The Interior Design Business
The Interior Design Business
Wildwood
United in Design With Alex Dauley And Eman Akbar
44 minutes Posted Apr 30, 2026 at 3:30 pm.
The fight for diversity in interior design
United in Design: The Charity's Journey
Getting It: The Future of Interior Education
United Design: What do you do?
United in Design's journey since its inception
How many students have been placed in internships?
The Residential and Hospitality Internships
The Centre for Career Change Through Mentoring
The United in Design Alumni
United in Design: Interiors Media
Wonders House
Wonders House Gets the Makeover
The WowHouse Partnership
The Rug Company Warehouse Partnership
The interiors industry's three pillars
Immigrant internship and mentoring
UK Interior Designers: The barriers to diverse interests
Interior Design Business
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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.