Its [about] remembering how people made you feel when you worked for them, Nickey says. What could have been inspiring that was actually demoralizing or felt really crappy? And how do you take that information and then amplify the opposite? Thats a really powerful tool to work from.Little Wing Lee has simple advice for a more sustainable demolition.This Client-Designer Conversation Isnt Happening Enough, Says Little Wing LeeThe Brooklyn-based designer shares her singular path to designand how her intuition continues to shape her careerAs a design director for Atelier Ace, principal of her own Studio & Projects practice, and the founder of Black Folks in Design, Brooklyn-based multihyphenate designer Little Wing Lee is qualified to provide all manner of expert advice and business tips. Inspired to pursue design after working on a documentary series about death and dying with Bill Moyers, shes an advocate for taking chances, and learning from as many different types of projects as one can.But its in her capacity as the board member of recycling nonprofit Big Reuse that her words of advice might have the greatest impact. She implores designers and architects to loop sustainability partners into the demo process a little bit earlier, which can have an outsized impact on keeping furniture and reusable materials out of the trash.[Big Reuse will] pick up the demo materials for free, but oftentimes people wait until the last minute to call, she says. That timing is a challenge. With a little more planning, we could have saved these beautiful oak shelves from going into the garbage.Young Huh believes in creatingand trustingthe process.The Power of a Process Mapand Other Young Huh-ismsThe AD100 interior designer shares the systems that have made the biggest impact on her practice, from process mapping to outsourcing and moreFitting for someone who finished law school before finding her calling as a designer, Huh understands the importance of both formalizing processes and asking the right questions.What you have to do is have a process map: What do we do to onboard a client? Whats the process for scheduling design meetings? What needs to happen at meeting one, meeting two, and so on? she explained in The Source.While the multi-time Kips Bay Decorator Show House contributor places a great emphasis on learning the ropes through direct experience (even if it just means shadowing a designer for a bit), her commitment to getting these processes down in writing would make any lawyer proudand every designers workflow a little easier.[Everything] has to get mapped out because there [is] so much room for error, she says. You have to go through the process of creating systems, managing the accounting, figuring out how to be an effective communicator and how to control logistics and operationsand all of those things take time.Stop the scrolling and get real, advises Faye Toogood.Faye Toogoods Magic Ingredients for Company CultureThe multidisciplinary designer invites AD PRO into her new North London studio, where a fresh footprint enlivens company culture and creativityWhile Instagram and TikTok are crucial sources of both inspiration and eyeballs, Faye Toogood knows all too well how easily we can sacrifice our time and personal tasteto an endless cycle of scrolling.