EP 301 | Inclusive Interior Design & Cultural Storytelling with Jeanine Hays & Bryan Mason

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How can interior designers create spaces that truly reflect culture, identity, and lived experience?

In this episode, Kimberley Seldon is joined by Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, founders of AphroChic, to discuss the importance of representation, cultural storytelling, and inclusivity in interior design.

Their work highlights stories that have long been overlooked—bringing attention to the meaning of home, the barriers many families have faced, and the role designers can play in shaping more inclusive environments.

This conversation challenges designers to think more deeply about the spaces they create and the impact those spaces have on the people who live in them.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why “home” holds deep cultural and emotional meaning
• How interior design can reflect identity and lived experience
• The historical barriers to homeownership for Black families
• Why representation matters in design and storytelling
• How shared human needs connect us despite perceived differences
• The role designers can play in creating more inclusive spaces

DESIGN INTERVENTION

Design is by nature diverse. Design does include all of us. When the design industry is exclusive, and only focused on a Eurocentric-perspective, that is bad design business.

TAKE AWAYS

AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home