if they’re bricks stacked on a palette, Corey sees himself as the “mortar” needed to build those bricks into something tangible. As he explains, when you step back from a real brick building, you don’t really see the mortar; the bricks are what stand out. The same can be said when you step back and look at his work. He wants you to see his clients’ personalities.
It’s been a whirlwind since Corey formed Corey Damen Jenkins & Associates in 2009. He has been featured in numerous print and on-line publications including House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Dwell, USA Today, Kravet Inspired News, Charlotte Urban Home, The Detroit News, StyleLine and more. Televised audiences voted him the winner of HGTV’s hit reality series Showhouse Showdown. He has appeared as a guest speaker on FOX 8 News-WGHP and at market shows and design centers across the country. Corey was also named “Designer Of The Year” by Fashion Group International at the 2012 Night Of Stars Awards. In 2015, he was honored as one of the Top 20 African American Interior Designers in the United States.
Born and raised in the Lone Star State, Holly graduated Magna Cum Lade from Texas State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Family & Consumer Sciences in Interior Design. Her earliest work was quickly recognized, and she was recruited to work for Baxter Design Group, an award winning interior firm based in San Antonio. During her six years at BDG, her portfolio expanded to include boutique hospitality, retail, and luxury residential spaces.
Her expert’s eye for design is the product of over a decade’s worth of experience influenced by a passion for art and travel. Indeed, her work contains design elements from New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Charleston, Santa Fe, Miami, Montreal, Vancouver, and Vail with foreign accents derived from the trendy cities of New Zealand. She is focused on creating vibrant, layered, and eclectic interiors. With every project, she strives to design a timeless living environment with multi-generational appeal.
Holly is constantly building relationships with the professional community. Holly has been a member of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, AIA (American Institute of Architects), IIDA (International Interior Design Association), ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), the Home Builders and Remodelers Council of Vermont, and was on the board of the AIA Homes Tour in San Antonio, Texas.
In an informal interview with BOLD Speaker Kim Kuhteubl, Julia Molloy tells us all about our BOLD Masters for 2015: Kelly Hoppen, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, and Joan Behnke!
Jamie House considers herself a designer of lifestyles, a beauty hunter, a detail stickler, a creator of comfort and an interiors visionary. She is great at seeing possibilities and creating rooms more beautiful and functional than you’ve envisioned.
Jamie has spent her life devoted to listening and learning, questioning and editing all to develop her eye for design. She is a truth teller and a beauty maker. She wants to help you create a home that is beautifully uniquely you. And YES her last name is actually House, pretty serendipitous if you ask me.
Jamie has been designing homes and business interiors (with the occasional exterior) for 10 years after graduating from Texas Tech in 2002 with a degree in Interior Design and a minor in Architecture. She’s worked on remodels and room re-dos to custom built homes in Houston, Grand Cayman, Shanghai and beyond.
Internationally acclaimed interior designers Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Joan Behnke and London-based powerhouse designer Kelly Hoppen will accept BOLD Masters Awards at the BOLD (Business of Luxury Design) Summit, June 24-26, at the Riviera Resort in Palm Springs. This award, sponsored by Baccarat, is bestowed upon design and industry masters who have pioneered new ground, realizing a lifetime of noteworthy projects within a frame of strong business practices.
“The BOLD Summit, the premier luxury design business conference in the United States, is a transformative experience where attendees get to actually learn from and mingle with giants in the field of interior design,” said Julia Molloy, owner of BOLD. Each master will share their wisdom and insights on entrepreneurship and the keys to building a thriving design firm.
In addition to exclusive learning experiences with the BOLD Masters, the BOLD Summit includes a packed agenda of talks by design business consultants and heavyweight media professionals, including design business-strategy experts Keith Granet, Kim Kuhteubl, Crans Baldwin, ASID CEO Randy W. Fiser, and editors of national design publications Interiors, Traditional Home, Robb Report Home & Style, MyDomaine.com, and more.
The event agenda takes the attendees through the key elements of a thriving business. “It is the most intense two days of business development and collaboration in the industry,” says owner, Julia Molloy. “Participants will experience a dynamic and powerful combination of tactical and strategic insights that will shave at least a year off the growth curve. There is nothing out there like this for luxury designers.” Attendees will benefit from an energizing and empowering agenda that includes streamlining workflow, team development, financial and growth strategy, media publishing and building a photographic portfolio. BOLD abounds with networking opportunities where designers can collaborate with each other and partake in intimate roundtable discussions with the BOLD Masters and expert speakers. They also have the benefit of taking home the presentation videos and 15 CEU’s. A detailed list of talks is available at www.BoldSummit.com and can be found in the Dropbox (see link below).
The event will kick off with a lively networking cocktail party sponsored by the publisher of Traditional Home magazine on Wednesday evening. Following a celebration honoring the BOLD Masters late Thursday afternoon, Interiors magazine is hosting an exclusive fundraising dinner at the Liberace home, redesigned by BOLD Speaker Christopher Kennedy, that will be attended by BOLD Masters, speakers, media and attendees who have selected the upgraded BOLD attendance package.
Below are additional details about BOLD 2015 Masters:
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Martyn Lawrence Bullard is a multi-award-winning interior and product designer, author and television personality. His work has appeared in over 4,000 publications worldwide, and his projects are featured in over 10 coffee table books. Martyn released his own bestselling coffee table book, ‘Live, Love, & Decorate’, with Rizzoli in 2011. Martyn’s A-List clientele include Tommy Hilfiger, Cher, Ellen Pompeo, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Aaron Sorkin’s home and executive offices at Warner Brothers and Paramount Studios, and many others. Although known mainly for his high-end residential design, he has also lent his talent to commercial and hospitality, designing the Colony Palms Hotel and Purple Palms restaurant in Palm Springs, Red O Restaurant for master chef Rick Bayless, Castello Di Santa Eurasia in Umbria and the historic Chateau Gutsch Hotel in Switzerland.
Kelly Hoppen
With 39 years’ experience at the forefront of the industry, publishers and businesses continually seek Kelly’s unparalleled expertise, resulting in the authoring of eight design books to date, product lines and countless commissions. Kelly shares her extensive knowledge in her popular Kelly Hoppen Design School and is currently a “dragon” in the BBC2 series of Dragons Den, helping new entrepreneurs to reach their dreams.
Joan Behnke
Founded in 1999, Joan Behnke & Associates, Inc. is rooted in the deep belief that interior design is both a fine art and a profound opportunity for interior sculptural self-expression. The office’s team of designers has currently completed over 130 high-end residential and commercial projects throughout the world. Notable commercial projects have included five private hotel villas at the famous Costa S’meralda, Hotel Pitrizza and Hotel Romazzino in Porto Cervo, Sardegna, as well as the 350,000-square-foot private hotel, the ‘MGM Mansion,’ in Las Vegas and the new iconic slump-glass building for Alec Gores’ private equity firm in Beverly Hills. Behnke’s extensive residential projects have included many high-profile celebrity clients including two homes for the athlete-model couple Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen. Besides projects gracing the covers and pages of Architectural Digest, Interiors, Traditional Home, Harper’s Bazaar, Town and Country, Interior Design, Robb Report and Azure, Joan’s work has been selected for three Robb Report’s “Home of the Year” awards as well as Interior Design magazine’s, “Best of the Year” for corporate office design in collaboration with architect, Hagy Belzberg on the 9800 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills project. In 2013, Behnke was named “The Billionaire Whisperer” by Forbes magazine for her work with clients who have appeared on the pages of Forbes “500 list”.
About Molloy Management Group, BOLD Summit Owner
Founded in 2006, Molloy Management Group is the premier operations and luxury-branding specialist for the interior design industry. They are a trusted source for business tools, practices, training and consultation for interior design firms worldwide. Molloy Management is the catalyst that effectively leads firms into becoming more streamlined and more profitable.
About Vanessa Kogevinas | Vanessa K. Productions, BOLD Producer
Vanessa Kogevinas’s career in publishing and management has spanned over sixteen years, with a focus in the interior design industry. She is the founder of Vanessa K. Productions, which produces high-end interior design events including show houses, conferences and social events. Clients include Luxe Interiors + Design, The City of Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter and BOLD (Business of Luxury Design) Summit. Vanessa’s resume also boasts positions with Architectural Digest, Veranda, California Homes and Western Interiors + Design, among others. She has written over 40 features for national design magazines and regularly appears on panels.