today’s city guide comes to us from kenyon college student, emma reidy. she kindly offered to create an indianapolis design guide for d*s and i was thrilled to add another domestic guide to the growing collection. i hope you’ll enjoy emma’s guide- click here for the full post or just click “read more” below. as always, if you think something is missing feel free to add your suggestions below- we’ll update the guide as we go along. stay tuned for a new installment of anne’s regional roundup (iceland) column at 12 and a new product guide (rugs!) at 1pm [thanks, emma!]

today’s city guide was written by d*s reader and designer angela liguori. originally from rome, angela now lives and works in massachusetts but was excited to share her favorite shops, cafes, museums and galleries in this incredible city. home to our ‘in the kitchen with‘ columnist kristina, rome is chock-full of beautiful sites and shops so i hope you’ll enjoy angela’s guide and check out her site if you’d like to see more of her work. thank you again to angela for all of her hard work- click here for the full guide or just click “read more” below.

today’s second city guide belongs to one of my favorite areas in the country: new orleans! d*s reader and journalist annemarie dooling offered to create this guide and i’m thrilled to get an insider’s guide to some of the great galleries, shops and restaurants in the area. hopefully ac and i can make it down to new orleans later this fall when the weather has cooled down a bit. if you’re planning a trip down this spring or summer i hope you’ll enjoy annemarie’s guide! click here for the full post or just click “read more” below. [thanks, annemarie!]

today’s first city guide takes us to great britain on a thrip through nottingham. written by d*s reader and nottingham local, laura millward, the guide is full of great design’/craft/art destinations, commentary on the city as a whole, and details about nottingham’s notable exports (dh lawrence, paul smith and jonathan glazer, among others). i hope you’ll enjoy the guide if you live in the area or are planning a trip abroad this summer. click here for the full guide. [thanks, laura!]

today’s city guide comes from nathalie of design undercover. based in dublin, i can think of no one more fit to create the d*s dublin design guide than an honest-to-goodness local design fan. nathalie covers all sorts of fantastic design shops and local designer spots, as well as a great section on dublin art. i hope you’ll enjoy her guide as much as i did- click here for the full post or just click “read more” below. [thanks, nathalie!]

today’s new city guide belongs to the lonestar state. carolina saunders of carolina eclectic was kind enough to write this guide to houston, focusing on the “inner loop” including downtown, the museum district and many others. houston is a large city and there may be some spots we’ve missed so please feel free to list your favorite spots in the comments section below. thanks again to caroline for creating this great guide to houston! click here to read the full houston design guide. [want to see guides to other cities, products and gifts? click here to browse the d*s guide page]

today’s city guides are taking us to two very different locations: raleigh, nc and abroad to bristol, england. designer jane gallagher lives and works (and designs jewelry) in bristol and offered to make this wonderful city guide in case anyone is heading over to england this spring and would like to check out some wonderful shops off the beaten path. i hope you’ll enjoy her guide to shopping, eating and culture in bristol england as much as i did. click here for the full guide or click “read more” below. thanks to jane for all her hard work!

[jane created a fantastic google maps guide to go with this piece so click here to check it out]