{"id":240768,"date":"2024-10-17T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=240768"},"modified":"2024-10-22T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:04:59","slug":"jeremiah-brent-design-talk-at-penn-1","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/jeremiah-brent-design-talk-at-penn-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah Brent Talks Design and Queer Representation At Penn 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Carlene Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Matthew Carasella<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremiah Brent Talks Design and Queer Representation At Penn 1<\/h1>\n\n\n

Jeremiah Brent, multi-hyphenate and newest member of Queer Eye\u2019s<\/em> Fab5, loves design\u2014so much so that he couldn\u2019t imagine doing anything else. \u201cIt\u2019s how I show love, it’s how I communicate, it\u2019s how I express beauty,\u201d he gushed to Interior Design<\/em> Editor in Chief Cindy Allen during an October 16 talk in Manhattan, kicking off his third season as host of California Closets<\/a>\u2019 podcast, Ideas of Order<\/em>. But the star almost took his career in a different direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his early twenties, Brent worked with fashion designer Rachel Zoe on her reality show The Rachel Zoe Project<\/em> who pointed out that he was more interested in furnishings than clothes. \u201cShe was the one who looked at me and told me I was doing the wrong thing,\u201d Brent shares, noting that he filed the paperwork for his design business<\/a> shortly after. Since then, his firm has grown into a team of 30 with offices in New York and Los Angeles. And Brent\u2019s grown with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From designing chic residential locales to sharing a glimpse into his life with partner Nate Berkus and their two children on various reality shows, to hosting a successful podcast and writing a book, Brent’s career knows no limits. But each project is deeply rooted in exploring a central theme: The meaning of home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cindy Allen and Jeremiah Brent on the steps of The Landing at Penn 1. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy does home mean so much to you?\u201d Allen asked Brent, the pair perched atop chairs before a crowd in Penn 1\u2019s The Landing. \u201cWe grew up with not a lot of money,\u201d offered Brent, who said he used to walk around Target with his mom and peer into model homes imagining the different ways people lived. \u201cThe fantasy of home, for me, has always been about the moments people have,\u201d he added. The Ideas of Order<\/em> podcast he hosts examines this idea closely and the upcoming season, which features his Queer Eye<\/em> costar Karamo Brown and singer and actress Kelly Rowland to name a few, is shaping up to be especially intriguing. “The podcast is really a tapestry of design styles and aesthetics,” he shared, offering gratitude to California Closets for the freedom to pursue such narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a successful creative who happens to be gay, Brent also feels compelled to share his own home life with the world to help expand queer representation. \u201cI got good at being who I needed to be,\u201d he told Allen, reflecting on a time in his life before coming out or, as Brent aptly rebrands it, \u201cletting people in.\u201d Embracing his queer identity enabled the designer to connect more deeply with others, creating a career rooted in community and authenticity. \u201cMy favorite part of design is the human connection component,\u201d he said. \u201cHands down.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to hear more about what home means to top creatives? Listen to <\/em>Ideas of Order podcast on SURROUND Podcast Network<\/a><\/em>, hosted by Jeremiah Brent, and stay tuned for the launch of Season 3 in early 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n