Hello Reader, Congrats on surviving Monday and crushing Tuesday. Now, Wednesday beckons you to take a break and step into a pattern of discovery. Welcome to the Midweek Meander. Did someone forward this to you? Please consider subscribing. Happy New Year! How long is it okay to say that? Social etiquette columns tend to offer precise cut‑off dates: some say January 7, some allow the entire month, and a few give you a pass until the first time you see someone in the new year. In design...
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This week, AIBD members have two interactive virtual roundtables designed to help you solve real problems, share experience, and strengthen your professional community. Members Helping Members Roundtable Join fellow AIBD members for an informal, solutions-focused roundtable where you can bring questions about design challenges, business growth, career direction, or personal resilience. Use AIBD.org/RoundtableQuestions to anonymously submit any question—no names, no judgment, just honest...
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January 5, 2026, Edition Ignite your mind and improve the way you are #CreatingWherePeopleLive Happy New Year! This weekly newsletter is created by and for those designing homes in North America. Its editorial staff is the American Institute of Building Design, Inc., the premier association of residential design professionals. Here's what you get: Field Notes Nuts & Bolts Highlights Workshops & Gatherings What We're Up To Amazing sponsors who help keep this newsletter free for the industry....
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Finish 2025 fully staffed and kick off 2026 with momentum Post a Job | My Account | Search Resumes | Products & Offerings At the AIBD Career Center, we understand the time and investment that goes into recruitment. That's why we connect your company with a concentrated pool of highly qualified professionals - both active and passive job seekers - ready for their next opportunity. Put your 2026 recruitment budget to work by posting your career opportunities on the AIBD Career Center. This...
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Hello Reader, Congrats on surviving Monday and crushing Tuesday. Now, Wednesday beckons you to take a break and step into a pattern of discovery. Welcome to the Midweek Meander. Did someone forward this to you? Please consider subscribing. Mentors, missed goalposts, and a winding path through the profession, this one has all the ingredients of a classic Midweek Meander reflection on how we become who we are as designers. But first, here's how it started. Earlier this month, the subject title...
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You could be taking today off, but if you need one more CEU this year, we've got you covered: TODAY, December 30, 2025 – 02:00 pm ET CE Watch Party - Tradition Redefined: Designing Through the Decades (1.0 P3-CE)Register: AIBD.org/webinars; Free for all attendees. The highly esteemed firm of Cullman & Kravis is renowned for its ability to fashion modern, cohesive, richly layered homes rooted in tradition and the respect for function and decoration. Recently celebrating their 40th anniversary,...
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December 29, 2025, Edition Ignite your mind and improve the way you are #CreatingWherePeopleLive This weekly newsletter is created by and for those designing homes in North America. Its editorial staff is the American Institute of Building Design, Inc., the premier association of residential design professionals. Here's what you get: Field Notes Nuts & Bolts Highlights Workshops & Gatherings What We're Up To Amazing sponsors who help keep this newsletter free for the industry. Let's dive in....
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Hello Reader, Congrats on surviving Monday and crushing Tuesday. Now, Wednesday beckons you to take a break and step into a pattern of discovery. Welcome to the Midweek Meander. Did someone forward this to you? Please consider subscribing. With the holidays upon us, stories and traditions are everywhere. And, as a student of architecture, it made me wonder about the reality behind some of them.For example, when I imagine a manger, I see the “classic” rustic wooden crib, straw fluffed like a...
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Big news: Our first AIBD Members Helping Members Roundtable on December 11th was a resounding success! Designers came together, shared real challenges, and walked away with actionable insights from peers who've been in the trenches. The energy was proof that peer-to-peer connection is exactly what our community needs. Missed it? No problem. We're having another one. Here's the truth: we're tired of one-way webinars. Webinars exploded after 2020, and now most professionals spend hours every...
17 days ago • 3 min read
