Ep 11 - Furniture Solutions in Complex Environments

About this episode

Kathy Pottschmidt discusses her journey in interior and furniture design, focusing on healthcare solutions and the importance of empathy in the design process.

In Episode 11 we take a peek into the world of interior design, meets furniture design, meets healthcare solutions. Kathy Pottschmidt takes us through her journey from being interested in interior design through a friend's sister to gaining experience in the healthcare furniture sales. Her work process, especially for healthcare solutions, has always involved asking a lot of questions. She talks about the empathy designers need, the value of being trained by healthcare workers to know how the...

People in this episode

Host: Emily Nau

Guest: Kathy Pottschmidt

Topics covered

• interior design
• furniture design
• healthcare solutions
• empathy in design
• design process

Keywords

• interior design
• furniture design
• healthcare
• empathy
• design process
• sales

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: healthcare, interior design, furniture design

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