It's one of the great dilemmas for a designer in any field: you take on a project with a list of client directives that will surely result in a design disaster. Your client thinks he knows best, but ...

On the Ask Us Anything podcast, BOH editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen taps former Trade Tales guests to answer real, ...

Decision fatigue is the overwhelming sensation people experience when they are faced with making too many decisions. When this feeling arises, the quality of decisions can deteriorate. As an architect ...

As a website design agency, you know that building successful client relationships takes time and consistency. With the right strategy and execution, it doesn’t have to feel like a marathon. Instead, ...

For years, the rise of client experience via touch points has gone hand-in-hand with the digital revolution. The increasing prevalence of smartphones has made it necessary to redesign interactions ...

A growing number of industries have faced the prospect of radical disruption over the past few years. Now industrial design has joined the list, thanks to Jackson Hedden, founder of an eponymously ...

Identifying your hot and buying ideal client is the fast path to design success. You can stop spinning your wheels trying to be all things to everyone and focus on those clients you enjoy the most.

The best products are often sparked as ambitious ideas that are pushed up against guardrails while barreling along the product development highway. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

As an interior designer, Henrietta Heisler always keeps up with the latest trends, but not all of them have to do with paint colors, fabrics and furniture styles. She recently created a new position ...

As in any client-driven business, pleasing the customer is paramount in interior design. But sometimes designers must save clients from their own instincts (or from whatever unworkable thing they saw ...