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      <h1>About Stars of Design</h1>
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        Stars of Design indexes the working interior designers — historic and
        contemporary — whose published interiors have shaped how rooms get
        decorated. Every profile is paired with the wallcoverings that fit
        the designer's signature style.
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      <h2>What you'll find here</h2>
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        <li><strong>Profiles.</strong> One page per designer, with era, city, signature visual language, and a one-paragraph profile of why their work matters.</li>
        <li><strong>Pairings.</strong> Three to five Designer Wallcoverings collections per designer, curated to match the look — not a generic catalog dump.</li>
        <li><strong>Filters.</strong> Sort and filter by era, style, or city. The grid honors a density slider and a sort menu, both persisted across visits.</li>
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      <h2>How profiles are written</h2>
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        Profiles are sourced from publicly available material: published
        interviews, shelter-magazine features, monographs, and the designer's
        own studio site. We do not copy designer images or reproduce
        copyrighted material. If a designer wants their profile updated,
        replaced, or removed, the <a href="/submit">submission form</a> is the
        path.
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      <h2>How wallcovering pairings are chosen</h2>
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        For each designer, a Designer Wallcoverings editor reviews the
        designer's published interiors and selects the three collections that
        best match their visual language — Buatta gets chintz, Vervoordt gets
        plaster, Hicks gets hexagonal geometric. The link sends you to the
        relevant collection page on
        <a href="https://designerwallcoverings.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">designerwallcoverings.com</a>
        for sampling and quotes.
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      <h2>Who runs this</h2>
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        Stars of Design is an editorial sister property of
        <a href="https://designerwallcoverings.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Designer Wallcoverings</a>,
        a Sherman Oaks, California–based wallcovering and textile dealer. We
        do not represent a single line; we map the designers who shape
        interiors across every line.
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      <h2>What this directory is not</h2>
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        <li>Not a portfolio site — we do not host designer images.</li>
        <li>Not a hire-a-designer marketplace — we don't gate intros or charge for placement.</li>
        <li>Not a paid-ad surface — there is no sponsored placement above organic results.</li>
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