Welcome to Design Talk with David & Anna-Lena! We’re very happy you’re here.
What is Design Talk?
Design Talk is a newsletter and video podcast that makes interior design approachable and fun.
By combining the perspectives of a beginner (David) and an expert (Anna-Lena), we can meet you wherever you are on your design journey, and help you create beautiful spaces that feel like home.
If that’s all you need to know, then subscribe so you don’t miss anything! Otherwise, read on.
Who we are
We’re a married couple with wildly different levels of design expertise: Anna-Lena studied design and has plenty of real-world experience, while David is still a beginner: he likes nice spaces, but has difficulty creating them himself.
In the years that we’ve been together, these different levels of expertise have lead to interesting conversations, where David learns something new about interior design and Anna-Lena is reminded of the difficulties that beginners face when trying to design spaces.
At some point, we realized that these conversations could be interesting for a wider audience, and the idea of Design Talk was born!
Our goal
We think interior design has an accessibility problem: most publications cater to experts or the very wealthy, and don’t feel relevant to everyone else.
We want to make interior design approachable and fun, so you can unleash your own creativity and create beautiful spaces that you want to live in.
Topics we cover
We talk about design’s core components - i.e. colors, materials and light - because they are critical to understanding design, and everything else builds on top of them.
But we also wanted to take the opportunity to explore unorthodox topics that other designers ignore. For example:
Sophisticated sports fandom - are you a big sports fan, but worry that too much sports decor might be scaring away visitors? We’ll show you how you can support your favorite team, but in a classy way.
Incorporating international design influences - just got back from an inspiring holiday in Greece / Central America / Southeast Asia and want to use some of the designs that inspired you into your day-to-day life? We’ll teach you how you can gracefully incorporate diverse influences that help the memory of your holiday live on, long after you’ve returned home.
We have a long list of additional topics, so make sure to subscribe if you don’t want to miss them!
We also want to hear from you:
What design topics do you want to learn more about?
Leave a comment and let us know, and we’ll do our best to cover them.
More about us
Anna-Lena is the founder of ALMEY Design, a boutique design studio focused on providing sustainable interior design for a variety of project sizes and budgets.
She has a wealth of diverse experience in the design field, including:
a university degree in Graphic, Object and Spatial Design
roles in packaging design, set design, and advertising, where as an Art Buyer, she sourced creative talent for major international ad campaigns in the automotive, retail and non-profit industries
working as an independent talent manager for photographers, before returning to her design roots with the launch of ALMEY Design.
If you’re on Instagram, you can follow Anna-Lena’s profile to see what she’s up to.
David’s job at a maritime data company is far removed from the design world, but he always had an artistic and creative side that he can reveal through Design Talk.
If all of this sounds like it might be interesting for you, please subscribe! We’re looking forward to helping you on your design journey.
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