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How Rita Konig Gets Clients to Take Risks

The AD100 interior designer shares her trusted vetting process, as well as her tips for curbing client fatigue and encouraging design risk-taking
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Beata Heuman’s Detailed System for Keeping Her Firm Organized

The AD100 interior designer offers a lens into her design process, from how she approaches the research phase to client consult best practices, as well as the project management process that has helped her grow her practice
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What Bunny Williams Knows for Sure After 6 Decades in Design

The AD100 Hall of Famer shares her career beginnings at the venerable firm Parish-Hadley, her advice for designers starting out today, and her next dream assignment
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Mayer Rus on Loss, and Living, in LA

AD's West Coast editor reflects on the physical and emotional impact of the Los Angeles fires
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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
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One Simple Thing You Can Do to Retain Your Staff, According to Kate Rheinstein Brodsky

The proprietor of Upper East Side institution KRB shares her secrets to merchandising, the challenges facing small retailers today, and what she’s learned about business from three generations of shopkeepers
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How Martha Stewart Reinvents Her Brand With Finesse

The country’s first self-made female billionaire shares her secrets for brand longevity, attracting industry-best talent, and what’s next for her business
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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
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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
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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
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