“I’m ready to stop guessing, and start leading.”
I’M HERE BECAUSE
You have the eye, the taste, and clients who trust you. What's missing is a process that lets you originate ideas instead of borrowing them, present them with confidence, and lead them all the way to install day. The Design Residency is for planners who are ready to stop following what everyone else is doing and start creating work that's unmistakably their own.
NOW IMAGINE
You feel confident in your creative decisions, grounded in a clear process you can trust.
You move from ideas that live in your head to a process you can repeat on every event, clients who buy into your vision, vendors who know exactly what to build, and a room that looks the way you imagined it.
Who This Residency Is For
This is for planners and creatives who:
Know their process lives in their head instead of on paper.
Are ready to step into the luxury market and create work that stands apart from the trends.
Have clients who hesitate at the proposal instead of fully committing to the vision.
Are tired of approving what vendors send and want to give clear direction instead.
Learn best by doing, and want to stand in a real install rather than just take notes in a classroom.
Whether you’re early in your journey or refining an established business, this residency meets you at the point where vision must become execution.
What You’ll Learn
Over this one day immersive experience, you’ll learn how to:
How to run a client discovery that uncovers a story worth designing around.
How to build a design deck your vendors can build from and your client can commit to.
How to present a concept with the confidence that earns a yes, and defend it when a client pushes back.
How to lead a production, from the timeline to the final walk through.
How to speak your vendors' language well enough to direct them, not just approve their plans.
You’ll walk away with a framework you can apply to every event moving forward.
The Lemiga Method
Brought to Life
Every Lemiga Method event moves through four steps.
At the residency, you don't just hear about them. You work through each one on a real luxury event, with a concept drawn from the host city and venue, so no two residencies are the same.
Client Discovery. Where every original idea begins. You see how the right questions turn a client conversation into a story, and how that story becomes a concept.
Design Deck. Where the idea leaves your head. You see how floor plans, materials, lighting and fabrication come together in a document everyone can build from.
Design Presentation. Where the client commits. You learn how to present the vision so it's understood, trusted, and fully bought into.
Production. Where it becomes real. You gain hands on experience as the concept is built in the room, and leave with portfolio images from a luxury event you helped create.
Each city also features a guest speaker at the top of their craft, so you learn the technical side from someone who does it at the highest level..
Questions? Answers
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It's built for planners who want to elevate how they create, whether you're refining your process or stepping into the luxury market.
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Each residency has its own concept, drawn from the host city and venue, so every experience is different. Choose the one that speaks to the work you want to create.
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A process you can use on every event, new technical expertise, and professional portfolio images from a luxury event you helped create.
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The Lemiga Method process is taught by Michelle Gainey throughout both days, and each city also features a guest speaker at the top of their craft.
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Yes. You’ll gain tools for sourcing the right partners, setting expectations, and leading vendors with confidence and authority.
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No. The framework applies to weddings, social events, and brand or corporate work, making it adaptable across different markets and client types.