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2025 Interior Design Forecast: AD PRO’s Predictions for the Whole Home
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AD PRO’s Luxury Bath Trend Report 2024
The debate shaking up showers, why designers are going all-in on texture, top layout trends, and more—it’s all in this member-exclusive deep dive - Trend Report
AD PRO’s Color Trend Report 2024
AD PRO surveyed leading designers on the colors currently drenching furniture and layouts—here’s what they said - Trend Report
Kitchen Forecast 2024: The Professional’s Guide to Today’s Culinary Spaces
Leading designers weigh in on the state of kitchen design in this new trend report from AD PRO. From layouts to appliances, sinks to surfaces, here are the ideas ruling the hottest room in the house - Trend Report
Outdoor Forecast 2024: The Professional’s Guide to Today’s Backyards
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2024 Interior Design Forecast
AD PRO surveys leading designers for their takes on what’s to come in 2024 home design—and asks them to settle a long-held debate once and for all
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How to Write a Top-Notch Business Plan: Your Step-by-Step Guide
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7 of the Best Business Tips Design Stars Gave Us This Year—From Not Texting Clients to Taking Better Photos
Jake Arnold, Martha Stewart, and other top talents shared these pearls of wisdom, and you'll want to take note - The Source
Kelly Wearstler on the Rigorous Routine That Keeps Her Churning
Fresh off the launch of the Wearstlerworld newsletter, the AD100 Hall of Fame designer shares her writing process, how she takes edits, and the organizational tools she swears by - The Source
One Simple Thing You Can Do to Retain Your Staff, According to Kate Rheinstein Brodsky
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How Martha Stewart Reinvents Her Brand With Finesse
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Maintaining Brand Longevity—and Other Lessons From the Novogratz
After 25 years in the business, the husband-and-wife design duo share their hard-earned lessons on how to finance projects, navigate TV and licensing deals, and more - The Source
How Do You Scale ‘You’? Brad Ford Has Ideas
The interior designer and creative entrepreneur discusses the importance of diversifying your business (psst: books deals and licensed lines don’t cut it) and shares prudent insights to get you there - Operations
Everything You Need to Know About Setting Up Your Trade Discounts
In addition to dollars saved, trade accounts afford interior designers benefits like personalized service and access to exclusive products - The Source
The Power of a Process Map—and Other Young Huh-isms
The AD100 interior designer shares the systems that have made the biggest impact on her practice, from process mapping to outsourcing and more - Operations
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Watch: The AD PRO LIVE 2025 Interior Design Forecast
AD100 designer Adam Charlap Hyman and AD PRO Directory talents Noz Nozawa and Bradley Odom spill their 2025 design predictions in this AD PRO LIVE virtual event
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Inside Sample House, New York’s Buzziest Sourcing Spot
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5 Interior Design Trends That Will Define 2025
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These 7 Looks Defined Interiors in 2024
From beet red to Bugatti, here are the styles that stuck the landing in 2024, according to AD’s senior design editor
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11 Clever Design Ideas Worth Revisiting From This Year’s Decorator Show Houses
These experimental showcases are a bounty of imaginative design moments—here are the ideas we’re eager to try
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49 Bright Kitchen Ideas from the AD Archive
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Pendleton Blanket: The History and Legacy of an American Staple
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MoMA Design Store’s Holiday Cards: A Look Back at Nine Decades of Festivity
Blue-chip artists from Andy Warhol to Takashi Murakami have created original designs—here’s a look into the archive
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The showroom model apartment, betting big on community, and the other trends that industry experts expect to define the new year
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See How Design Tastemakers Are Decking the Halls This Holiday Season
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Color of the Year 2025: These Are the Colors Paint Companies Predict Will Rule Interiors
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