TOP 25 DESIGN NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
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A full list of the top 25 design newsletters and podcasts on Substack. Explore design in all its facets from houses and gardens in the real world to designing products, websites and apps in the virtual world.
We're sitting in my kitchen. We have snacks (important). You say, 'I've just booked a weekend in Amsterdam. I've never been'. I say, 'Oh! You must go here and here, and to this shop, and you must have lunch here, and go and look at this.' Like that, but less about Amsterdam and more about everyday home life. Though I can do you Amsterdam too, at a push.
UX Movement newsletter will teach you how to design intuitive and satisfying user experiences. You’ll learn how human perception and cognition affect user behavior so you can make your interfaces easier to use.
The original, go-to gardening community with how-to tips, visits to inspirational gardens and flower shows, plant advice, and garden design guidance from an RHS Chelsea award-winning garden designer.
A Winter's Tale
If you ever need reminding why you garden, read this
How to design your flower border - more tips and tricks. Plus: what to look out for at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival, and demystifying the garden judging process
It's a bumper week of planting design, flowering shrub love, an insider's look at a flower show, and another expensive mistake narrowly avoided
British designer, humanitarian, mum of 5, India writes about her own particular pattern of living and creative rhythm. A diarist, documenting an unexpected life with a dash of history, a touch of humor, and the occasional royal reflection.
Interior design advice and inspiration from the best-selling author and founder of the award-winning blog madaboutthehouse.com. Subscribe for decorating tips, how to and access to my address book of sources and places to shop gathered from 30 years of journalism. I also write a column for Red magazine.
Why the pursuit of perfectionism is ruining your home
Seeking to create the perfect interior can leave you so paralysed by indecision that you end up doing nothing. It’s time to get real and enjoy your home.
My new paint and tile collaborations
It's a dream come true to be able to launch a range of 12 heritage colours inspired by my house in Italy – alongside an exclusive collection of matching and co-ordinating ceramics.
À La Carte is an exploration of creativity and curiosity. Why do we love the things we love and how do we implement them into our daily lives? Written by creative director Ali LaBelle, À La Carte is a newsletter that encourages us all to make time for our creativity and to learn about ourselves in the process.
A weekly newsletter about home & small spaces, personal style, and lots of vintage from the founder/former editor of Refinery29 (and a self-described thrifting maniac😎). Welcome.
2024's Skinny Belt Renaissance
Winter's easiest MAGICIAN-level accessory that basically makes anything feel a Tiny bit fancier. I cooked up 11 looks...how'd I do?
9 Things I Thrifted In June
THE legendary sunglasses, a perfect (free) golden vase, and a vintage diner pad for placing your order with the Universe✨.
I am probably the only one who misses my old blog name, but I'm bringing it back (on substack). This will serve as a mini blog, newsletter, and way for us to connect.
Essays on the endless journey of building products, teams, and ourselves.
House Call is for interior design enthusiasts tackling the process of creating a home. In this weekly newsletter, I explore why our homes—and the lives we lead inside their walls—matter. Join for resources and inspiration. Stay for community and support.
The only furniture newsletter you need: curating and highlight 20 items a week—from chairs to lamps to sofas, from thrifty deals to lifetime purchases—and researching a canon or outsider designer, and publishing an essay every month… providing immediate, lively and deep explanations on the most important, most curious design trends right now, from vintage to recent, and how furniture works. As well: Q&As (free).
Tool reviews written by furniture makers Christopher Schwarz and Megan Fitzpatrick. All products are purchased with our own money and at full price. Reviews are honest and brutal. Praise when it's warranted. Damnation when it's not.
The Tite-Mark & Its Imitators
Editor’s note: Apologies for the slow posting here. This article took a lot of time and effort. Now that this post has been purged from my system, we’ll get back to posting once or twice a week. When I see imitations of the Tite-Mark cutting gauge, all I can think of are the copycats who took an original and revolutionary design, cheapened it and now p…
Conway Electric Devices Take a Beating
Every time I write about Conway Electric, I receive multiple comments like this: I can’t believe how much they charge for a surge protector. I can make that thing from off-the-shelf parts for $20 tops. What’s important to know is this: None of these butthead amateur sparkys have ever managed to make one of these surge protectors from off-the-shelf-parts for $20. I’ve challenged them to do it. I’ve requested photos of their work. I’ve offered to feature their work on the blog. Instead, here’s what I get:
the supreme potential of domestic space 🛋
funny, but not a joke
A home & garden newsletter about small spaces, sustainable living, and all the joys (and pains!) of living with less from Laura Fenton, the author of The Little Book of Living Small.
Relatable writing, useful recommendations and obsessively curated edits from a design journalist for House & Garden, Vogue, etc. Come on in!
A newsletter that breaks down interior design topics each week, discusses different philosophical thoughts on the home, and shares honest and helpful product recommends. Join now to be part of the W Design community.
Joie De Vivre is a newsletter focused on the things that bring the JOY in life. Interior ideas, vintage shopping, easy recipes, travel write ups and all the things that make me happy.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
Okay, maybe things that I've done in my life that COULD be seen as regrets but actually turned out just fine in the long run.
Design Dilemmas
Episode 18: Today we are talking big pots that don't break the bank, grouting choices, coffee table styling, sofa cushions and beating the clutter.
For the UXR who wants to pack a punch and get creative with your projects, the User Research Academy Membership is the place that will give you new ideas, approaches, and inspiration without you having to spend hours Googling
An easy, friendly space for interior and garden lovers. Award-winning writer J.P Clark offers design ideas, advice & humorous musings on creating a happy home and garden.
Big news on the home front!
Why we sold up after only just completing renovations.
My Favourite Gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024
Good morning you lovely people. This is just a short little extra for everyone, where I show you a few of my favourite gardens from this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. I’ve put together extended videos for you of the gardens I was lucky enough to be able to walk through with the incredibly talented designers. Hope you like them as much as I did.
Sharing my knowledge from the construction and architecture industries so you can build yours!
You Are Not Alone
Times are tough, and help is all around
Budget vs Cost: Controversy!
This week on X, I posted what I thought was a pretty basic concept: that budget and cost are different. Well, as usual, the internet had other thoughts…! My response to all those saying that you should never reveal your budget to your architect is, well, then you’ve already lost.
Hosted by Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter, the Design Better podcast explores creativity at the intersection of design and technology.
The School of the Possible is about creating the future, but it is rooted in the present. You begin to create the future when you change the way you operate in the present.
No matter who you are or where you are, there is a best next step for you. A step that you can take, a step toward a better, more fulfilling, more meaningful life and work. A step toward a better world.
That’s the Art of the Possible: the art of the best next step.
How to harness the power of home: your fast track to health, healing and happiness
Today I graduated...
On Thursday 8th February 2024, I received an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Brighton in recognition of my services to interiors and wellbeing...
How to 'do' blue
A colour with a complicated past, which means it can be tricky to use in the home, I explain why, and how to work it well!
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