Trend Reports
Trend ReportAD PRO’s 2026 Interior Design Forecast: The Unexpected Elements Shaping Luxury Interiors
Discover the wellness upgrades, maximalist touchpoints, and artisanal details that will define interiors in 2026
Trend ReportAD PRO’s Color Trend Report 2025
From harnessing the architectural power of color blocked rooms to coaxing cautious clients past beige, our latest report has you covered. Get the palettes, strategies, and insider insights shaping the next wave of interiors
Trend ReportAD PRO’s 2025 Outdoor Forecast
Welcome to a new era of outdoor design. In this member-only report, AD PRO taps industry vets for their insights on green spaces where resilience, comfort, and style rule
Trend Report2025 Interior Design Forecast: AD PRO’s Predictions for the Whole Home
Looking for a leg up on the new year? Dive into these expert-led projections into technology, color, and trends that will rule 2025—including a heaping helping of nostalgia
Trend ReportAD 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 ReportAD PRO’s Color Trend Report 2024
AD PRO surveyed leading designers on the colors currently drenching furniture and layouts—here’s what they said
Grow Your Business
Marketing20 Interior Styling Secrets From AD's Go-To Stylists
Colin King, Mieke ten Have, and Michael Reynolds reveal their tried-and-true tricks for turning pretty interiors into magazine-worthy rooms
DevelopmentThe AD100 Mindset: How Top Designers Think, Create, and Reset
Seven designers share the pivotal lessons, daily rituals and creative insights that keep them on top of their game
OperationsAD100 Designers on How to Make an Org Chart When You’re Actually More of a Creative
From staying lean to scaling smart, AD100 designers reveal the organizational strategies behind their success
Development5 Big Ideas That Drive Kelly Wearstler’s Multichannel Empire
What does it take to build a design brand that thrives across interiors, hospitality, collectible design, digital content, and product licensing? The AD100 Hall of Famer explains.png)
DevelopmentEarly-Career Insights From AD’s 2025 New American Voices: A Roundtable Q&A
How the nine rising-star designers built their businesses
Technology10 Landscape Design Software Programs to Download This Year
A comprehensive breakdown of the pros, cons, and costs of the industry’s leading landscape design software programs
OperationsWhat Being an Interior Designer Really Costs
From raising funds to paying salaries, designers and business experts reveal how to build an interior design company from the ground up
OperationsThe Hidden Cost of Import Tariffs for Interior Design
As US import tariffs tighten their grip on global trade, design pros share how they’re staying creative and financially stable
Technology31 Interior Design Software Programs to Download in 2025
From room design to project management, here are the interior design apps and programs to elevate your design business
Development15 Job Interview Tips, According to Top Designers
Industry veterans share some of the biggest gaffes you can make during a meeting—and tips for setting yourself up for success
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Behind the Design
Scout Willis’s 1,000-Square-Foot Home Is Full of Small-Space Hacks
From custom-made built-ins to a dog-crate-cum-side table, space-saving solutions abound in Willis’s super-personal Los Angeles home
Industry Previews
Inside KBIS 2026—Here’s What Not to Miss at the Kitchen and Bath Show
Senior editor Mel Studach previews the luxury home appliances and plumbing fixtures coming to market this year
Trends
5 New Retail Design Rules for 2026, According to Experts
How do you design a store enticing enough to lure people off their sofas and through the door? The creatives behind four of 2026’s buzziest shops reveal their strategies
Voices
Designing When Your City Is Under Siege
A Minneapolis designer on holding two truths at once: the work of creating beauty and the work of resistance
Need to Know
What to Hang When a Noguchi Isn’t Big Enough
For their Sea Ranch project featuring soaring ceilings, Commune Design commissioned two bespoke paper lanterns larger and even more distinctive than an Akari
Fashion-branded, Fireproof, and Fifty Shades of Beige: Luxury Real Estate Trends 2026
From Dolce & Gabbana condos to multigenerational estates designed for aging in place, real estate pros reveal what wealthy buyers want—and why playing it safe might be edging out creativity
Behind the Design
The 2025 Show Houses, Wrapped: Mirrored Walls, Mythology as Muse, and More
The 11 best design ideas we’ve seen, from Kips Bay to Wow!house
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Paris Déco Off and Maison & Objet 2026: An AD PRO Essential Guide
Off to Paris? Here’s what’s new and notable at this season’s French design fête
Into the AD Archive
Ellen Van Dusen’s All-Time Favorite Rooms from the AD Archive
The home goods designer on the best lake house she’s ever seen and the Tuscan garden that made her melt
Year in Review
The Best Thing Designers Saw in 2025
25 designers and architects share the moments, places, and objects that stopped them in their tracks this year
Need to Know
The Future of the Showroom Is Here
In San Francisco, Lumens swaps the traditional showroom experience for a inspiration-forward wonderland
Behind the Design
Sofa, So Good: Heidi Caillier’s Tips for Designing a Statement Sofa
Turns out, Kendall Jenner is a couch connoisseur. The AD100 designer shares her secrets to the perfect “smush.”
Scouting
What We Saw, Liked, And Would Like More Of At Design Miami 2025
Two AD editors have some notes
In Memoriam
Architect to Architect: My Friend Frank Gehry
A deeply personal remembrance from one master architect about another, shaped by decades of shared ideas and friendship (and for a time, mustaches)
Into the Archive
Frank Gehry: Five Decades of Daring
A look back at six landmark Gehry projects that defined the architect’s audacious vision—and helped shape AD’s own architectural legacy
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In Memoriam
My Time With Robert A.M. Stern
A longtime partner remembers the influential architect’s many loves, from New York City to well-stocked libraries to vodka martinis (dry, shaken, with a twist)
AD100
The AD100 Designer Sourcebook: Craftspeople Top Talents Swear By
Here’s the list the pros never share. AD100 designers reveal the elite specialists and sources they trust with their projects, exclusively for AD PRO readers
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Design Miami and Art Basel 2025: What to See, Where to Go, Who to Know
AD PRO’s curated guide to the design happenings to hit and hotels to book in Miami during the week of the fairs
What to Spec Now
AD PRO’s Passementerie Library: The Best Sources for Trimmings
Our favorite sources for tassels, trims, and all things embroidered
Into the AD Archive
Colin King’s All-Time Favorite Rooms from the AD Archive
The stylist points to projects that “let quiet speak,” from Atlanta’s High Museum to Giorgio Armani’s Tuscan retreat