Tom Stringer Design Partners

What Tom Stringer Design Partners does

Tom Stringer Design Partners (legal entity: Tom Stringer Inc.) is a privately held, Chicago-based luxury residential interior design firm founded in 1995. Operating from the historic Palmolive building on the Magnificent Mile (919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 320), the firm employs approximately 20 team members organized into a creative studio, executive team, and administrative staff under founder and president Tom Stringer. The practice delivers full-service interior design — including architectural collaboration, space planning, furniture and material selection, and project management — for ultra-high-net-worth private clients across metropolitan, waterside, mountain/country, and yacht properties, with supplementary hospitality and office work. The firm also co-owns Chartwell Design Group, a turnkey spec-home enterprise in premier resort communities, and has published a Rizzoli monograph extending the brand into consumer media.

Revenue is generated through professional-services fees on a project-by-project basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing, retainer model, or revenue figures. Go-to-market is sales-led but operates without a formal sales team; client acquisition relies on the principals' industry visibility, editorial coverage in premier shelter publications (Luxe, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, Modern Luxury, Tatler Asia), repeat inclusions on House Beautiful's top-firms list, 25 ASID Design Excellence Awards, and the founder's 2015 induction into the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame for Interior Design. The firm holds no patents, has disclosed no funding rounds, and operates with no parent company or external institutional ownership. Underlying technology is limited to standard creative design tools; no APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities are present in the product surface.

Name

Tom Stringer Design Partners

Legal name

Tom Stringer Inc.

Website

https://tomstringer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tom Stringer Design Partners is a Chicago-based, privately held luxury interior design firm founded in 1995 that serves ultra-high-net-worth residential and yacht clients across the U.S. and internationally, with ~20 employees and a project-fee revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Interior Design

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Spec Home / Production Homebuilding (Tract & Volume Builders) (IMAFABAD)

Keywords

• Luxury interior design
• Residential design services
• High-end home design
• Yacht interior design
• Bespoke space planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Interior Design Services: Full-service interior design for residential properties including new construction, renovations, and yacht interiors. Projects range from primary residences to vacation homes across diverse geographies. Revenue is generated through design fees and procurement services for residential interiors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tom Stringer Design Partners is a Chicago-based interior design firm delivering full-service residential design for high-net-worth clients. Services span architectural collaboration, space planning, furniture and material selection, and project management across urban residences, waterfront properties, mountain retreats, and yacht interiors. The firm also operates Chartwell Design Group, a sub-brand building turnkey high-end spec homes in premier resort communities.

Product overview

Tom Stringer Design Partners is a full-service residential interior design firm offering a portfolio of specialized design services organized into project categories: Metropolitan Dwellings (urban residences), Waterside Living (coastal and lakeside properties), Mountain & Country Homes (ski chalets and retreats), At Sea (yacht interiors), and Hospitality & Office (commercial spaces). The firm operates as an integrated design studio where these services connect through shared design philosophy, architectural collaboration, and project management. The company also operates Chartwell Design Group as a turnkey home building sub-brand, and publishes books documenting its design work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chartwell Design Group: A turn-key, high-end spec homes enterprise building residences in premier resort communities. Partner Chris Harris is a partner with Tom Stringer in this venture.

Products and services

• Tom Stringer Design Partners Interior Design Services Full-service residential interior design firm offering bespoke design services for private homes, including architectural collaboration, space planning, furniture selection, and project management across diverse geographic markets in the United States and internationally.
• Metropolitan Dwellings Interior design services for urban residences including city apartments, row houses, penthouses, and pied-à-terre in metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Denver, and Palm Springs.
• Waterside Living Interior design services for lakeside, beachside, and coastal properties including beach houses, lake cottages, and oceanfront estates.
• Mountain & Country Homes Interior design services for mountain retreats, ski chalets, log cabins, and country estates in locations such as Colorado, Montana, Santa Fe, and Indiana.
• At Sea (Yacht Interiors) Specialized interior design services for sailing yachts and motor yachts, including 50-meter motor yachts and sailing yachts with luxury aesthetic and globally eclectic decor elements.
• Hospitality & Office Commercial interior design services for hospitality venues including acclaimed restaurants, and office spaces such as the firm's own studio.
• Chartwell Design Group (Turnkey Spec Homes)

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Chartwell Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChris Harris, Director of Strategic Partnerships at TSDP, is also a partner with Tom Stringer in Chartwell Design Group. Chartwell builds turn-key, high-end spec homes in premier resort communities. This partnership provides TSDP with firsthand fluency in construction realities and access to trade partners and craftspeople who bring ambitious projects to life.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Holly Hunt: Luxury residential interior design and furniture brand headquartered in Chicago. TSDP's COO Daniel Paul previously held senior operational leadership at Holly Hunt, making it the closest cultural and operational analog for a high-end, nationally distributed residential design firm.
• Nate Berkus Associates: Celebrity-architect-led high-end residential interior design firm serving a similar HNW client base with project-based fees and a portfolio-driven brand model that mirrors TSDP's namesake-designer GTM motion.
• Suzanne Kasler Interiors: Atlanta-based luxury residential interior designer with national press footprint and a product-licensing extension, comparable to TSDP in scale, HNW focus, and shelter-publication visibility.
• Alexa Hampton: NYC-based high-end residential interior design firm led by a named principal with deep shelter-press recognition, directly comparable to TSDP in positioning, project type, and ASID-linked credentials.
• Mark Sikes Interiors: National luxury residential interior design practice known for classically inspired, nationally published work — directly comparable in client segment, aesthetic positioning, and earned-media-driven GTM.
• Jeff Lincoln Design + Interiors: Coastal-luxury residential interior design firm with comparable HNW waterfront and second-home clientele, competing for overlapping Aspen, Hamptons, and Palm Beach projects.
• Christopher Peacock: Luxury design and fitted-furniture firm serving UHNW residential clients; comparable in premium positioning and in pairing design services with proprietary product specifications.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with a substantial hospitality and high-end residential interiors practice. Serves as the broad incumbent against which smaller luxury studios compete for talent and large-scale projects.
• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture and interiors firm with a significant workplace, hospitality, and luxury-residential practice — represents the scaled-incumbent alternative for institutional HNW and developer clients.

Emerging players

• Terence Disdale Design: Internationally recognized yacht and residential interior design practice. Comparable as a direct specialist competitor in TSDP's 'At Sea' mega-yacht category, though with a narrower residential footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tomstringerdesignpartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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