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ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST<\/strong><\/p>\n Offering rare access to the most beautiful private spaces in the world\u2014and the fascinating people who create and inhabit them\u2014Architectural Digest, also known widely as AD, celebrates the best in global design by showcasing today\u2019s most influential interiors, architecture, talent, tastemakers, and new products across multiple platforms, including:<\/p>\n Magazines<\/strong><\/p>\n Launched in 1920 as a California trade quarterly, AD<\/em> magazine has exploded in popularity over the years, increasing in frequency and broadening in scope until it became synonymous with living well. Today AD<\/em> is known as the international design authority, with a magazine that celebrates creative talents, innovative homes and products, inspiring decorating ideas, exciting travel locations, and popular culture. Available in nine editions (US, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico and Latin America, the Middle East, and Poland), AD<\/em> holds immeasurable influence in interior design around the world.<\/p>\n Online<\/strong><\/p>\n Our website, archdigest.com<\/a>, offers original coverage of the interior design and architecture worlds to design enthusiasts as well as industry professionals, including celebrity style, luxury homes, shopping recommendations, actionable DIY advice and design ideas, small space decorating tips, travel destinations, cultural events and happenings, and high-end real estate, as well as access to print features and images from the AD<\/em> archives.<\/p>\n Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n AD also offers memberships, created by our editors: AD PRO<\/a>, an engaging, members-only resource for design professionals; and AD PRO Directory<\/a>, a vetted list of top design talent. Standard AD PRO membership includes exclusive access to AD PRO news, features, and trend reports, as well as a year-round events roster, online workshops, a job board, and more than 100 years of AD<\/em> archives. AD PRO Directory members enjoy the benefits of AD PRO and also have the unique opportunity to list themselves or their business as an AD-approved design professional and connect with prospective clients. Members apply to the Directory, and pay for inclusion after being selected by AD<\/em> editors. An approved application is required for AD PRO Directory membership.<\/p>\n Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n AD\u2019s \u201cOpen Door<\/a>\u201d blockbuster video series launched in 2017, the natural extension of our wildly popular print and digital home features. Early hits captured a zeitgeist: Robert Downey<\/a>, Jr., now 30 million lifetime YouTube views; Jessica Alba<\/a>, 37 million views; Zedd<\/a>, 48 million views; Wiz Khalifa<\/a>, 54 million views. House-proud superstars highlight their private property, inviting us in to capture the soul and spirit of their personal spaces. These videos often rank on YouTube as Top Trending, and define our culture and how we live today. Adding to that series are Unique Spaces<\/a>; Walking Tours<\/a>; Set Tours<\/a>; and Blueprints<\/a>, among others. Today, nearly 7 million fans eagerly await each new AD<\/em> video.<\/p>\n Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n AD<\/em> creates unique and original content for its many social channels, including Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a>, and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n EDITORIAL MASTHEAD<\/strong><\/p>\n For the complete AD masthead<\/a>, click here.<\/em><\/p>\n Amy Astley<\/strong><\/a>, the Global Editorial Director and US Editor in Chief at Architectural Digest<\/em>, oversees all editorial content worldwide across the brand. Since joining AD in 2016, Amy has reinvented what she called \u201ca sleeping beauty\u201d to be a cultural leader across the entire portfolio through collectible print editions, robust digital sites, blockbuster YouTube<\/a> series, and a dynamic shopping destination, growing AD\u2019s influential social footprint on Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> 900%. Her newest offerings include the AD PRO Directory<\/a>, a curated list of AD<\/em>-approved design professionals for hire, and AD PRO<\/a>, the industry\u2019s premier membership resource with access to secret sources, authoritative advice, and the entire, unmatchable AD<\/em> magazine archive. Amy also authored the best-selling book AD at 100: A Century of Style<\/em><\/a>, a look at the most incredible homes of the past 100 years. Before leading AD<\/em>, Amy was founding editor of Teen Vogue<\/em>, which she launched in 2003, and held positions at House & Garden<\/em> and Vogue<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sam Cochran<\/strong><\/a> currently serves as the brand’s Global Features Director. In that role he shepherds coverage of design, culture, travel, and architecture news for the print magazine while contributing to all of AD’s<\/em> international platforms, editorial initiatives, and events. As an expert in sustainability, renovation, and contemporary design topics, he makes regular appearances on television and industry panels. Sam is also the co-author of several books, including Colin King’s bestselling monograph Arranging Things.<\/em> Raised in Westchester County, New York, he studied the history of art at Brown University and currently lives in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n Alison Levasseur<\/strong><\/a>, the Global Interiors and Garden Director at Architectural Digest<\/em>, joined the brand in 2012. In overseeing residential project submissions at AD<\/em> and directing the much-anticipated annual AD100 list of the industry’s best and New American Voices she believes in cultivating long-standing relationships with both emerging and established design talents. With the AD<\/em> editors, she created AD at 100: A Century of Style<\/em> (Abrams), a new collection celebrating AD<\/em>‘s centennial in 2020. In 2023 Alison led a partnership between AD and Ruggable, AD’s first product collaboration. She established an AD travel program and has hosted several AD Indagare trips to places from Morocco to Mexico. Alison holds a particular passion for gardens, and is a graduate of Cornell University and the Sotheby’s Works of Arts course in London.<\/p>\n Shax Riegler<\/strong><\/a> is the Executive Editor at AD<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mayer Rus<\/strong><\/a> is the West Coast Editor at AD<\/em>.<\/p>\n Madeline O’Malley<\/strong><\/a> is the Market Director at AD.<\/em><\/p>\n Allie Weiss<\/strong><\/a> is the Global Digital Network Lead and US Digital Director at AD<\/em>, where she spearheads content strategy for ArchDigest.com<\/a>, AD PRO, Clever, and AD It Yourself, and works closely with AD<\/em>\u2019s global markets on international brand initiatives. After joining AD<\/em> as deputy editor of AD PRO in 2019, Allie became digital director in 2022. Prior to her time at Cond\u00e9 Nast, she held editorial positions at Interior Design<\/em>, Dwell<\/em>, and Surface<\/em>.<\/p>\n Hannah Martin<\/strong><\/a> is the Senior Design Editor at Architectural Digest, where she has worked since 2014. She contributes regular features on emerging talent and design history, often covering subjects that straddle the worlds of art and design. She writes two monthly print columns\u2014’Object Lesson’ and ‘One To Watch’\u2014as well as a regular trend report on AD PRO called ‘Having a Moment’. In 2023 Hannah published Nicola L.: Life and Art (Apartamento), the first comprehensive monograph about the pioneering French artist. Hannah lives in Long Island City, Queens, with a lot of books and a collection of postmodern lamps. Follow her on Instagram at @_h_mart_<\/p>\n Nick Mafi<\/strong><\/a> is a Senior Features Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em>. He has been working at Cond\u00e9 Nast for more than a decade. In that time, Nick’s work has appeared in Architectural Digest<\/em>, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>, Esquire<\/em>, GQ<\/em>, Slate<\/em>, The Daily Beast<\/em>, and Vanity Fair<\/em>. He has written for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he is also a docent. Nick is currently finishing his first novel, with an agreement to write his second novel in collaboration with the architect, Santiago Calatrava. You can find him on Instagram at @iamnickmafi<\/a> and on his personal website<\/a> here.<\/p>\n Sydney Gore<\/strong><\/a> is a writer, editor, and journalist based in New York City. Her work<\/a> has been published at The New York Times<\/em>, Vogue<\/em>, Wall Street Journal<\/em>, The Cut<\/em>, W<\/em> Magazine, Teen Vogue, MTV, Rolling Stone<\/em>, The FADER<\/em>, and more. Gore currently works as a Senior Digital Design Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em> where she brings a fresh perspective to the table through dynamic stories that are shifting the culture as seen in her new column Rent Free<\/a>\u2014her top-tier trend reports<\/a> are major crowd pleasers from big bows<\/a> and jouches<\/a> to Snoopy<\/a> and American Girl Dollcore<\/a>.<\/p>\n Madeleine Luckel<\/strong><\/a> is a Senior Design Editor, Digital at Architectural Digest,<\/em> where she oversees web-exclusive home tours and writes an archive-focused newsletter. Previously, Madeleine worked at AD PRO, Vogue, and Vogue.com, where she covered a variety of design-related topics. Madeleine holds a Master of Arts in Costume Studies from NYU and a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Brown University. She has contributed book chapters to Food and Fashion<\/em> (Bloomsbury) and Storytelling in Luxury Fashion: Brands, Visual Cultures, and Technologies<\/em> (Routledge). You can find her on Instagram at @madeleineluckel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zo\u00eb Sessums<\/strong><\/a> is a New York- and Midcoast Maine\u2013based writer and editor, currently a Senior Digital Design Dditor at Architectural Digest<\/em>. Her work has appeared online and in print for Architectural Digest<\/em>, Sight Unseen, Sixtysix Magazine<\/em>, Bon App\u00e9tit<\/em>, New York Magazine<\/em>, Epicurious, and more. While her focus is primarily the written word\u2014having a background in journalism and creative writing\u2014she is excited and motivated by home renovation projects, pizza, footwear, and the great outdoors. With over five years of editing and writing at Cond\u00e9 Nast, her content has reached millions of viewers spanning categories like home tours, product roundups and reviews, DIY diaries, renovation stories, newsletters<\/a>, and more. Instagram: @zoesessums<\/a> Website: zoesessums.com<\/a><\/p>\n Rachel Wallace<\/strong><\/a> is the Senior Entertainment Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em>. She reports on the collision of design and pop culture, from the royal family\u2019s palaces to Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s apartment. Rachel was previously an editor at Us Weekly<\/em> and DuJour<\/em> magazines and is a graduate of the Columbia University Publishing Course. You can find her on Instagram @rachwall_<\/a> or on her personal website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rachel Fletcher<\/strong><\/a> is the Senior Commerce Editor at AD<\/em>, where she started in 2020. Previously she worked at Tictail and Rockets of Awesome. She has also contributed to Skillshare and Society6. She can be found on Instagram at @fletchout<\/a>.<\/p>\n Audrey Lee<\/strong><\/a> is the Commerce Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em> based in New York City. She enjoys recommending products<\/a>, writing about interiors<\/a>, and catching up on last year\u2019s Oscar-nominated films. Before joining AD<\/em> she previously held roles at Business Insider<\/em> and The Strategist<\/em>.<\/p>\n Charlotte Collins<\/strong><\/a> is a Digital Features Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em> reporting news and features at the intersection of pop culture and design. She was formerly an assistant editor at InStyle magazine and has also worked in broadcast for CBS This Morning and 48 Hours. Her news, design, and entertainment coverage can be found in Essence, WMagazine.com, Wall Street Journal, and more. She is based in Manhattan. You can find her on Instagram<\/a> or her personal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Katherine McLaughlin<\/strong><\/a> is a Digital Features Editor at Architectural Digest<\/em> where she covers architecture and design news, travel, and real estate, among other things. Previously, she wrote trend, lifestyle, and DIY stories for AD as a freelancer as well as contributed to other publications such as The New York Times<\/em>, Insider<\/em>, Real Simple<\/em>, and Well + Good<\/em>. She graduated from The New School and lives in Brooklyn. Instagram: @mclaughlinkate<\/a> Twitter: @mclkatherine<\/a><\/p>\n Livia Caligor<\/strong><\/a> is the Content Operations Manager at Architectural Digest<\/em>, where she also contributes content on the intersection between art, design, and culture. Additionally, her writing has appeared in Teen Vogue<\/em>, Hyperallergic<\/em>, and The Folklore Group. Prior to Cond\u00e9 Nast, Livia worked internationally in fashion operations and wholesale. In her free time, you might catch Livia working on her photography, which has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of the City of New York. Livia holds degrees in Fashion Management and English from Cornell University and lives in her hometown of NYC.<\/p>\n Maya Ibbitson<\/strong><\/a> is an Associate Digital Editor at AD<\/em>.<\/p>\n Lila Allen<\/strong><\/a> is the Associate Director of AD PRO,\u00a0AD<\/em>‘s members-only community for\u00a0design\u00a0industry professionals. Outside of\u00a0AD<\/em>, her writing has appeared in\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Architect’s Newspaper<\/em>,\u00a0Architectural Record<\/em>, and books including\u00a0Design\u00a0for\u00a0Children<\/em>\u00a0(Phaidon, 2018),\u00a0Drama<\/em>\u00a0(Phaidon, 2021), and\u00a0At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic<\/em>\u00a0(Apartamento, 2021). She can also be found on Instagram at\u00a0@lilerr<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mel Studach<\/strong><\/a> is the Senior Editor of AD PRO, Architectural Digest<\/em>‘s members-only community for design industry professionals. Her writing has also appeared in Business of Home, Midwest Living,<\/em> and Inc. Magazine.<\/em> Mel has moderated panels on trends, technology, and sustainability in design, as well as produced and hosted videos highlighting a range of industry subjects. She can also be found on Instagram at @melstudach<\/a>.<\/p>\n AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE<\/strong><\/p>\n Every product you see recommended on or by AD<\/em> has been independently selected by a member of our editorial team or editorial contributors. We test products extensively (more on our testing process<\/a> can be found here) and also refer to verified customer reviews, consult with experts, and rely on our existing knowledge of the brands we\u2019re covering. There is nothing we tell you to buy that we would not purchase and use ourselves. 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We understand that inclusive teams drive more innovation, and the greater the variety of viewpoints, the greater the chances for success.<\/p>\n RECENT AWARDS AND RECOGNITION<\/strong><\/p>\n AD\u2019s Works of Wonder List 2023<\/a> | CBS Sunday Morning<\/p>\n A Century of Style: AD at 100<\/a> | CBS Sunday Morning<\/p>\n AD\u2019s Revamped International Strategy<\/a> | Digiday<\/p>\n The 2021 Publishing Hot List: Media Brands that Thrived Via Innovation and Focus<\/a> | AdWeek<\/p>\n ABOUT COND\u00c9 NAST<\/strong><\/p>\n Cond\u00e9 Nast is a global media company that produces some of the world\u2019s leading print, digital, video, and social brands. 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