LIFESTYLE & ARTS #HASHTAG EDITED BY DUSTIN O'REGAN ILLUSTRATION BY TOM BACHTELL
In 2019, Glencoe interior designer MICHELE FRIGON founded Designerlink, a membership-based design community. What started as a few meetings a year of like-minded designers discussing trends and materials over coffee has grown into a community of more than 50 members who come together monthly for design collectives and social and educational events. The collectives feature 10 to 12 vendors from small boutique lines to national brands. Recent social and education events have focused on the business side of interior design. With the recent relaunch of the website, there is a members-only portal with access to community chats, member “garage sales,” and around town events. To find out more, visit designerlinkcommunity.com.
#ON MY NIGHTSTAND
A large refillable water bottle, a few pairs of colorful reading glasses, and a rotating stack of design magazines that keep me curious, inspired, and forward thinking.
#ON MY MOBILE
My social media is a mix of design, business, fashion, food, and something to make me laugh. I follow a range of designers all around the world but especially love the ones that embrace color, pattern and texture—including Lindroth Design, Peter Dunham, and Katie Ridder to name a few. Also, @Jeannie Andresen, an Interior Design Business Coach, has really impacted both my Designerlink business as well as my own interior design business. Michele Frigon Design.
#IN MY EARBUDS
Podcasts: Some on business (Brook Castillo and Rachel Rodgers); some on design (Business of Home, Trade Tales by Business of Home, A Well Designed Business); some on wellness (The Art of Well Living by Dr. Will Cole); and some that plain fascinate me, like Ologies by Alie Ward, and David Engleman's Inner Cosmos. I’m also a Swifty.
12 | SATURDAY OCTOBER 14 | SUNDAY OCTOBER 15 2023
THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
