ICONIC HOUR

Welcome to ICONIC HOUR with Renee Dee. As publisher of luxury lifestyle magazine ICONIC LIFE, Renee talks each week with the tastemakers, curators, designers and innovators in the luxury space. ICONIC HOUR celebrates the art of living beautifully with features on exceptional design, architecture, style, cuisine, luxury travel, wellness and living your best life. ICONIC HOUR showcases the vibrant people behind the products, the dreams behind the designs and the innovation behind inspiring ideas. As a multi-media brand, ICONIC LIFE magazine's mission is to be the storytellers behind the stuff and curators of all things ICONIC in our beautiful print magazine (serving Scottsdale/Paradise Valley, Orange County and Palm Desert), our luxury portal iconiclife.com with fresh content daily, our YouTube channel with new content weekly and our engaging social channels. The thread that ties it all together is Living Beautifully, and we celebrate enjoying the best of the best and being our very best every day at ICONIC LIFE. Grab your coffee or a glass of wine, because it's ICONIC HOUR!

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Matt Gottesman | How to Hustle in a New Digital Landscape

Matt Gottesman is a multidisciplinary creative, two-time founder, podcaster, writer, artist and Web 3.0 enthusiast. An agile digital marketer and strategist by trade, Matt has a background in helping some of the world’s most iconic brands (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) realize their potential… digitally. Today, Matt constructs his own narrative by taking to the Internet to create, build and publish to the world through his own brands, as well as communicate to the masses at the intersection of cu...

Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 39

Kris Moon | The James Beard Foundation’s Legacy and Future

Kris Moon is the president and chief operating officer at the James Beard Foundation. In his role as chief operating officer, Moon has held responsibility for all revenue at the Foundation and has worked to build the Foundation’s first-ever enterprise-wide partnerships with American Airlines and Capital One. Moon has also helped the Foundation to grow its major gifts and foundation funding. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Moon helped to lead the Foundation’s response in support of the inde...

Dec 22, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 38

Erik Peterson | A Legacy of Architecture

President of PHX Architecture, Erik B. Peterson grew up in Chicago and received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Iowa State University and his Master’s degree at Arizona State University. His career in the Southwest began at the famed Taliesin Architects, Frank Lloyd Wright’s firm in Arizona, where he gained knowledge of organic architecture principles. Now as President of the award-winning PHX Architecture, he presides over the 30-person firm headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ wit...

Dec 02, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 37

Jason Boyer | Beautiful Architecture That Supports our Planet

Boyer Vertical is an architect-led real estate development firm that specializes in developing sustainably-minded, architecturally-significant projects located in core urban and suburban opportunity areas of Arizona. We integrate architecture, development, and construction under a single purpose-driven real estate development platform intent on delivering timeless spaces and places for people to live, work, and play. More information available at boyervertical.com On this episode of ICONIC Hour,...

Nov 03, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 36

Dave Jones | Broan NuTone Sets the Standard for Home Air Quality

Broan-NuTone believes that better quality air means a better quality of life. They lead the industry with forward-thinking residential ventilation products, customized climate and indoor air quality solutions that are all backed up by award-winning customer service. Headquartered in Hartford, Wisconsin, Broan-NuTone employs over 2,500 people around the world. Dave Jones has been a marketer and brand manager for over 11 years. He has worked in the indoor air quality business at Broan-NuTone for t...

Oct 14, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 34

Cullum Homes | Building A Legacy in Luxury Homes

Cullum Homes is a second-generation, family-owned integrated design, and construction firm specializing in luxury custom homes, architecture, interior design, and renovations. Founded by Rod and Kim Cullum as a home-based business in 1985, Cullum Homes was recently named National Custom Home Builder of the Year by the 140,000-member strong National Association of Home Builders. Starting as a 2-person firm, Cullum Homes has grown to several divisions, all focused on delivering a complete and comp...

Oct 02, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 33

Keith Richardson | Arizona Fireplaces Sets the Fireplace Industry Ablaze

Keith Richardson is President of both Arizona Fireplaces and AF Distributors - industry leaders in retail and 2-step distribution centers that serve the southwest. These two companies represent the largest combined part of the family business. The other related companies include AF Steel (fabricators and installers of structural steel in metro Phoenix for large commercial and residential builders), Modern Flames (manufacturer and inter-national brand of electric fireplaces), and Grand Canyon Gas...

Sep 23, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 32

Zang Toi | The Art of Building a Fashion Brand

Zang Toi was born and raised in a small village in Malaysia, the youngest of seven children. Toi moved to New York City 40 years ago to study fashion design at Parsons School of Design. Zang Toi has dressed celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Longoria, Farrah Fawcett, Melinda Gates, and even royalty, and this year celebrates 32 years of his brand. Zang’s 2021 collection is inspired by his love for his favorite city, Paris. Zang started his own collection in 1989, and his first collection was ...

Sep 15, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 31

Courtney Somer | Clean Beauty Brand is a Breath of Fresh Air

Lake & Skye began when founder Courtney Somer had her first daughter and learned to use the power of essential oils for healing. A long-time lover of fragrance and aromatherapy, she created simple and intentional blends, a creative outlet with a purpose that complimented motherhood. Somer envisioned the blends as gifts to give yourself to use throughout the day, whether you needed an extra boost of confidence, a moment of gratitude or to balance mind and body. Courtney spent more than ten ye...

Aug 31, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 30

Joy Moyler | Mastering the Art of International Interior Design

AD100, Elle Decor A-List 2019, 2020, 2021, and Hollywood Reporter Top 20 Interior Designer and Veranda Magazine Design Contributing Editor, Joy Moyler’s love of color and textiles are forever embedded in her DNA. From collecting fabric swatches for her mom to make quilts, to countless hours spent at Barney’s as a child, pouring over wools and cashmere while watching her dad and grandfather being fitted for suits. For Joy, texture, haberdashery, and haute couture details, often found in fashion -...

Aug 12, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 29

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