The Power of a Process Map—and Other Insights From an AD100 Designer

A few years shy of her firm’s 20-year anniversary, interior designer Young Huh admits her path to success (see: AD100 status, multiple Kips Bay Decorator Show House appearances, product lines with AKDO, Modern Matter, Fromental, and more) has always been straight-forward. Not in the sense of ease, but rather, that there was no going around obstacles—there was only going through them.

“There’s really no cheat sheet,” says the Detroit-bred, New York City–based designer, who earned a law degree before pivoting to a career in interiors. Perhaps that’s so, but a certain level of documentation has proven to be a difference-maker within her growing practice. Here, she shares the systems that have made the biggest impact on her business, from process mapping to outsourcing and more.

–Mel Studach, Senior Editor, AD PRO

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Mel Studach: Let’s rewind to 2007: You’d pivoted from a career in law and enrolled at Parsons School of Design. As you launched your own firm, what was that first big challenge?

Young Huh: I always say starting your own business is the most expensive business school you will ever attend. READ MORE

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