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Jun 2024
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VREP #424 | West Coast Design Trends wit...

Adam and Matt Scalena
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Sometimes you walk into a space and just feel good and you're not sure why. But it's not an accident and, more than anything, that feeling is the result of a design team making painstaking decision after decision - and trust us, God is in the details. But what makes good design and what decisions should be paramount when buying, selling or renovating?

This week, Maxime Zentner, Vice President of Product Development & Interior Design at Marcon, joins Matt & Adam at Kokomo Studios for an enlightening conversation about all things design, from the trends set to pop to the soon-to-be obsolete. Not to be missed!

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