Architectural Digest

#AD100 Hall of Famer Bunny Williams shares her career beginnings at the venerable firm Parish-Hadley, her advice for designers starting out today, and her next dream assignment. Today’s workflows aren’t designed for teachable moments. Persistent notifications and never-ending to-do lists are the nemesis of concentrated, constructive feedback. And yet, Bunny Williams finds a way. “I've always felt strongly that, not only do I have my practice and my clients, but I’m hoping that I'm giving something to the next generation of designers,” says the AD100 Hall of Fame designer. If you’re not one of the fortunate talents to have graduated from her nearly-four-decades-old practice (which rebranded to Williams Lawrence in 2023 following Elizabeth Lawrence’s promotion to partner), you’re in luck: Williams recently launched a 35-part online course detailing her design philosophy and professional operations. Join Now Served in her lingering and affable Virginian intonation, Williams’s stories are seeped in design legacy and enduring advice. Here, she shares her career beginnings at the venerable firm Parish-Hadley, her advice for designers starting out today, and her next dream assignment. To read the full exclusive interview sign up for The Source newsletter  👉 https://lnkd.in/ee9rr_mr

Artist Noelia Hobeika’s upbringing informed a renovation full of warmth and meaning. “We really wanted the interiors to stand the test of time and transcend any particular period, style, or trend,” Hobeika shares, noting that the couple desired a “comfortable, highly livable home.” The apartment’s renovation, which involved reinventing the outdated kitchen and bathrooms, also prioritized functionality. “We needed additional storage and a layout that worked for a young family,” Hobeika adds. Take the tour 👉 https://lnkd.in/ggPBzTt9

Graceful yet practical, these 20th-century forms are back in style among the interior design set. Lately Swedish design—particularly from the first half of the 20th century—has been on our radar, big time. Whether in homes, where rustic wood pieces by Axel Einar Hjorth or svelte yet approachable Josef Frank stunners have become hot design trophies, or on the auction block, where such furnishings go for six figures, design from this period has quietly crept back in style. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gF5EFfe2

Post renovation, a typical 1970s home boasts unusual additions like a mirrored kitchen and a curved, tiled wall. “We have tried to give it a twist and adapt it to how we live now, in the 21st century, reorganizing the space and incorporating local materials,” Medina Manzano, who divides his time between Spain and New York City, tells us. The renovation of this apartment, which is used as a vacation home by its owners, included some carefully considered updates. Take the tour 👉 https://lnkd.in/gW-3W6jw

In the creative capital, a new generation of artists and designers is breaking with tradition. When someone says “Brazilian design,” the mind likely conjures organic, wood-hewn forms by midcentury masters on the order of Lina Bo Bardi, José Zanine Caldas, or Sergio Rodrigues. Such pieces are hallmarks of Brazilian modernism, a movement that started around the 1940s, as the country saw a surge of immigration, rapid urbanization, and, as a result, a basic need for everyday furniture. Without easy access to industrial staples like stainless steel, fiberglass, or plastic, designers found ways to manufacture goods using the country’s indigenous materials (wood, leather, wicker) and craft practices, rendering a more tactile brand of modernism that came to define the country, and, in particular, its bustling creative capital: São Paulo. But 75 years later, as pieces by Zanine Caldas go for five figures at auction and Bo Bardi chairs are placed on view at MoMA, a fresh crop of artists and designers is hard at work, eager to break with those traditions and write the city’s next chapter Meet 8 studios at the center of São Paulo’s hot design scene 👉 https://lnkd.in/esmGCx3A

During her 2023 apartment search, New York City native and interior designer Kate McElhiney craved a character-filled unit that she and her husband could call their own—and she wasn’t willing to settle for a so-so space in the process. However, when touring her current place—a 750-square-foot unit located on one of Brooklyn Heights’ famed “fruit streets”—she immediately saw potential in the exposed wood beams and lofted duplex layout. “The floor plan is a little bit squirrely, so it was trickier than normal to figure out furniture for the downstairs space,” shares McElhiney, who has spent the last year making the fourth-floor walk-up feel like home. Take a peek inside the personalized space 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5xPnfj4

For this week's edition of The Source Global Visuals Director Michael Shome gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the cover shoot for AD's February issue. For more exclusive content sign up for The Source newsletter 👉 https://lnkd.in/ee9rr_mr

The Chicago-based interior designer Summer Thornton has built her name as a virtuosic mixer of color and pattern. But at times she must reserve her most daring concepts for herself. “I’m taking the ideas my clients won’t do,” she says, reflecting on the recent renovation of her own Chicago office, an 1877 Victorian house in Lincoln Park. Take the tour 👉 https://lnkd.in/g6bTqXFG

Rhode Island– and New York City–based AD PRO Directory firm Moore House Design transforms a retreat near Telluride for soaking in the mountain magic. “The first feeling I had about the home was that it was eclectic in its layout yet bold in its stance. We wanted the materials inside to emulate these two feelings,” notes Blair Moore, who followed no rules when pairing electric velvets from Pierre Frey with soft block prints by Temple Studio, or specifying aged French limestone flooring upstairs and American white oak downstairs. And while she kept the orange logs that characterized the walls and ceilings, she reimagined them in rich chocolate to mirror the tones and textures of the trees outside. “We worked to balance rugged Telluride charm with the polished, effortless cool of their Los Angeles lifestyle.” Take the tour 👉 https://lnkd.in/g44cqtuE

Senior editor Mel Studach takes us on an insider’s tour of some of the highlights from her visit to Paris for Déco Off and Maison & Objet. Chockfull of product launches to know—including new hardware, furniture, and surface vendors you’ll want to source in 2025—as well as trends she saw in textiles (animal print is in!), hers is a recap not to miss. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gKvEXbB9