What Are the Latest Global Trends in Green Design?

Sarah Van Arsdale - When we started doing the research for this article on international trends in Green design, we kept coming across one website: Inhabitat, one of our favorite design websites. Inhabitat doesn't bill itself as a strictly Green design site, but rather as a "weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design toward a smarter and more sustainable future."

We weren't surprised that we kept stumbling upon Inhabitat in our search, as we often turn to them when we're looking for new ideas in Green design. Founded by Jill Fehrenbacher, a freelance designer, Green design consultant, and architecture student, Inhabitat now has fourteen editors in New York and Los Angeles, and a full staff of design writers.

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Why Should I Work with an Interior Designer?

It's difficult to give up certain degrees of control and allow a relative stranger to come into your home and make key design decisions for you. After all, this is your sanctuary, your turf. It's daunting for many homeowners to think of entrusting others to the design and decorating task and, in some cases, creating a construction and remodeling chaos in the process. We've spoken with many homeowners who have decorated with a professional firm, and they all talk about the moments of insecurity, the difficulty in trusting others with key decisions that impact their home, and the worry of seeing chaos before all the pieces finally come together.

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