Building 3D, physical models are not a new concept or way of designing, but with most design work now being done completely digitally, it can be easy to overlook or skip out on. Senior Designer Napoleon Meraña has over 25 years of experience

RR 017: The Relation Between Interior Design and Architecture with Katy Wise and Itzel Meynard

Apr 23rd, 2019 43m 24s

When people hear of "interior design," what comes to mind is HGTV and primarily women wanting to decorate their homes. Senior Designer Katy Wise and Senior Design Manager Itzel Meynard can tell you that interior design is so much more than pick

RR 016: The Connection Between Physical and Digital Design with William Ellsworth and Brian Newman

Apr 17th, 2019 1h 2m

This week's episode becomes theoretical as we discuss how designing for the digital world is interconnected with how we design for the physical world, and vice versa. We sit down with Senior Graphic Designer Brian Newman and Designer William El

RR 015: The Fusion of Hospitality and Retail with Jackson Thilenius and Sean Slater

Apr 9th, 2019 48m 21s

More and more in the last few years, hotels and hospitality spaces have been taking cues from the retail world and vice versa. This week, we're talking with principals Sean Slater and Jackson Thilenius to discuss how both of these typologies

RR 014: Designing for the Self Care Generation with Alex Kuby

Apr 2nd, 2019 37m 11s

Millennials have spurred a wave of self-care, and it is seeping into how we design spaces for them to take care of themselves, namely the hospitality industry. This week, we sit down with Senior Interior Design Manager Alex Kuby to discuss

RR 013 - Let's Go to the Movies with Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari and Cinépolis CEO Luis Olloqui

Mar 26th, 2019 57m 34s

Despite the rise of streaming services around the world, Cinépolis is confident and looking forward to the rise of luxury cinemas to keep cinephiles coming back to the movies. The way we consume media is changing rapidly, but the cinema and ent

Grocery in the Age of Amazon with Branko Prebanda

May 15th, 2018 34m 16s

With the rise of Amazon as the world's most popular e-commerce site and its purchase of Whole Foods, brands everywhere are scrambling to keep up, grocers in particular. We sit down with Senior Principal Branko Prebanda and discuss how retailer

The Design Process with Niccolo Boldrin and Sean Davis

May 8th, 2018 59m 55s

When people think of the design process in regards to architecture, there is a scenario that comes to mind. There is the initial meeting, the architects and designers draw up a design for the client, and there you go. However, the design proces

Architecture Trends with CEO Brad Williams

May 1st, 2018 45m 49s

In this week's episode, we sit down with CEO Brad Williams as we touch on everything, from the architecture industry shifts over the last decade, architecture in China vs. America, and shifting from a private office to being out in the open wit

Office Wellness and Sustainability with Sara Hickman

Apr 17th, 2018 43m 17s

The rise of obesity in America has also brought about new research regarding the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle. Due to the nature of working in offices, corporations are now providing wellness programs and solutions for their emp

Data and Design with Avery Carrig

Apr 3rd, 2018 40m 58s

For this week's episode, we sit down with architect Avery Carrig as we discuss everything in regards to collecting data, analyzing it, and its helpfulness in designing for the context of our projects. We go in-depth about GIS and how we can app

Finding Communities in Boutique Fitness with Constance Rosado

Mar 27th, 2018 34m 34s

In the last few years, the popularity of boutique fitness studios has been on the rise due to apps such as ClassPass and the desire to work out in a collective, group setting rather than individually in traditional gyms. For this week's episod

Marketing in Architecture with Kelly Riek

Mar 20th, 2018 27m 23s

Marketing for architecture firms is still a fairly new concept, even more so in the realm of digital marketing. Architecture is not the easiest service to market online, but it is very much necessary and helpful to reaching a wider audience and

Experiencing Food and Design with Jonathan Lopez

Mar 13th, 2018 38m 54s

Food is having its moment in the spotlight. It has become a social event that has influenced how we design and eat our food and the spaces in which we consume it. We sit down with Associate Principal Jonathan Lopez and share a meal to talk mor

Women in Architecture with Mitra Esfandiari

Mar 6th, 2018 22m 49s

Women deserve to be celebrated, and that is why we wanted to feature Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari in honor of Women's History Month. As an immigrant and a woman, Mitra is the most powerful woman in RDC as the only female in a principal pos

Dying Shopping Malls with Sean Slater

Feb 21st, 2018 38m 59s

Are shopping malls dying? Today we explore and attempt to answer that question with Principal Sean Slater. He spent the first half of his career design shopping malls and will most likely spend the second half of his career redesigning and fixi

The Future of Retail with David Sheldon

Feb 21st, 2018 40m 13s

In today's episode, we talk about retail trends with the Vice President of Client Engagement, David Sheldon. We believe that retail is evolving and not dying, and we wanted to explore the ways in which brands can keep up with the times. We tal

Lessons Learned with Steve Ruth

Feb 21st, 2018 33m 53s

Welcome to episode one of the Retail Redefined podcast. For our first episode, we wanted to reflect and give some context to who Retail Design Collaborative is by sitting down with our founder, Steve Ruth, who just recently retired. We believe

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