Marc Müskens
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Beyond Interior Design is the podcast for interior designers who want more — more impact, the right clients, and a business and life on their own terms.Hosted by Marc Müskens — Interior Designer and Creative Business Coach at the Beyond Interior Design Club — this show goes beyond aesthetics into psychology, behavior, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, culture, technology, and sustainability, exploring how interiors can truly change lives.Because at the end of the day, the one thing AI can’t replace is this: Form Follows Meaning.Let’s go beyond!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Beyond Interior Design makes positioning, client fit and commercial judgment tangible for people building creative studios.
Beyond Interior Design turns the working life of an interior designer into a series of business decisions. In guest conversations, Marc Muskens returns to specialization, brand positioning, client fit and the principles behind a studio's work.
A hunt for one mirror explains why your design portfolio can't be everything at once.
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A practical look at design growth, process, and pricing.
The episode treats interior design as a working discipline, built on judgment, measurement, and a repeatable process. It keeps coming back to practical questions around time tracking, pricing, and the point where a fixed fee starts to wobble on larger jobs.
Design trends matter less here than the feeling a room can give back.
Marie Gomes presents interior design as a way to let character show through, rather than letting trends smooth it out. The discussion keeps moving between color choices, couple-by-couple preference matching, and those small turns where taste opens onto memory and feeling.
Luxury here feels less like polish than a study of how affluent clients see.
Jeffrey Shaw treats luxury design less as decoration than as a test of perception. The strongest part of the discussion is the idea that affluent clients are often highly intuitive, not merely hard to impress, and that gives the episode real shape.
A clear case for design that starts with the problem, keeps testing, and lets usefulness lead.
Giovanna Castiglioni treats Achille Castiglioni's legacy as a lesson in starting with the problem and letting the form follow. The episode moves from the Arco lamp into a plainspoken case for risk, trial and error, and the patience to keep working an object until it feels…
A clear case for transparency, trust, and stronger collaboration in design.
This episode frames interior design as a business built on trust, expertise, and follow-through rather than a simple product hunt. Mark Miskus and Deborah Flate make a practical case for transparency, showing how designers, showrooms, manufacturers, and sales professionals work…
A brand story works when it is repeatable, specific, and visible at every client touchpoint.
The brand story lands as a repeatable message, one that should carry through every touchpoint, from employee training to a business card and beyond.
Good design earns trust through judgment, not polish.
The episode treats premium design as a service built on judgment, clear communication, and a steady focus on the client. The designer is cast as the person who points the way, keeps money decisions grounded, and treats outdoor space as both useful and expressive.
A clear argument for design that works across scales and invites people inside.
The episode makes a steady case for human scale, public space, and the way architecture, urban form, and interior design overlap. Its clearest strength is the belief that a building should be moved through, tested, and inhabited, not treated as something to admire from a…
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
SaaS operators on scaling, pricing and AI, metrics included.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Transparency becomes the pressure point.
This segment discusses the importance of biophilic design in interior spaces, emphasizing how nature-inspired elements can promote well-being and healing for clients.
Luxury clients notice more.
Your home is never neutral.
Envirohacking starts with a plain human problem.
The client is the hero.
Work and life blur.
The host reflects on reaching 50 episodes, expressing gratitude and sharing insights from past conversations while highlighting their journey as an interior designer and the podcast's origins during the pandemic.
Trends are just the doorway here.
Your authentic story creates a deeper connection than just showcasing your work.
Focus is the theme Daniela keeps returning to.
Clients think they want something that looks cool.
Episode 50 left unfinished business.
AI comes in carrying promise and pressure.
Human scale still leads the conversation.
White is not neutral.
Trends go on trial.
Leadership starts before the business plan.
Brand story starts before the proposal.
Design has to matter.
Profit starts with the designer.
Functionality comes first.
Money is doing more here than naming a fee.
Questions lead the room.
Mark Mischens keeps the FAQ format useful in part two, turning recurring designer questions into advice for cleaner process, clearer value, and better client relationships.
Patrik rejects design labels.
A childhood ritual opens the door.