— Private Studio IntelligenceYou keep designing. I keep looking.
Studio Intelligence Co. acts as an external design intelligence desk for boutique interior design studios.
Each month, I monitor the wider design world — materials, makers, artisan workshops, sourcing, exhibitions, trade fairs, hospitality, travel, launches and the cultural shifts happening around design — then filter what I find through your studio, your aesthetic, your sourcing level and the work currently on your board.
The result is not another trend report or a collection of things you could have found yourself.
It is a concise, studio-specific intelligence brief designed to help you know what deserves your attention now, what is coming next, what is worth sourcing, and what you may want within reach six months from now.
Useful now. Worth keeping for later.
What’s Inside Private Studio Intelligence
SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE
A focused read on what I see as Emerging, Holding and Cooling across interiors and the wider design culture.
Not simply what is popular, but what appears to be gaining relevance, what has staying power, and what may be becoming too familiar.
CURATED SOURCING
Furniture, lighting, materials, finishes, wallcoverings, hardware and objects selected in response to the signals I am tracking and the work happening in your studio.
Where useful, I include sourcing details, alternatives and the reason I believe something deserves your attention.
THE FOUND LIST
A curated edit of artisan makers, specialty workshops, vintage dealers, salvage yards, bespoke producers and off-radar sources worth adding to your private design network.
Not a vendor directory.
These are the sources that can give a project depth, provenance and something harder to duplicate.
THE DESIGN WORLD CALENDAR
A two-month look ahead at the trade shows, design weeks, exhibitions, art fairs, cultural moments, launches and notable hospitality openings worth having on your radar.
Because knowing about something is much more useful before the moment arrives.
TRAVEL + HOSPITALITY INTELLIGENCE
Hotels, restaurants, shops, exhibitions, new openings and places worth knowing when work or life takes you somewhere.
Not a travel guide. A designer's edit of places that may offer a useful reference, sourcing opportunity, material idea or reason to make the trip.
PROJECT + TIMING NOTES
The private layer.
Observations connected specifically to your studio and the projects currently on your board.
A source that may solve something.
A material worth investigating.
A direction worth pushing.
A specification becoming too familiar.
An idea worth saving for the right project.
Along with my read on what deserves attention now, what has room to develop, and what may be worth waiting on.
The categories remain consistent. The intelligence changes as I learn your studio.
A Few Sample Brief Pages
Schedule a Google Meet with Carter for a personal walk-through.
The value builds over time
The briefs begin to compound rather than simply accumulate.
A Studio Intelligence brief is not meant to disappear into your inbox after you read it.
A maker you meet in February may solve a problem in October.
A material that is too early for one project may be exactly right for the next
A hotel opening, exhibition or workshop may give you an idea you use a year later.
As I learn your aesthetic, sourcing level, clients and current work, the intelligence becomes increasingly calibrated to your studio. The Found List — makers, artisans + specialty sources
Choose your term
3 MONTHS
BEST PLACE TO START
$1,500
$500 / month
Three private monthly Studio Intelligence briefs plus your initial studio onboarding and calibration.
Three months gives me enough time to begin learning your practice, understand the work currently on your board and start building intelligence around it.
It also gives you enough time to decide whether Studio Intelligence earns a place in your studio.
6 MONTHS
$2,850
$475 / month · save $150
Six private monthly Studio Intelligence briefs.
Six months gives me time to learn your studio more deeply, follow signals across seasons and revisit earlier ideas as your projects evolve.
The intelligence begins to compound rather than simply arrive month by month.
12 MONTHS
BEST LONG-TERM VALUE
$5,500
$458 / month · save $500
Twelve months of private Studio Intelligence plus your own Studio Intelligence Library setup.
Your briefs will not simply accumulate in a folder.
Sources, makers, materials, signals, places and useful observations will be organized into a searchable private reference library for your studio and added to throughout the year.
The result is not simply twelve briefs.
It is a growing body of intelligence built around the way your studio works.
— Every option includesStudio onboarding + aesthetic calibration
Private monthly Studio Intelligence brief
Signal Intelligence — Emerging / Holding / Cooling
Curated Sourcing selections
The Found List — makers, artisans + specialty sources
Two-month Design World Calendar
Travel + Hospitality Intelligence
Project-specific observations + timing notes
Ongoing refinement as I learn your studio
Direct access to Carter for brief-related questions
Every brief yours to keep and archive
HOW IT STARTS
After purchase, you will receive a short studio questionnaire and we will schedule an initial conversation.
I want to understand your aesthetic, sourcing level, current projects, clients and where additional intelligence could be most useful.
NOT SURE YET?
Start with three months.
You do not need to make a year-long commitment before you know whether the service is useful to your practice.
Have a question before purchasing?
Then I begin looking.
Your next project is already comingYou do not have to see everything yourself.
I do the looking while you are doing the designing.