“We’re here for such a short period of time. Why not live as beautifully as we can, while we can?”
DESIGNER COREY DAMEN JENKINS 1 posed this rhetorical question during an interview for our “Designer Confidential” feature (pg. 73) in which more than a dozen top designers divulge their deepest professional secrets—think design fantasies, biggest mistakes, and the occupational hazards that drain their wallets (and fill their shelves). The most important question we asked: What do you wish your clients knew? Jenkins’s answer might as well be a tagline for this issue, our first-ever “designer issue.” After more than a year of adapting to new realities, routines, worries, and worldviews, why not live as beautifully as we can, while we can? The wisdom, humor, and reflection shared by designers featured in this issue deliver inspiration for living more beautifully in every sense. There’s the beloved author and philanthropist who knows the…