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How to Translate Your Client’s Style Into Your Signature Aesthetic

Describing interior design as a profession presents its defining paradox: On one hand, it is the abs...

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Margot LaScala
January 9 2020 . 6 min read

An Introduction to Interior Design Show Houses: Part 1

Young Huh's artist studio from the 2019 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Photo: Ngoc Minh Ngo. (Image...

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Margot LaScala
January 7 2020 . 5 min read

The Biggest and Most Influential Interior Design Markets 2019-2020

Keeping up with the latest in furniture, fixtures and interior accessories is one of the most exciti...

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Lindsay Paoli
October 16 2019 . 11 min read

How Interior Designers Can Manage Difficult Client Situations With Strong Leadership

Interior design may be a creative field, but ultimately, it is a profession based on client service....

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Margot LaScala
September 18 2019 . 7 min read

The Top Professional Associations For Interior Designers and How They Add Value

The interior design industry benefits from the support of several trade associations, all of which o...

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Lindsay Paoli
September 4 2019 . 10 min read

The Best Apps for Professional Interior Designers: 2019 Edition

It used to be that professional interior designers had to tote around a lot of gear, from tape measu...

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Margot LaScala
July 31 2019 . 10 min read

Design Manager joins 1stdibs

Design Manager was founded in 1984, over 35 years ago.

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Lindsay Paoli
May 7 2019 . 6 min read

Turning Vendors Into Trusted Partners

Vendors are an integral part of interior design. They’re the source for all of the individual compon...

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Margot LaScala
March 20 2019 . 9 min read

Our Very Own High Point Launch

"The party has begun." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby The party really has begun over here ...

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Lindsay Paoli
October 24 2018 . 8 min read

The History of High Point: How Ambition, Will, and Drive Put a Small Town on the World Map

Next month, over 75,000 people will invade the once tiny town of High Point, North Carolina to be a ...

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Lindsay Paoli
September 12 2018 . 7 min read

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