Design*Sponge Biz Ladies Meet Up - Seattle

Picture from Grace’s Seattle Flickr set.

Last Thursday night I went along to the Design*Sponge Biz Ladies Meet Up in Seattle which was hugely inspiring. Who knew that there were that many creative women in Seattle? The place was utterly heaving.

There were four guest speakers and we split up into four groups and then rotated between the speakers. The format worked pretty well, though it would have been great to have more time just for general chat. See some pictures of the event here.

All the speakers were great, though I was particularly inspired Grace’s talk about PR – I hadn’t realised she used to work for an interiors PR company – which was full of really useful insights; and the Q&A session with John Tusher, founder of Velocity Art and Design .

What a lovely man! From starting in a basement wrapping up orders himself, he has done what I dream of doing with mirrormirror and it was fascinating to hear him speak. Read a great interview with him here on Decorno.

The cute thing was that Grace really loved Seattle! It’s funny, I’ve only been here a year, but I feel very proprietorial of this city and it’s so nice when people like it as much as I do.