2025 Community Summit — The Business of Interiors

THE BUSINESS OF INTERIORS COMMUNITY SUMMIT

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JUNE 23rd & 24th 2025

George Smith Ltd, 587 - 589 Kings Road, London, SW6 2EH

Waterworks, 579-581 King’s Road, Chelsea, SW6 2EH

Two day ticket: £1,900

This year we are hosting a two day event, to create an immersive and insightful programme. Based on the iconic Kings Road, George Smith and Waterworks will be hosting our 2025 community summit. Day one will be held at George Smith’s beautiful showroom and day two will be held at the inspiring Waterworks showroom.

From an expert panel discussion from leading Interior Designer’s, to an insightful presentation from Rick Campos and his US colleagues, get ready for two days packed with education, insight and inspirational presentations guaranteed to provide valuable actions that you can take away to enhance your own design business.

Breakfast and lunch is included in your ticket for both of the days and we will mark the end of the summit with evening drinks and canapés at one of London’s finest establishments.

We will be revealing more guest speakers very soon.

Klarna is available at checkout and bespoke payment plans are available on request. Please email hello@thebusinessofinteriors.co.uk to arrange.

Please also email hello@thebusinessofinteriors.co.uk for support with travel and accommodation. We will be releasing hotel business rates by the end of January 2025.

Please note these tickets are non-refundable. To read the full terms & conditions please click here.

-Two full days of exclusive talks from leading design professionals, including a panelist discussions and Q&A sessions.
-Breakfast, buffet lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
-Evening drinks and canapés on day 2.
Please note that further guest speakers and a full itinerary will be released over the next few weeks.
Please contact hello@thebusinessofinteriors.co.uk if you would like support with your travel arrangements or access to business rates for local hotels.

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MEET THE GUEST SPEAKERS

LuAnn Nigara

Keynote speaker, author and viral podcast host.

Jude Charles

Marketing strategist, videographer and storyteller.

Philippa Thorp

Founder of Thorp Design

Elliot Barratt

Founder of Elliot James Interiors

Rick Campos

Founder of The Design Biz Survival Guide

Charu Gandhi

Founder of Elicyon

MEET YOUR HOSTS

In 2012, Rachel established her design practice Rachel Usher Interior Design as a 'solopreneur,' gradually evolving it into a distinguished and award-winning studio that handled significant luxury projects. Her personal experience was that the business aspects of running an Interior Design company were shrouded in secrecy. It seemed that many designers, having endured challenges on their own paths to success, guarded their achievements, perhaps out of a sense of protecting their hard-earned positions.

Rachel believes that there is a better way for Interior Designers to thrive and to conduct business. She established the Business of Interiors in 2023 alongside running Rachel Usher Interior Design in order to build a sense of community, creating a place where the founders and leaders of Design practices could turn for shared experiences, learning and kinship with other designers.

Rick Campos is a self proclaimed recovering interior designer, podcast host, and design business coach on a mission to support and promote the rise of the interior design community. Before becoming a leader in the design industry Rick championed his own residential design business for six years and then joined forces with a fellow designer and practiced for another 6 years, first as an associate designer and ultimately as a director of business development. His daily interaction with clients, builders, architects, vendors, and artisans contributes to a broad perspective of the design industry. In 2018, faced with an opportunity for reinvention, Rick traded his tape measure for a microphone and launched the Design Biz Survival Guide, a multi faceted platform that includes a podcast, business coaching, and a lecture series all designed to inform and inspire interior design professionals.

REFLECTING ON LAST YEAR’S SUMMIT

Running a business can be isolating, it can feel lonely and I am no stranger to the toll that running a business can take on your mental and physical health, family life and more. I often wonder if this toll wouldn’t feel as heavy if an event existed where Interior Designer’s unite and lean on each other to navigate those challenges that we all face on a day to day basis? The first step to feeling stronger in your business is investing in yourself.

In our inaugural Business Of Interiors Community Summit we united design entrepreneurs at two UK venues, providing exclusive access to a series of empowering panels, from top PR strategists, to some of the most notable founders within our industry. I planned each day to be unique, ensuring that Designers attending both venues achieved the maximum benefit that they can from the summit. The structure of the event intentionally dismantled some of those barriers that have for such a long time defined the Interior Design industry, leaving the scarcity mindset behind and focusing upon growth, kinship and the benefits of a community. Our guests felt empowered to do much more than merely scratch the surface of how they approach their design business, each one will generously shared their personal experiences of success, and with every anecdote and conversation came an opportunity for our attendees to build upon their own strategy towards achieving and surpassing their business goals. My goal is for you to leave our 2025 event feeling empowered, more knowledgable and stronger by being part of a community.

Together we can be stronger. I cannot wait for you to join me, lets get this conversation started!

-RACHEL USHER