September 30, 2026

Words: Wilson Barlow

Designers And Manufacturers On The Move: September 2026 Edition

Interior Design‘s latest On the Move includes must-know industry promotions and hires, like Perkins&Will’s strategic decision to expand its architecture and design capabilities. Read on to see who’s climbing the ranks in design.

Architecture and Design Industry Promotions and Hires

Perkins&Will

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Bart Higgins and Katie Hiller. Photography copyright Perkins&Will.

Bart Higgins and Katie Hillier, the duo behind innovation and strategy consultancy Future Perfect X, have joined Perkins&Will as the Future Perfect Studio, based in the firm’s New York office. Their practice specializes in organizational, cultural, and experiential design strategy—drawing on digital anthropology and ethnographic research to help executive leadership at clients including Google, Chanel, Revlon, and Pfizer reimagine growth from the inside out. The studio will now pair its upstream strategic consulting with Perkins&Will’s full design and architecture capabilities.

Wolf-Gordon

Wolf-Gordon has acquired Look Walls & Interiors, a Dallas-based designer and manufacturer of custom and digitally printed wallcoverings serving the hospitality, corporate, healthcare, and education sectors. The acquisition deepens Wolf-Gordon’s custom and digital capabilities, building on its existing WG Customs Lab platform. Cofounders Lindsay White and Lester Blumenthal will continue leading the studio alongside their full team, maintaining the operational agility and client relationships that have defined the brand.

DIG Architecture

DIG Architecture has promoted three senior professionals to associate as the New Brunswick-based firm marks its 20th anniversary. Dalina Cruz, senior interior designer, has been central to aligning architecture, interiors, and environmental graphics across education, healthcare, and transportation projects. Wally Harris, senior project manager, brings 20-plus years of expertise in building envelopes and historic restoration, including Carnegie-era library projects across Philadelphia and New Jersey. LoriAnne Jones, senior project manager, specializes in community-centered healthcare and education, leading nine federally qualified health center assignments for NYC’s Urban Health Plan and drawing on both evidence-based design principles and an MBA in strategy.

Duravit

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Oliver Bleich.

Oliver Bleich has been appointed president of Duravit Americas, succeeding Bob Downie, who concluded his tenure in July 2026. Bleich brings extensive international leadership experience in the premium interiors and design industry, having held senior roles at Dornbracht, SieMatic, and Keuco, and most recently serving as executive vice president at Fermob USA. Under his leadership, the brand has also restructured its North American sales team: Dean Camastro, a six-year Duravit veteran, has been promoted to vice president of sales, North America, overseeing retail, commercial, and project channels; and Kurt Raabe transitions to vice president of product strategy and key accounts, North America, bringing over 20 years of decorative plumbing industry experience to align the brand’s portfolio and e-commerce strategy with evolving market demands.

Public Works Partners

Public Works Partners, the New York-based urban planning and management consultancy, has promoted Moe Magali to principal and Benjamin Martinez Newman to director. Magali, who joined the firm in 2014, has led major initiatives including the Hudson Comprehensive Plan and NYCHA PACT Resource Team, and will now oversee firm strategy, business development, and strategic partnerships. Martinez Newman advances to director of client services, with project credits spanning the multi-year Bronx is Breathing initiative and strategic planning for Acacia Network and Empire State Development.

Thibaut

Thibaut, the New Jersey-based design house and oldest wallpaper company in the United States, has acquired Pindler, the iconic California fabric house founded by Matthew and Carl Pindler in Los Angeles in 1947. Operating 16 showrooms nationwide from its 120,000-square-foot headquarters in Moorpark, Pindler brings nearly eight decades of decorative fabric expertise — including prestigious licensed collections with Hearst Castle and the Newport Mansions—to Thibaut’s growing portfolio of wallcovering, fabric, trim, and furniture brands.

Studio Twist

Jaime Miranda has been named chief executive officer and principal of Studio Twist, the custom hospitality knits studio founded nearly 15 years ago by Michelle Wildenhaus, who transitions to founder and creative director. A Wharton MBA and Cornell General Managers Program graduate, Miranda brings over 20 years of luxury hotel and resort leadership experience, with a track record of building high-performing teams and operational excellence. Wildenhaus will continue guiding the creative vision of the brand’s custom textile collections and collaborations.

Corgan

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Lindsay Wilson, president of Corgan.
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Turan Duda of DudaPaine Architects.
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Scott Ruch, CEO of Corgan.

Corgan has acquired Duda|Paine Architects, the Durham, North Carolina-based practice founded in 1997 by Turan Duda and Jeffrey Paine, establishing the global firm’s presence in the Research Triangle. Known for its ideas-driven approach across commercial office, higher education, research, and wellness environments, Duda|Paine brings nearly three decades of internationally recognized work and deep client relationships to Corgan’s expanding portfolio. Founding principal Turan Duda will continue leading the Durham studio as part of the combined firm.

Bromley Caldari Architects

Bromley Caldari Architects, the New York firm founded in 1991 by R. Scott Bromley and Jerry Caldari, is celebrating 35 years of practice. The firm’s portfolio spans luxury residences, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, and landmark renovations, with celebrated projects including the original Studio 54, the reconfiguration of B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue, and the adaptive reuse of 516–530 West 25th Street, now home to the Petzel Gallery. Current work includes façade restoration of the landmark P.F. Collier & Sons Building and the expansion of the Fire Island Pines Firehouse.

IIDA

Kim Moran has joined the International Interior Design Association as director of strategic sales, where she will lead business development efforts and cultivate partnerships with industry stakeholders. Moran brings over 20 years of commercial interiors experience, including senior marketing and business development roles at MillerKnoll, Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering, Nucraft Furniture, and Haworth. A longtime IIDA member and former board participant, she also taught textiles and furniture at Kendall College of Art and Design.

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Kim Moran.

Luci

Luci, the Chicago-founded experience design practice specializing in museums and cultural institutions, has opened its first international studio in London, led by Josh Kirk and Thomas Tzortzi as co-principals and creative directors. Kirk brings over a decade of narrative-driven exhibition design across museum, heritage, and brand sectors; Tzortzi contributes bold spatial thinking at the masterplan scale. Their combined portfolio includes the Oman Across Ages Museum, RAF Museum, and Shenzhen Natural History Museum. James Alexander, former chief executive of Event Communications, joins as chairman.

Simon Pearce

Jessica Ohashi has been appointed vice president of design at Simon Pearce, the Vermont-based handcrafted glassware and home goods brand, where she will lead product design direction and support research, development, and production. Ohashi brings 22 years of home industry experience, with prior roles including director of furniture and lighting collaborations at West Elm, design manager at DwellStudio, and creative director at Lemieux et Cie. A Vermont native and lifelong glassblower, she holds a BFA in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Jessica Ohashi. Photography by Simon Pearce.

KPF

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Marissa Sweig Trigger.

Marissa Sweig Trigger has joined KPF as a director leading the firm’s institutional practice, succeeding principal Jill Lerner, who transitions to an emeritus advisory role after building and stewarding the practice for over three decades. Trigger brings 22 years of experience at Ennead, where she led transformational projects for NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health, and cultural institutions including the new Milwaukee Public Museum and the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University. She holds a master of architecture from Yale and a bachelor of architecture from Tulane.

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