Through relatable stories and insightful observations, award winning RIBA affiliate interior designer Jenny Quinlan, explores how intentional interior design not only shapes our physical environment, but also molds our sense of self and strengthens our connections with those around us. Discover the art of crafting a space that not only reflects your values and supports your goals, but also ignites your entrepreneurial spirit. Unveiling the secrets of leveraging your home as a powerful catalyst for personal and professional growth, Jennys down to earth content provides the audience with key takeaways they can implement in their environments immediately, because when it comes to home, it matters how you live in it.

As an architectural interior designer working in the high end sector, Jenny Quinlan knows how it feels to be a woman in a mans world. Visits to construction sites where she is usually the only female is a weekly occurrence, and one of the main reasons so many talented female designers quit. It can be intimidating to work in a male-dominated industry, but Jennys perspective is an unusual one. Most women who want to break glass ceilings and be taken seriously, bring forward their masculine energies with dominating personality traits and androgynous clothing in an attempt to be seen as equals to their male peers. But we're not equals. Women and Men are different and that's a powerful thing. Polarity is a strength we should utilise and during this engaging talk, Jenny discusses the power of harnessing femininity to thrive in male dominated environments. The audience will never look at a trouser suit in the same way again.

As an architectural interior designer working in a fast paced and fashionable industry, Jenny Quinlan is acutely aware of the impact daily household items have on the experience and enjoyment her clients get from their homes. Progress and change is not always a good thing. In this emotive talk, Jenny delves into the stagnation of our environments and how modern technology and machine manufacturing has ruined our experience of our world. In the past, when most things were still made by hand, even simple daily used items had a beauty and soulness to them. In the era of waste and overconsumption, by creating things that are affordable to the masses and therefore mass produced, we have done a disservice to the planet and also to the items themselves. The same could be said for fashion. No longer do we have our ‘Sunday Best’, when we clutter our wardrobes season by season with the latest looks from the high street that are poorly made and have a very short useable lifespan, before they spend the rest of their days polluting the planet in a pile of landfill waste.

By having more than we need, we actually have nothing we need. None of it is meaningful or enjoyable. The audience will come away with a renewed sense of responsibility for the purchasing choices they make in the future, not only for the good of the planet, but for their own wellbeing too.