#94 | Diversifying your Interior Design Portfolio with Dan Mazzarini

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   In today's episode, I had a chance to sit down with Dan Mazzarini, Principal and Creative Director at BHDM Design & ARCHIVE by Dan Mazzarini. BHDM Design is an award-winning, bi-coastal, multi-disciplinary firm offering residential, commercial, and hospitality design services. ARCHIVE by Dan Mazzarini provides a curated selection of home and lifestyle products, shopped from all of his favorite resources. Through ARCHIVE, Dan educates, encourages, and inspires a global network of consumers to incorporate luxury to their everyday lives.   We talk about balancing diversifying your portfolio and niching down. We talk about having a signature style and creating "memory points" on projects. We also dive into a new project ARCHIVE by Dan Mazzarini.   Here’s a glance at this episode…

• We discuss how Dan transitioned from retail to hospitality and then built his freelance portfolio to start his own firm.
• We discuss whether it's important to build a signature style or diversify your portfolio or projects.
• We jump into how to choose which interior design projects are a good fit and how to find out if you have an emotional connection to the project.
• Dan shares the concept of creating memory points in design projects to stand out.
• We end with a discussion on mental health in the design industry and steps to take to protect your own.

Mentioned in this episode: 

• JOIN: Interior Designer’s Business Blueprint
• FREE DOWNLOAD: 7 Habits of Highly Profitable Interior Designers
• FREE Masterclass: 6 Part Framework for A Thriving Interior Design Business
• Dear Kate: Submit your questions for the show!
• Follow Dan on Instagram @danmazzarini
• BHDM Website
• ARCHIVE by Dan Mazzarini

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