Home Economics: The Intersection of Interior Design & Real Estate
Award-winning interior designer NATE BERKUS knows that a home is also an investment. In this workshop, Berkus walks homeowners and industry professionals through the essentials of renovating and adding value to real estate. From assessing fixtures to breaking down common remodel mistakes, audiences leave excited to apply Berkus’s top tips for homes to help ensure a return on an investment.
Space & Self: Building Your Environment to Build Yourself Up
NATE BERKUS, renowned interior designer and media personality, emphasizes the interconnectedness of space and self, sharing the key to creating environments that foster personal growth and well-being.
Scaling Up: How I Built My Brand
In his journey scaling up the design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, he started at just 24, as well as an entertainment business spanning multiple product collections and partnerships, award-winning interior designer NATE BERKUS shares insights on strategic expansion and maintaining the essence of his lauded brand amidst rapid growth and publicity.
The Best DIY: Building a Family
Influential designer NATE BERKUS champions the concept of building non-normative families, celebrating diverse forms of love while advocating for inclusivity and acceptance for all, as seen while starring alongside his husband, Jeremiah Brent, on HGTV’s Nate & Jeremiah Home Project. Sharing his personal story, Berkus provides audiences with insight into his design forward life, and the challenges and joys that come with it.
Fundraising & Awareness: Psoriasis & Skin Conditions
NATE BERKUS brings attention to psoriasis, advocating for research, support, and destigmatization of the condition to improve the lives of those affected.
Rebuilding Life After Grief
Award-winning designer NATE BERKUS often speaks publicly about surviving the Sri Lankan tsunami that took the life of his late husband, in venues ranging from the Renberg Theatre to The Oprah Winfrey Show. In this inspiring talk, Berkus offers guidance on rebuilding life after grief, and discusses the role of resilience, hope, and the pursuit of new beginnings.
Learnings from Nate Berkus on Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revisionist History”
Interior design legend NATE BERKUS sat down with Malcolm Gladwell on his podcast, Revisionist History, for an enlightening conversation covering travel, moms, prestige TV, and the positive mental impact of good design. Boldly sharing the life experiences fueling his all-star interior design career, Berkus recalled watching his mother (also an interior designer) work while carrying her samples and vintage finds.
Berkus also touched on the importance of a curious mindset and maintaining the ability to get lost. Berkus shared, “In any creative endeavor, if you’ve made decisions about how things need to be or should be, you’re missing every other bright, shiny thing you can reach down and pick up and incorporate.”
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Since Designer Nate Berkus established his award-winning interior design firm at the age of 24, his approachable and elevated philosophy has transformed countless homes around the world through his design work, home collections, books, television shows and media appearances.
With Berkus’ first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2002, he has become one of the world’s most recognizable interior designers. His work has been featured in publications including Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Harper’s Bazaar, VOGUE, InStyle, O Magazine and People. He is included on the ELLE DÉCOR “A-List” of the world’s top designers and AD100 list.
His popular product lines include a bed and bath collection sold at Target, a roller shade collection for The Shade Store, a furniture line with California based retailer, Living Spaces and a fabric collection for Kravet. He currently serves as a Travel Ambassador for Celebrity Cruises and launched his new home décor line, Nate Home this Spring 2023. He has authored two New York Times bestselling books: Home Rules (2005) and The Things That Matter (2012), and in 2011 he served as Executive Producer of the Oscar winning film, The Help.
Audiences followed Berkus through his own television shows, the daily syndicated The Nate Berkus Show, American Dream Builders on NBC, and the Nate and Jeremiah By Design premiered on TLC in 2017, which ran for three seasons. Starting in February 2023, his second season of Nate & Jeremiah Home Project ran on HGTV.
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