EP 185 | Why Great Interior Design Matters with Isabel Gomez
Interior design is about more than creating beautiful spaces — it’s about improving the way people live.
In this episode, Kimberley Seldon is joined by designer Isabel Gomez to discuss the deeper impact interior designers have on their clients’ lives and why thoughtful design creates meaningful, lasting change.
From homes and workplaces to restaurants and hospitality spaces, designers shape how people feel, function, and connect within their environments. Isabel shares why exceptional design requires patience, problem-solving, and the confidence to guide clients beyond what they initially think they want.
In this episode, we learn:
• Why quality interior design takes time and thoughtful planning
• How designers must diagnose the real problems before creating solutions
• Why simply giving clients what they ask for can limit the success of a project
• How interior designers improve daily life through intentional design
• Why designers have a meaningful and lasting impact on their clients’ well-being
• How great design creates experiences that make spaces more functional, personal, and memorable
Design Intervention
Be the person you like to encounter in your life for everything you do: – be they professional you would love to work with, the boss you would like to have, the partner you would be happy to collaborate with and the competitor you would like to face.
About Isabel Gomez
Isabel Gomez is an interior designer from Brussels, Belgium. She’s a Spanish speaking native, with a warm heart and a cool head and she says she never takes no for an answer. She loves life and is a feminist, who is raising two wonderful boys. She’s passionate about design and so is her team. Isabel says she doesn’t believe in luck. Instead, she believes we are the result of the actions we take, and we don’t take.
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