Genevieve Gorder
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Genevieve Gorder is an American television host, is an interior decorator, and actress. She is currently the host of Dear Genevieve
Dear Genevieve
Dear Genevieve is a television show on the U.S. cable network HGTV, hosted by Genevieve Gorder.The series debuted on January 2009, on HGTV. The show focuses on how Gorder designs a room or an area for a family, after they have written to the show asking for help.-Season 1:-Season 2:-Season...
on the HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
cable channel.
Early life
Genevieve is the oldest of three children, and the only daughter. Her mother is Diana Drake. She attended Minneapolis South High SchoolMinneapolis South High School
South Senior High School is the largest public school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located in Corcoran neighborhood. Its student population is 1963, with a staff of 115 as of the 2009–10 school year...
, where she played soccer and the violin. From 1992-1994, she attended Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, majoring in international affairs but decided to change her career path after taking a graphic design course. In 1994, she obtained an internship at MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in New York City. After completing the internship, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
offered her a permanent job, which she accepted. She permanently relocated to New York and graduated with a B.F.A in design from the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.
Career
Before being known as a designer, she appeared as a commentator on the MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
series, Sex in the '90s. She was one of the original decorators of the TLC's hit series Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces is an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons....
.
During her tenure at Duffy & Partners
Duffy & Partners
Duffy & Partners is a branding and design firm that was founded in 1984 by Creative Director, Joe Duffy. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Duffy & Partners’ work spans many media and design disciplines including corporate and brand identity, packaging design, marketing communications, digital...
, in New York City
New York City
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, Gorder designed the bottle for Tanqueray
Tanqueray
Tanqueray is a brand of British gin produced in Scotland by Diageo Plc and marketed world-wide.-History:Tanqueray Gin was initially distilled in 1830 by Charles Tanqueray in the Bloomsbury district of London. When Charles died in 1868, his son Charles Waugh Tanqueray inherited the distillery, which...
No. 10 gin
Gin
Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries . Although several different styles of gin have existed since its origins, it is broadly differentiated into two basic legal categories...
.
She became famous on Trading Spaces and quickly became known for her soulful designs and her unusual habit of working barefoot
Barefoot
Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. Being barefoot is regarded as a human's natural state, though for functional, fashion and social reasons footwear is worn, at least on some occasions...
. She parodied her lack of footwear in a series of Swiffer
Swiffer
Swiffer is a line of cleaning products by Procter and Gamble. Introduced in 1999, the brand uses the "razor-and-blades business model"; in this case, the consumer purchases the handle assembly at a low price, but must continue to purchase replacement refills and pads over the life of the product...
sweeper commercials that started running on television and in periodicals in 2003. She has always explained that her preference for working barefoot was in order not to ruin shoes, and not for comfort reasons.
In addition to her role on Trading Spaces, she was a decorator for a spinoff show, Trading Spaces: Family. In 2005, she made-over several small American towns for her show, Town Haul.
It was announced on March 26, 2007, that Gorder would become the official spokesperson for Atlanta-based Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc.
In 2008 she voiced in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Dear Genevieve
Genevieve's latest project, Dear GenevieveDear Genevieve
Dear Genevieve is a television show on the U.S. cable network HGTV, hosted by Genevieve Gorder.The series debuted on January 2009, on HGTV. The show focuses on how Gorder designs a room or an area for a family, after they have written to the show asking for help.-Season 1:-Season 2:-Season...
, premiered on HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
in January 2009. The show features Gorder solving design problems, in-person, for people who have written in to the program.
Design Star
Genevieve is one of three judges on the design panel of HGTV Design Star. The show features Gorder advising and critiquing designers looking to achieve status on television.External links
- Dear Genevieve at HGTVHGTVHGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...