The Retail Redefined Podcast: Retail, Design, and the Future of It – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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 designing around the U.S. and Europe, and physical modeling has remained a core component of his design process, even as he began his designs on computers instead of hand-drawn sketches. He has brought a unique perspective on how to approach designing that has not been common at RDC for the last few years. 

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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 picking out furniture and swatches. 

On this week's episode, we talk about how Interior Design complements and should be considered just as important as exterior Architecture, and how the merging of the two has created "Interior Architecture." There are some misconceptions about Interior Design that we debunk, as well as some talk about what it is like as a woman in the Architecture industry as a whole. 

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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 apply the data to architectural designs, as well as provide some real-life examples of data collection, analysis, and feedback at work. 

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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 episode, we sit down with architect and fitness enthusiast Constance "Connie" Rosado as we discuss how the need for communities even within the fitness industry has changed the spaces in which we work out in. 

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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 connecting to an engaged community online. 

This week's episode, we sit down with Kelly Riek, the PR and Communications manager of RDC, as we talk about the importance of marketing for architecture. 

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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 more in depth about it. 

Gwen Los Angeles

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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 position. Her 20+ years with the firm also speak to that influence and expertise. 

Sit down with us as we talk about her story, how she got into the position she is today, and what she hopes to see with other women in the architectural industry in the future. 

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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 fixing them. 

However, not all is lost, as some shopping centers are being proactive and taking action in modifying their properties while they are still ahead. We discuss how developers can also stay relevant and successful by investing in their malls before they begin to fail. 

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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 talk about customer experience, the blend of e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail, the fate of anchor stores, and health and wellness. Millennials and Generation Z are calling the shots and driving many of the changes we are seeing in retail today. 

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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 that one of the best ways to move forward is to look back at how we got there, and that is exactly what we do in today's episode with Steve. 

We talk about humble beginnings, staying afloat through numerous recessions, and looking towards the future of RDC. 

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