“Connecting with people is so important for growth, and without that connection, no one will know about you and what you’re doing,” Toogood says. “But you have to do it in a way that doesn’t go too far, that involves some discipline.”
For him, that discipline is achieved not by imposing orders, but by emphasizing the value of real, physical connection. That’s why he moved his practice to a new studio in North London, which offers more open space for creative experimentation and more opportunities for spontaneous collaboration.
This concept further extended to its audience as well. “A few times per year at the studio, we hold days where we open up the studio and anyone can come and see what we’re doing,” she says. “It’s a small thing, but it’s a sign of virtual being just as important.”
What you’re doing wrong in your scouting photos, according to Mieke Ten Have.
Former magazine editor’s job changed interior stylist Mikke Ten Have often celebrates the imperfections that bring a room to life. But when it comes to evaluating scouting photos, a key part of his client-vetting process, there are more definite differences between right and wrong.
“The best photos are more posed shots where you can get a sense of the entire room. Tight detail shots are less important – focusing on millwork isn’t particularly helpful,” he tells AD PRO shortly after styling a Reith Design project in Los Feliz. AdvertisementJuly/August issue of. “I can tell a lot from those (taken) pictures about what the story of the project is and what needs to be added to it to fully execute it.”
While predictable, reliable scouting photos help streamline his process, Ten Have still encourages a little unpredictability when it comes to space. “I always think having something unexpected in a room makes a big difference.”
Try the two mantras that Martha Stewart keeps learning.
Today Martha Stewart needs no introduction. But on the path to her astonishing rise, fall and rebirth across 100 books and a career spanning more than four decades, this living icon of living well has held two mantras that anyone – designer or not – can put into practice. Is.
“There are two sayings that I repeat over and over again. One is: Learn something new every day and incorporate it into what you’re doing. And the second is: Change is good,” Stewart told AD PRO. “I think everyone can learn and everyone wants to learn. The more people you can share your knowledge and your ideas with, the better.”
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