Mekita Rivas

Hear their insights on merging their respective cultures into the design space, their paths into the industry, and what they’d like to see more of in the future.

Save for the campaign signs that dot lawns across the suburbs every four years, home decor isn’t necessarily considered a conventionally political topic. In the comments on this very site, we've seen pleas to "leave the politics out of it." But how we design our homes is, in fact, inherently political: it's about where we spend our money, who gets our attention and how they get it, and what trends we favor.

It’s time to diversify your coffee table.

If you’re going to deem yourself the most interesting store in the world, you'd better have the inventory to back that up. Indeed, Showfields does.

Barnett launched the Black Artists and Designers Guild, which she describes as a necessary step to bring about the change that the design world is so desperately overdue for.

Who: Lora Appleton, founder of Kinder Modern design gallery Nominated by: Jaime Derringer, artist and founder of Design Milk Where to follow her: InstagramApartment Therapy’s Class of 2020 Design Changemakers is a specially-selected group of the 20 people in the design world everyone should know about by next year. We asked experts (and you!) to tell us who they think should be included—see the rest of the nominees here.

Wagner is known for her blog McMansion Hell, but her reach spreads far beyond that.

Buddha figurines. “Tribal” print blankets. Pillows with faux ikat patterns. Are they culturally appropriative, or are they simply inspired?