AD100 Design Studio Blueprint
Operations and finance
at the level of
the AD100.
The exact blueprint high-end studios use to run Studio Designer, price with authority, and protect margin — built for the studio that intends to join the archive.
01 — The Quiet Problem
Your taste belongs in the AD100.
Your operations do not.
Studio Designer is the software of choice at the highest level — yet most studios never implement it properly. The codes, the workflows, the procurement choreography. No one teaches this. You are expected to figure it out while running a practice.
Meanwhile your fees are quoted from instinct, your hours go uncounted, and the project you thought made forty points actually made twelve. The design is world-class. The business is guesswork.
02 — Inside the Blueprint
Three instruments.
One AD100 standard.
Studio Designer Setup & Procurement
Account and item codes structured for clean reporting. Vendor and client setup that scales. The full procurement choreography — proposal, PO, deposit, tracking, delivery, install — documented step by step.
The Pricing Calculator
Three fee models — flat, hourly, cost-plus — with a hidden-hours multiplier most studios discover too late. Includes a reverse calculator: what should this room actually cost to design?
The Profitability Tracker
Time and expense per project, per phase. Real margin versus quoted margin. A Studio Designer CSV mapping guide that turns your existing data into a clear dashboard.
A Note from the Author
"I built this because I needed it. There was no resource for Studio Designer, no honest conversation about pricing, no blueprint for how a studio operates at the level of the AD100."
Drawn from a decade of operating high-end residential studios — and the procurement and finance systems used by the firms whose work fills the AD100 archive.
03 — For Whom
Built for the studio
that intends to be archived.
- —Studios of 2–5 already using or adopting Studio Designer
- —Founders moving from solo practice into a small team
- —Designers tired of guessing at fees and writing off hours
- —Studios that want their operations as considered as their AD100-level projects
04 — Acquire
AD100 Design Studio
Blueprint
One-time · Lifetime access · Notion + Google Sheets
- ✦Studio Designer Setup & Procurement Playbook (Notion)
- ✦Pricing Calculator with hidden-hours multiplier (Sheets)
- ✦Profitability Tracker + CSV mapping guide (Sheets)
- ✦Free updates for the lifetime of the playbook
14-day refund · Instant delivery
05 — Questions