WESTWEEK Buzz: A-List Designer Panel on 'The Rise of the Rock Star Designer'

The Pacific Design Center's WESTWEEK 2012 presents The Rise of the Rock Star Designer, hosted by California Home+Design magazine.

Paparazzi, autograph-seekers and fan mail—these are not things that interior designers of 10 years ago had to deal with. But today, thanks to the proliferation of design-worshiping bloggers, the increased quality and accessibility of shelter magazines, and television programs based around the drama of picking the perfect sofa, interior designers have stepped out from behind the curtain to become rock stars in their own right.

California Home+Design executive editor Erin Feher will sit down with designs’ hottest stars, including David Bromstad (HGTV’s Color Splash), Martyn Lawrence-Bullard (Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorators), Antonio Ballatore (HGTV’s The Antonio Treatment) and Kathryn Ireland (Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorators), to discuss how fame has affected their lives, helped them build their brand and changed the way the world looks at design.

The event takes place Wednesday, March 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the PDC’s Blue Conference Center in Suite B259. A reception will follow at Andrew Martin in Suite G295. For more information, visit the PDC online.