HOMEISSUE Podcast — Business Interviews for the Interior Design Industry

HOMEISSUE

Podcast

The HOMEISSUE Podcast brings together interior designers, furniture brands and creative founders to discuss what it really takes to build a visible, sustainable design business today.

Robert Neuendorf

Robert Neundorf — Interior Designer: Designing spaces with attitude, inspired by Memphis Design, Brutalism and Urban Art. Core lesson: have the courage to self-finance your vision and stay transparent about the process.

Robert Neuendorf

Angelika Domening

Angelika Domenig — Artist, Educator & Co-Founder of Aquarylic. From bookkeeper to paint inventor: breaking century-old rules to create an entirely new colour medium, self-financed and family-run.

Angelika Domening

Angelika Domenig — Artist, Educator & Co-Founder of Aquarylic. From bookkeeper to paint inventor: breaking century-old rules to create an entirely new colour medium, self-financed and family-run.

Anna & Michael Trubnig

Anna & Michael Trubrig — Founders of Stillfried NY/LA & design label the form follows, Vienna/New York Taking European design to America: origin alone isn't a USP — business fundamentals matter as much as creative vision.

Anna & Michael Trubnig

Nikolas Tichy

Nikolas Tichy — Artist & Founder of an artist-brand network, Vienna Treat your art like a business: visibility is the hardest step, but consistency and professional thinking don't kill creativity — they enable it.

Nikolas Tichy

Magdalena Wöckinger

Magdalena Wöckinger — Interior Creator & Founder of "einzigartig wohnen". From student flat renovations to 500k followers: consistency, upcycling and a passion for making small things matter.

Magdalena Wöckinger

Magdalena Wöckinger — Interior Creator & Founder of "einzigartig wohnen". From student flat renovations to 500k followers: consistency, upcycling and a passion for making small things matter.

Katharina Janku

Katharina Janku — CEO USM Germany & Global Head of HR. Timeless design is a business strategy: how modularity, heritage and a shift to lifestyle turned USM into a global icon.

Katharina Janku

Katharina Janku — CEO USM Germany & Global Head of HR. Timeless design is a business strategy: how modularity, heritage and a shift to lifestyle turned USM into a global icon.

Angelina Dörfler

Angelina Dörfler -Interior Designer & Educator From lawyer to international interior brand: social media was the game-changer that turned a lockdown idea into a global business.

Angelina Dörfler

Angelina Dörfler -Interior Designer & Educator From lawyer to international interior brand: social media was the game-changer that turned a lockdown idea into a global business.

Juan Amador

Juan Amador — Austria's first three-star chef & painter Creativity crosses disciplines: the same instinct that drives great cooking can unlock an entirely new artistic practice.

Juan Amador

Juan Amador — Austria's first three-star chef & painter Creativity crosses disciplines: the same instinct that drives great cooking can unlock an entirely new artistic practice.

Gabriel Roland

Gabriel Roland — Director of Vienna Design Week: Design is a cultural statement, not a marketplace: curation, craft and human connection are what make design festivals matter.

Gabriel Roland

Gabriel Roland — Director of Vienna Design Week: Design is a cultural statement, not a marketplace: curation, craft and human connection are what make design festivals matter.

Maire-Louise Gahleitner

Marie-Louise Gahleitner — "wiewienwohnt": Authentic storytelling builds more trust than perfect aesthetics: showing real homes, unfiltered, is what makes an audience truly connect.

Maire-Louise Gahleitner

Marie-Louise Gahleitner — "wiewienwohnt": Authentic storytelling builds more trust than perfect aesthetics: showing real homes, unfiltered, is what makes an audience truly connect.

Angelika Rosam

Angelika Rosam — Founder & Editor in Chief of Falstaff Living: Print survives by offering what digital can't: emotional depth, curation and a clear point of view in a world of endless content.

Angelika Rosam

Angelika Rosam — Founder & Editor in Chief of Falstaff Living: Print survives by offering what digital can't: emotional depth, curation and a clear point of view in a world of endless content.

Studio BUDDE

Meike Papenfuß & Johannes Budde, Founders of Studio BUDDE: From Cologne to Shanghai via Milan: how a couple-run studio balances experimental collectible design with commercial collaborations.

Studio BUDDE

Meike Papenfuß & Johannes Budde, Founders of Studio BUDDE: From Cologne to Shanghai via Milan: how a couple-run studio balances experimental collectible design with commercial collaborations.

SHEYN

Markus Schaffer & Nicolas Gold — Co-Founders of SHEYN "Our warehouse is digital": 3D printing on demand lets a small studio create iconic, lasting objects without inventory or waste.

SHEYN

Markus Schaffer & Nicolas Gold — Co-Founders of SHEYN "Our warehouse is digital": 3D printing on demand lets a small studio create iconic, lasting objects without inventory or waste.

Lisa Sperrer

Lisa Sperrer — Interior Creator & Blogger (@habundgood) Twelve years in content taught her one thing: don't follow every trend — invest in timeless pieces and never lose your own voice.

Lisa Sperrer

Lisa Sperrer — Interior Creator & Blogger (@habundgood) Twelve years in content taught her one thing: don't follow every trend — invest in timeless pieces and never lose your own voice.

Rachel Verney

Rachel Verney — Creator of Shoestring Home & Author of Dopamine Home: Joy is a deliberate design choice: bold colour, upcycling and personality beat a big budget every time.

Rachel Verney

Rachel Verney — Creator of Shoestring Home & Author of Dopamine Home: Joy is a deliberate design choice: bold colour, upcycling and personality beat a big budget every time.

Katharina Raue

Katharina Raue — Interior Designer, TV Host & Former Editor-in-Chief of ROLLING PIN: Great restaurant design is more than aesthetics: concept, atmosphere and identity must work as hard as the food on the plate.

Katharina Raue

Fabian Freytag

Fabian Freytag — Designer, Architect & Founder of Fabian Freytag Studio: Learning by doing beats theory: a good floor plan, fearless self-belief and AI as a creative tool define his practice.

Fabian Freytag

Fabian Freytag — Designer, Architect & Founder of Fabian Freytag Studio: Learning by doing beats theory: a good floor plan, fearless self-belief and AI as a creative tool define his practice.

kunst & design markt

Tobias Waclawczyk — CEO of Kunst- und Designmarkt: A curated marketplace is more than a sales floor: community, visibility and the right platform can launch a creative business.

kunst & design markt

Tobias Waclawczyk — CEO of Kunst- und Designmarkt: A curated marketplace is more than a sales floor: community, visibility and the right platform can launch a creative business.

Marcin Glod

Marcin Glod — Artist & Former Fashion Label Founder: From graphic design to global galleries: going nomadic and staying independent gave his art the freedom to go viral.

Marcin Glod

Marcin Glod — Artist & Former Fashion Label Founder: From graphic design to global galleries: going nomadic and staying independent gave his art the freedom to go viral.

Die Sellerie

Patrick & Georg, Founders of "Die Sellerie": Curation is a brand statement: building a concept store around sustainable design and a strong point of view beats competing on price.

Die Sellerie

Patrick & Georg, Founders of "Die Sellerie": Curation is a brand statement: building a concept store around sustainable design and a strong point of view beats competing on price.

Ju Schnee

Ju Schnee — Artist: Authenticity over strategy: letting dance, music and intuition drive your work attracts the right collaborations naturally.

Ju Schnee

Ju Schnee — Artist: Authenticity over strategy: letting dance, music and intuition drive your work attracts the right collaborations naturally.

Donata Ziebarth

Donata — Artist & Commission Painter: Painting memory into rooms: how capturing personal places and emotions transforms a home into something truly your own.

Donata Ziebarth

Donata — Artist & Commission Painter: Painting memory into rooms: how capturing personal places and emotions transforms a home into something truly your own.

Nick Laciok

Nick Laciok — Photographer, Set Stylist & Interior Creator: From childhood crafting to ELLE features: DIY, colour drenching and a baby blue kitchen prove your home is your best portfolio.

Nick Laciok

Nick Laciok — Photographer, Set Stylist & Interior Creator: From childhood crafting to ELLE features: DIY, colour drenching and a baby blue kitchen prove your home is your best portfolio.

Sarah Hartmann

Sarah Hartmann — Interior Designer & Founder of House of Hart: One DM from a supermodel changed everything: community, 70s aesthetics and viral wavy shelves built a sellout label from a pandemic side project.

Sarah Hartmann

Cheyenne Ochsenknecht & Nino Sifkovits

Cheyenne Ochsenknecht & Nino Sifkovits — Farmers & Founders, Chianinahof: Reinventing tradition - skipping bio-certificates to set their own standards proves that values-driven farming is its own brand.

Cheyenne Ochsenknecht & Nino Sifkovits

Ebru Erkut

Ebru — Content Creator & Founder of her Interior Label: Minimalism as a mindset: how a clear aesthetic vision translated into a product label built on timeless stoneware and wood.

Ebru Erkut

Ebru — Content Creator & Founder of her Interior Label: Minimalism as a mindset: how a clear aesthetic vision translated into a product label built on timeless stoneware and wood.

Ursula Futura

Kathrin Zelger — Founder of Ursula Futura: Creating an alter ego unlocked her boldest work: how a sea-witch persona turned a passion for glass into a fearless design brand.

Ursula Futura

Kathrin Zelger — Founder of Ursula Futura: Creating an alter ego unlocked her boldest work: how a sea-witch persona turned a passion for glass into a fearless design brand.

Thomas Mick

Thomas Mick — Director of Architecture & Retail Design International, LVMH: Luxury retail is becoming hospitality: as e-commerce grows, physical stores must offer experiences no website ever could.

Thomas Mick

Thomas Mick — Director of Architecture & Retail Design International, LVMH: Luxury retail is becoming hospitality: as e-commerce grows, physical stores must offer experiences no website ever could.

Five Forty The Label

Julia & Victoria — Co-Founders of Five Forty The Label: From prototype to finished bag: owning your production process is what gives an independent fashion label its edge and identity.

Five Forty The Label

Julia & Victoria — Co-Founders of Five Forty The Label: From prototype to finished bag: owning your production process is what gives an independent fashion label its edge and identity.

Intro Folge

Alena Gröfler — Founder of Homeissue Creative Studio: Where interior meets strategy: Homeissue connects design brands with creative direction, content and a community that cares about spaces.

Intro Folge

Alena Gröfler — Founder of Homeissue Creative Studio: Where interior meets strategy: Homeissue connects design brands with creative direction, content and a community that cares about spaces.