A Well-Designed Business

LuAnn Nigara brings four decades of real-world business experience to every episode of A Well-Designed Business, making it one of the most trusted resources in the interior design industry. With over 1,100 episodes and a twice-weekly release schedule, she has built an enormous library covering everything from pricing strategies and profitability to client communication and team management. Each episode features a different successful designer who shares specific tactics that worked for them — not vague advice, but concrete steps like how they structured their fee proposals or handled a difficult contractor situation. The show fills a gap that design schools leave wide open: the business side. Most programs focus heavily on aesthetics and technical skills but spend almost no time on how to actually run a profitable firm. LuAnn addresses that head-on with conversations about financial planning, marketing, leadership, and scaling operations. Guests range from solo practitioners just finding their footing to large firm owners managing multi-million-dollar projects. The production is polished and sponsored by major industry names like Kravet Inc, which gives it access to high-profile guests. With a 4.9-star rating from nearly 800 reviews, listeners consistently say the show delivers actionable information they can put to work the same week. It is the kind of podcast that rewards binge-listening — you will pick up something useful from almost every episode, no matter where you are in your design career.