The #ADPRODirectory is the latest resource for connecting homeowners with design professionals they can trust. As a Directory member, you will get unparalleled access to AD's discerning audience with a custom listing that puts your business in front of the right clients. Members also receive a complimentary AD PRO membership which includes a wealth of features to support your business, such as 100+ years of searchable archives, trend and product reports, and job board access. Members also receive a coveted AD PRO Directory badge for their marketing materials, plus opportunities for networking, events, and more!
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The #ADPRODirectory, the ultimate resource for connecting homeowners and renovators with designers they can hire, is finally here! Free to browse and already featuring interior designers and decorators, architects, and landscape specialists across the US, the Directory highlights professionals with a range of specializations and aesthetic sensibilities, all of them vetted by AD editors to ensure exceptional quality.
To find a design professional for your next project or to apply to be featured in the Directory, head to the link in our bio. Graphic by @lizziesoufleris .
In a moment defined by flexible, adaptive spaces, designers are finding a new way to divide without fully obscuring. Curtains of chainmail, ring mesh, and metal beads have begun to appear across both residential and commercial interiors, offering a modern—if faintly medieval—edge for those looking beyond sheer drapery or folding screens.
Read more at the link in bio. Photography @seandavidson@marcoriccastudio@andrew.bui ; Words Noah Glasgow
Seven years ago, designer @sarahshermansamuel returned to Grand Rapids, Michigan—aka "Furniture City"—where she produces her collection @sss__atelier . The city's legendary design culture and deep craftsmanship is what drew her back, but it's increasingly under threat, with legacy manufacturers shutting down. She writes movingly about building a design practice around local craftspeople—and how others might do the same.
Read more at the link in bio. Words @sarahshermansamuel
A space frequently associated with tradition, the kitchen also acts as a monument for innovation. AD PRO unpacks the kitchen trends designers are obsessing over in 2026, from dark-toned color schemes to ceramic tile countertops.
Read the full list of kitchen trends at the link in bio. Photography @maureenme , @rvstapleton and @heathertalbert ; Designs by @markgrattan , @eyeswoon and @wendylabruminteriors ; Words @jessedorris
As the day turned into evening at AD Salotto, we gathered at Pasticceria @Marchesi1824 with friends, guests, and voices from the design world at a special aperitivo, to celebrate #MilanoDesignWeek 2026 — a moment of conversation, connection, and shared energy.
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Presented by @miele
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Mentre il giorno lasciava spazio alla sera da AD Salotto, ci siamo ritrovati da Pasticceria @Marchesi1824 insieme ad amici, ospiti e voci del mondo del design per un aperitivo speciale, per celebrare la #MilanoDesignWeek 2026 — un momento di conversazione, connessione ed energia condivisa.
Presentato da @miele
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If you’re headed to Milan for Salone del Mobile we’ve done the hard work for you and compiled an essential guide on the installations, product debuts, exhibitions, and social events not to miss. Plus for the first time you can join AD editors on April 21 at the historic @Marchesi1824 for a one-day pop-up presented by @miele . Starting at 8:30 a.m. you can grab coffee, pastries, and chat with members of our community.
Read the full guide at the link in bio. Photography @francisamiand , @tomasolisca and Courtesy @nanimarquina_official ; Words @jessedorris
The convenience of online sourcing comes with real costs—misrepresented dimensions, inadequate photography, and swatches that bear little resemblance to the actual product. @noznozawa argues there's a growing case for returning to the showroom.
Read more at the link in bio.
Los Angeles–based AD100 Hall of Famer @kellywearstler is bringing her signature Southern California sensibility to Indian craftsmanship in a new collaboration with Mumbai’s Æquō Gallery.
Working directly with artisans across Mumbai and Alibag, Wearstler reinterprets time-honored techniques through a contemporary lens. The result is a collection of accessories, lighting, and furniture defined by material rigor, experimentation, and deep respect for craft.
Photography @thebadlydrawnboy ; Words @felixwayner , @christinelennonplus2 , @_h_mart_ , @nuriyahjohar , and @atcodinha .
Few architects changed how we see materials quite like Frank Gehry. Corrugated metal, in his work, became expressive, dynamic, and unmistakably his.
Explore how Frank Gehry’s own home influenced his career at the link in bio.
Host Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects; Director @hiattwoods ; DP @kevindynia ; Producer @brandonfuhr.mov ; @skylareconomy ; Editors @ron.douglas ; @dfinn_insta .
Minneapolis designer Anne McDonald reflects on holding two truths at once: showing up in resistance while continuing to create beauty for a living.
Read more at the link in bio.
Photography Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images, Carlos Gonzalez / The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images; Words @anne_mcdonald_design .
