The interior design industry is evolving and Venus Williams is among those leading the change.
Adair Curtis, a full-time interior designer since 2014, is the director of the Los Angeles-based, multi-disciplinary studio called. Owned by Curtis’ husband Jason Bolden, JSN Studio interior designs and style some of Black Hollywood faves. Curtis and Bolden are co-stars of Netflix’s Styling Hollywood where the show illuminates their personal and professional lives, their industry friendships, their upbringing as Black gay men, and their vision for the brand.
“You know, something that someone can't take away from you, and you can absolutely have the same thing in interior design.”“I remember when I told [my parents] that I wanted to work in a museum, their first response was, as wonderful people as they are, ‘You know, that's not a career that we as people of color pursue. You won't be happy. You won't see other people that look like you,’” Durst reminisces about the conversation with her parents.
“It's become very important for IIDA,” Durst told Forbes over the phone. “We're working with the city of Chicago's Chicago Public Schools on a pipeline program for kids who are third, fourth, and fifth graders, simply to expose them to design as a career option. We encourage all of our members, regardless of their ethnicity, to go back and talk [at schools].”
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