Dyonne Fashina is the Principal at Denizens of Design Inc. She sees the beauty in designs and the passion it takes to create them. She sits down with host Dan Ryan to share her #hospitality journey from her memories about Canadian art culture to where she stands now.

Takeaways:

You have to learn to pick yourself back up when you get knocked down. In life, it’s not about how you fall but how you get back up.
Hospitality spaces have always been about empathy but it needs to shine through now more than ever.
There needs to be a certain identity to each design. If it doesn’t have something unique to separate it from other designs, then no one will notice the difference.
If you are designing something based on the latest trend, it will not last. But if you design something based on the environment and a good feeling, then it will last.
Life experiences will help you understand what kind of space that you need to create. Research also helps because every space is different.
Always bring positive energy and the feeling of being invested into every project that you do.
A sense of community is incredibly important. It will help you get through difficult times and give you a strong support system.

Quote of the Show:

9:45 “Empathy needs to come into the design and the business world and into the hospitality world more than it had in the past.”

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/denizensofdes?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dyonne-fashina-8567431a4/?originalSubdomain=ca
Website: https://www.denizens.ca
McMichael Art Collection: https://mcmichael.com/

Shout Outs:

0:30 Stacy Shoemaker

0:37 HD Awards

12:43 Clay Restaurant at the Garden Museum

12:56 KPMB Architects

25:49 The MicMichael Art Collection

31:13 HDAC

31:23 Aaron Anderson

32:55 Bashar Wali

32:56 Damon Lawrence

32:56 Nina Grondin

34:17 Lenny Kravitz

34:20 Venus Williams

36:00 Black Architects and Interior Designers Association of Canada

36:08 Camille Mitchell

36:09 Gensler

Ways to Tune In:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
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Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419
Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
Youtube : https://youtu.be/-RGsghJRfuc

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