Brian Patrick Flynn
Birthday: April 27, 1976
Brian Patrick Flynn (born April 27, 1976) is an American TV personality and interior design expert, He's best known for his work on his own design show Mind for Design, as well as the home giveaway franchises HGTV Dream Home and HGTV Urban Oasis for which he has been designing since June 2015. He entered the television industry in 2002 at an NBC affiliate in Fort Lauderdale as a news producer. After producing a financial story on budget-friendly interior design projects, he crossed over from network to cable to join the production team of Surprise by Design on The Discovery Channel. The eight-hour makeover timeline prepared Brian for a similar position on the spin-off series Rally Round the House for which he relocated to Atlanta. In Atlanta, he learned the art of designing outdoor living spaces and working with outdoor materials. He is self-taught and credits his formal education in video production from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for influencing his interest in set design and set decoration. Following cancellation of Rally Round the House in 2003, Brian transitioned to work in front of the camera as a design expert on Movie & a Makeover. He was also a featured "redesigner" on the HGTV series Decorating Cents and served as design producer for two seasons of HGTV's reality competition Design Star. His other notable projects include the design and decoration of actress Lauren Cohan's Atlanta home; meteorologist and news anchor Rob Marciano's Atlanta loft and Los Angeles office; and two of HGTV's digital franchises, Holiday House and Spring House, on hgtv.com.
