A-LIST
How should we live? What can happen in a room? What can happen in a life? This year’s Elle Decor A-List designers answer these questions every day, piece by piece, in spaces both private and public, shaping the world around us. It is a celebration of the most creative voices today, including five new talents, and presenting the inaugural A-List Legends—iconic figures who continue to make design history.
Legends in the Room
Bow down to the icons of interior design—masterminds of the spaces we want to look at again and again. Presenting the 2026 A-List Legends, in a special portfolio shot on location for Elle Decor.
FRONT AND CENTER
From innovative furniture makers to up-and-coming event gurus, meet 35 of the design world’s rising stars—all nominated by a jury of discerning talents. Imaginative minds are at work.
HOUSE of DREAMS
Celebrated 19th-century painter Frederic Church spent the last 40 years of his life building Olana, a fantastical home on 250 acres overlooking the Hudson River. Two centuries after his birth, we spoke to the designers and artists still finding inspiration there.
The MELLON JOB
When Bunny Mellon decided to build a home on 200 wild Nantucket acres, she hired a young carpenter named Bam La Farge. The two formed an unlikely friendship that brought his family to her home on Antigua. His daughter remembers it all.
INTERNATIONAL A-LIST
The leading designers and architects from around the world, as chosen by our 25 editions.
BEARS ON PARADE
If there is one piece of furniture that has captured the attention of our era more than any other, it’s this one.
WALLS THAT TALK
Craig Starr lives with a museum-worthy art collection. But it took a collaboration with interior designer Charlie Ferrer for him to realize the power of creating a home that’s as much a sanctuary as a set piece.
A-LIST
How should we live? What can happen in a room? What can happen in a life? This year’s Elle Decor A-List designers answer these questions every day, piece by piece, in spaces both private and public, shaping the world around us. It is a celebration of the most creative voices today, including five new talents, and presenting the inaugural A-List Legends—iconic figures who continue to make design history.
Legends in the Room
Bow down to the icons of interior design—masterminds of the spaces we want to look at again and again. Presenting the 2026 A-List Legends, in a special portfolio shot on location for Elle Decor.
FRONT AND CENTER
From innovative furniture makers to up-and-coming event gurus, meet 35 of the design world’s rising stars—all nominated by a jury of discerning talents. Imaginative minds are at work.
HOUSE of DREAMS
Celebrated 19th-century painter Frederic Church spent the last 40 years of his life building Olana, a fantastical home on 250 acres overlooking the Hudson River. Two centuries after his birth, we spoke to the designers and artists still finding inspiration there.
The MELLON JOB
When Bunny Mellon decided to build a home on 200 wild Nantucket acres, she hired a young carpenter named Bam La Farge. The two formed an unlikely friendship that brought his family to her home on Antigua. His daughter remembers it all.
INTERNATIONAL A-LIST
The leading designers and architects from around the world, as chosen by our 25 editions.
BEARS ON PARADE
If there is one piece of furniture that has captured the attention of our era more than any other, it’s this one.
WALLS THAT TALK
Craig Starr lives with a museum-worthy art collection. But it took a collaboration with interior designer Charlie Ferrer for him to realize the power of creating a home that’s as much a sanctuary as a set piece.