From pitching print and winning awards to landing speaking gigs, TV spots, book deals, licensing, social media collabs, and building the right brand-media relationships—influence in interior design and architecture can keep your pipeline full, level up your clientele, or completely rewrite your next chapter.
The DIC is where design meets influence—where information is shared freely and great relationships are born.
Founder, AJPR and
Contributing Editor, Aspire Design + Home Beyond the Home Feature: The Full Spectrum of PR
Bestselling Author, Founder,
and Podcast Host
The Business Behind the Visibility: A Framework for Deciding What Deserves Your Time
Editor-in-Chief,
Veranda Magazine
Editor-in-Chief: A View From the Other Side of the Masthead
Award-Winning Interior Designer,
and Founder of Romanek Design Studio
Fame and the Big Feature:
Why Influence Matters
Founder, AJPR and
Contributing Editor, Aspire Design + Home Beyond the Home Feature: The Full Spectrum of Editorial Opportunity
Licensing, IP, and the Revenue You’re Leaving Behind
Pitching, Photography, and the Editorial Yes
What Publishing Means for Designers and Architects
How Print, Stage, Screen, and Social Work Together
And More!
Pick your new area of expertise! Every attendee gets to choose a breakfast or lunch workshop. VIP’s get to choose two.
Styling and Photography for Editorial Placement
What editors need from photography: shot lists, styling decisions, and what kills an otherwise publishable project. Learn how to brief a photographer and evaluate your own existing photography against styling and editorial standards.
Interview Skills for Any Format
From podcast interviews to home features and local news stories, learn to stay in control of the narrative and be memorable when you’re not the one driving.
How to Become a Go-To Source for Media
Proactively position yourself as a media source: building journalist and editor relationships, and getting quoted in trend roundups or expert pieces. Leave with an outreach template and target media list.
Find Your Manufacturing Partners
Identify manufacturers whose aesthetic, scale, and distribution align with your work. Learn what a strong first outreach looks like, how to develop the relationship before pitching, and what manufacturers look for. Leave with a top 3–5 partner wishlist.
The Art of Getting AI to Recommend Your Firm
Which firms are ChatGPT and other LLM’s recommending to potential clients? Both locally and nationally, it’s those that are most influential. Leave with a custom to-do list of next steps based on your current level of visibility and business model.
The Pros, Cons, and Hows of Working with a Publicist
Understand common deliverables, evaluate whether your portfolio is ready, and learn how to make the most of an engagement. Complete a publicist-readiness audit and leave with a clear yes, not yet, or what needs to change.
For those looking for more direct access.
Each VIP ticket holder gets a 30-minute pitching session with an editorial scout who pitches to regional and national publications. Get feedback from a working pro and establish a relationship.
Spend an evening with media, brands, and other VIP architects and designers. An opportunity for business development or establishing PR relationships.
Every ticket holder will attend one workshop, but VIP attendees get to choose two. Workshops are the small group, interactive experience that address specific PR challenges in a personalized way.
Select Your Ticket
Connection, Education, and Everything Else
All Main Stage Sessions
Breakfast + Lunch
Champagne Toasts + Networking
Your Chosen Breakfast or Lunch Workshop
$795Tickets Go to $895 on 11/11/26
Everything in General Admission Plus…
Present Your Work in a 1-on-1 Scout Session
A VIP Dinner with Speakers and Colleagues
Additional Breakfast or Lunch Workshop
and More…
$1495Until They Sell Out!
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