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"ELISSA CULLMAN\n\nEvery interior has what we call signature pieces and filler pieces. We're obsessive about floor plans and have to stay on top of things like converting centimeters to inches and exactly what the inventory is for a project. You don't want to buy a second chandelier for the dining room!\n\nJOANNE DE GUARDIOLA\n\nIf I'm shopping for myself or for clients, at home in New York or in Paris, London, Russia or a Moroccan souk, I always travel with a furniture plan. It's a way to avoid mistakes. On my BlackBerry I also have a list of approximate dimensions in case I don't have the plan with me. My stepdaughter gave me a Tiffany's measuring tape with my name on it. It's especially helpful internationally, where things are in centimeters. I always have it with me. I tend to carry swatches of fabrics with me too.\n\nMICA ERTEG\u00DCN\n\nThe fun is to go off the beaten track. I like to find special things. Last Christmas I went to Tunisia. They have beautiful fabrics there, done by hand. I ordered some linens and had slipcovers made. I went to Uzbekistan and found fabrics that were primitive and sophisticated at the same time. I bought some ikats\u2014you can always use them. And Istanbul is a big source. In the Bazaar you can find a million things. The carpets are very good quality. But in the country there are smaller bazaars every day of the week.\n\nMARIETTE HIMES GOMEZ\n\nI love to shop. The key is to stay organized. In my office we create a history of our jobs. We buy and store all major items for our installations. And I always, always carry a camera. We take clients shopping but do a lot in advance. Online shopping has become more of a staple, but it's kind of refreshing to actually go into a shop.\n\nLAURA HUNT\n\nI always have my furniture plans and fabric samples when I'm shopping, as well as my binders for each project, and I never leave the office without my bright yellow Stanley LeverLock 12-foot-tape measure! And I love when clients come along\u2014it helps me present ideas they might not have considered. But we can only keep them interested for so long. Women will go through the process. The men are harder to keep in line!\n\nTERRY HUNZIKER\n\nI'm a very fast shopper\u2014I walk really fast! I know what I like and what I don't like. I'll have specific things in mind to buy, but you also have to let things that you're seeing wash over you. That's really exciting.\n\nJUAN PABLO MOLYNEUX\n\nIt's important that the client participates. They need to feel that their input is related to something extraordinary, even if it's just to see the quarries in Pietrasanta and to understand why we have to cut the marble in a certain way.\n\nJUAN MONTOYA\n\nFor designers as well as nondesigners, it's important to research the local sources to give specific flavor to a project. If I'm working in the Dominican Republic, for instance, it's not interesting to bring everything from New York. Whenever I can, I try to make an interior as local as possible. It makes it easier in terms of creating the furniture and taking care of the project afterwards. I find sources by asking friends, people I've bought from and other people who've worked there.\n\nTHOMAS PHEASANT\n\nI have a client \"to find\" list that I carry around in my head. But if I'm looking for a specific item, I can almost guarantee I won't find it. I keep my iPhone with me at all times to take pictures of beautiful objects. When shopping for clients, I always prefer to go out alone to do scouting, find specific items and then take my clients back to see those pieces. There's nothing worse for a client than walking a city with nothing to buy at the end of the day.\n\nNINA SEIRAFI\n\nIn my interiors I want to bring culture and depth to each space. I try to dig for the unique piece. Sometimes I look for a specific piece, but I don't limit myself. Even if a client has a budget, I start off from the purely aesthetic. My first thought is, How can I make this room fantastic? I start with a vision, a fantasy. After that comes everything else\u2014I like keeping it under budget.\n\nROGER THOMAS\n\nI'm always trying to find new and exciting sources. I'll go anywhere to find something terrific, no matter how many metro stops. I keep a file of places I want to visit, and I'll call ahead to establish a relationship beforehand. I've been known to shop at 9:00 or 10:00 at night, particularly if I know the owner and that's the only time I can see the shop. Over the years I've learned who the experts are as well as who not to go to.\n\nPIERRE YOVANOVITCH\n\nMy approach to shopping has changed as my tastes and interests have changed. I've become more demanding and precise. I find it more difficult now to find what I need for the interiors I create, and I don't need to spend hours in a gallery to find things I like. With time I've become more confident and faster. At a glance, I know when entering a gallery if I will find items for my projects or not. And I'm constantly looking on the Internet\u20141stdibs is the best\u2014as well as magazines, newspapers, auction houses and books."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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