Surviving Design

About Surviving Design

Join interior designers Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith as they discuss a variety of topics related to the interior design industry. From stories about construction fails, contractor issues, hilarious client stories, and more, we will keep you engaged, keep you laughing, and provide you with a unique behind-the-scenes glance into the interior design world like you have never heard before! One part tell-all, one part industry education we hope to help and enlighten other professionals in our industry as well as home and business owners who have an interest in the design world. Join us as we Survive Design!

Publisher

Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Sept 2022

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Trade Sources

   Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as they discuss trade sources, and, no, we're not talking about the "retail" sources that offer 15-20% off. We're talking about the REAL sources, the ones that separate true interior designers from the fakers. Get ready to laugh and learn, and let's start Surviving Design! Music Credit: Audiorezout

2. 

   28 Jul 2026

   Surviving A.I.

   Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as they discuss Artificial Intelligence and its current and potential effects on the design industry. We're back, baby! After a long hiatus, we were finally able to coordinate our schedules, and as usual we are no-holds-barred in our conversations about A.I. and its effects on the design community. From a new breed of online fakers to potential uses (and pitfalls), we tell it like it is! Get ready to laugh and ...

3. 

   13 Feb 2025

   Going Above and Beyond

   Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as they discuss the behind the scenes situations in the interior design industry that are rarely talked about. Have you been stuck cleaning a client's home because the contractor's cleaning crew didn't show up? We have. Have you been tasked with repairing a sofa that arrived with a missing leg? Yep. Same here. There are so many intricate details that go on behind the scenes of every project that most clients - ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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