Tara Mangini on Staying True to Your Design Journey

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Tara Mangini on Staying True to Your Design Journey

Is it possible to create a career you love, but do it on your own terms? And not follow the conventional path of growing and scaling a business?

Natalie Walton

Mar 06, 2023

Is it possible to create a career you love, but do it on your own terms? And not follow the conventional path of growing and scaling a business? But instead stay in that sweet spot of doing the work that you love, and getting paid for your time and the value you create.

Join me for a conversation with Tara Mangini, one half of the design duo behind Jersey Ice Cream Co. Together, she and her partner Percy Bright spend their time moving house to house, job to job, leaving timeless, beautifully crafted homes in their wake.

Listen in to discover Tara and Percy’s story, beginning with their shared love of flea markets, and most recently landing them their own show on Magnolia Network, The Story of Home. In all their work, Tara & Percy believe in craftsmanship, timelessness, and leaving things better than they found them.

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THIS EPISODE FOCUSES ON

Having creative tendencies as a child
Studying Visual Communications
Leaving her job in advertising to travel
Navigating a period of uncertainty & overwhelm
Meeting her husband Percy and renovating their first home together
Their first client project
Learning on the job
How their business Jersey Ice cream Co grew
Realising that scaling their business didn’t bring them joy
How her & Percy divide up their renovation work and collaborate to make design decisions
Using plasters within their projects & tips for working with them
Tempera pigments & what they are
How their show ‘The Story of Home’ came to be & their unusual approach to design
The power of trusting your intuition