Completely self-taught, Hema's interior design career began in 2021 when one of her styling clients asked for help decorating their home. Because of her eye for design and ability to execute her creative vision, that first project snowballed into several more. Hema now designs residential and commercial spaces around the country.
Read MoreHadiya Williams, Decorative Artist & Surface Designer
Hadiya Williams is a decorative artist and surface designer based in Washington, DC. She is the founder and creative director of Black Pepper Paperie Co.® a studio built out of a passion for creating and sharing with others. What started as a hobby-based clay business in 2017 has now evolved into a full-time decorative art and design studio, specializing in hand-made ceramics, surface pattern design, and wall art.
Read MoreDavid Land, Photographer and Director
With a deeply informed design vocabulary and the ability to transport viewers into a life well lived,
photographer/director David Land understands the myriad stories there are to tell about the meaning of home.
Danielle Woodhouse-Johson, Founder of The Oasis Alliance
Danielle Woodhouse-Johnson is an interior stylist based in the Washington DC Metro area. Marrying unique global experience, design acumen, and functionalism, she aims to create distinctive spaces that reflect the tastes and experiences of her clients. Her services include design concept development, furniture, lighting, and décor selections, project coordination, installation, e-design, and staging service.
Read MoreJaime Derringer, Founder of Design Milk and Clever Podcast
Jaime Derringer has over 20+ years of experience in media, creative direction, marketing, content development, advertising, social strategy, project management, and e-commerce. She has focused on web3, blockchain, Metaverse, AI, and NFTs & how they will continue to shape art, design, architecture/interiors, society, and work in the future.
Read MoreStephanie Dixon, Director of Brand Marketing at Society6
Stephanie Dixon is the Director of Brand Marketing at Society6. Society6 is an online, print on demand marketplace of unique wall art, home decor and lifestyle goods featuring designs by independent artists. With artwork from over 450,000 creators and the knowledge that every purchase pays an artist, Society6 allows you to empower creativity around the world and in your everyday life.
Read MoreNicole Crowder, Founder of Nicole Crowder Upholestry
Nicole Crowder Upholstery is a Black-owned furniture and upholstery studio creating commissioned, generational, one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture and home furnishings like meditation pillows, poufs and more. Nicole's work has been commissioned by the leading hotel chains, restaurants, and spaces, such as Osteria Morini, the British Embassy, and Ethel’s Club in Brooklyn. She also has created bespoke pieces for private clients and has been featured in design publications, including Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Martha Stewart Living.
Read MoreDiana Adams, Founder of Sample Haus
SampleHAUS, which is created by Diana Adams is a place where they create unique and one of a kind art work from interior design waste and discontinued marketing samples. They also make small batch pottery such as their well sought after planters.
Read MoreJoy Williams, Joyful Designs Studio
Joy Williams is the Principal Designer and Creative Talent behind Joyful Designs®️Studio, a nationally recognized full-service residential interior design firm with offices in Chicago and Augusta, GA. The firm specializes in creating cultured, curated and colorful interiors.
Read MoreDavina Ogilvie, Founder of Wovn Home
Davina Ogilvie is the founder of Wovn Home, a direct-to-consumer custom window treatments company based in New York. Wovn Home’s fabrics are made of luxurious linens sourced from premium textile mills in Belgium, while the patterns are designed exclusively for Wovn and screen printed in Los Angeles. The brand’s drapes, shades and pillows are produced in North Carolina through family owned workrooms that have generations of experience and knowledge in the industry to ensure a quality product. By partnering directly with fabric suppliers and custom workrooms, Wovn Home is able to create designer-quality, hand-crafted products in less than four weeks at an accessible price.
Read MoreDemetrius Robinson, At Home With Savvy
Demetrius Robinson is the Founder and Creative Director at AT HOME WITH SAVVY. He is an interior designer, photographer, avid baker + home cook, tastemaker and visual story teller. His blog is a fusion of all of his passions: interior design, food, entertaining and photography!
Read MoreNatalie Norcross, CEO of A Design Partnership
Natalie Norcross is an entrepreneur at heart. The founder of A Design Partnership, a PR agency specializing in design, and a former interior designer herself, she has an in-depth understanding of the design and luxury market and a visionary for driving business growth, brand awareness and securing powerful press placements.
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Sam Moore, VP of Brand at Jenni Kayne
Sam Moore is the VP of Brand at Jenni Kayne. She has developed an immersive content experience on the brand’s website, executed experiential initiatives like a nationwide Airstream tour, a lifestyle book with Rizzoli, and series of Jenni Kayne branded homes and a corresponding wellness retreat. She has also led brand partnerships with notable companies like Parachute, Lulu & Georgia and Nordstrom.
Read MoreRacheal Jackson, DIY Interiors & Custom Murals
Racheal Jackson is obsessed with old houses made new, old items made new and paint all over the walls!! Her mantra is BE BOLD, MAKE MAGIC! Racheal Jackson’s instagram account banyanbridges is full of DIY tutorials on how to transform your home from blah to bold, and how to find your own personal style on a budget.
Read MoreRasheeda Gray, Gray Space Interior Design
Rasheeda Gray is the owner and principal designer of Gray Space Interiors, a full-service design firm in the Philadelphia area. Launched in 2016, Gray Space is devoted to curating a client-focused, transformative and seamless design experience. With over 75 residential and commercial projects completed, the Gray Space approach to design can be found at the intersection of creativity, functionality and process.
Read MoreAnne Sage, Interior Designer & Content Creator
Anne Sage has been blogging since 2008 with her signature smart yet stylish approach to interiors, entertaining, wellness, and more. In 2010, Anne co-founded the online lifestyle Rue Magazine; and in 2016 she co-founded Light Lab, a photo and events space in Los Angeles. She is also the author of an interiors book entitled Sage Living, which was released Fall 2015 from Chronicle Books.
Elizabeth Rees, Founder of Chasing Paper
Elizabeth Rees is the co-founder of Chasing Paper, the pioneer and leader in the wall coverings company. As third generation in her family’s printing company, she grew up learning the ins and outs of ink, paper and patterns. With the belief that printing is not only a family tradition, but also a craft, Elizabeth carved out her own path in paper by developing a line of innovative, design-conscious removable wallpaper.
Read MoreHilton Carter, Author & Interior Stylist
Over the past six years, Hilton Carter has been filling his home with plants and teaching himself how to blur the line of indoor and outdoor. In 2017, he started creating video content on how to care for plants. Hilton shares weekly care tips as the "Plant Doctor" for Apartment Therapy. In the same year, he started traveling around the US to host plant care workshops and still do so today on Airbnb. In 2018, he wrote my first book on plant care and plant styling titled, Wild at Home and this spring he released his latest book, Wild Interiors. You can find Hilton sharing daily content on his Instagram @hiltoncarter.
Read MoreIt's a Family Business: Interview with Amber Guyton & Cheryl Luckett
When I started 28 Black Tastemakers in 2016, I wanted to create a list to celebrate the work of black interior designers and creatives from around the globe. Little did I know that quite a few of these black tastemakers were related like Amber from Blessed Little Bungalow and Cheryl Luckett from Dwell by Cheryl. They are cousins, and they both have distinct styles with interior design.
Read MoreGABRIELA GARGANO, Grisoro Interiors
Gabriela Gargano first discovered her love of interiors at the age of 14 with her first job at an interior design boutique, where she worked directly for the owner and buyer for 6 years. After graduating from college, she spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, as a sales trader and relationship manager. She simultaneously grew her passion of interior design through real estate investing, renovation, and staging of her properties in Manhattan. Gabriela’s background in finance and real estate investing allows her to apply a rigorous and result-oriented focus to interiors.
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