About The Unpublished
What is this?
The Unpublished is a platform for interior designers to give work that hasn't been published before a place to be seen. Designers pour themselves into this work, and it is still beautiful — it took the same effort, and it deserves to be seen. So much extraordinary design work simply hasn't been published, and we built this platform to change that — a place to share it, be proud of it, and let it find the audience it always deserved.
For Designers
If you're an interior designer with completed work you're proud of, you can apply for an account. We're looking for work that demonstrates craft, thoughtfulness, and a point of view.
Once approved, you'll be able to publish stories on your own terms. Upload images, write about your process and intentions, credit collaborators, and share the work with a community of peers and enthusiasts.
Principles
- No public metrics. Saves and follows are private to you — there are no visible like or follower counts, and nothing here is a popularity contest. It's a publication, not a social network.
- Credits are mandatory. Photography and styling are integral to how design is communicated. Everyone who contributes to a story is credited and linked.
- Quality over quantity. We're not interested in volume. We're interested in considered, thoughtful work. Designers can publish as often or as rarely as they like.
- Chronological, not algorithmic. Stories appear in the order they're published. There's no feed optimization, no engagement metrics, no gaming the system.
Who We Are
The Unpublished was built from a simple observation: so much interior design work hasn't been published, and until now there was nowhere for it to go.
We're a small team of designers and builders — people who have spent years making spaces, and who know how much of that work never leaves the studio. We've felt it ourselves: the projects poured over for months, finished, quietly loved, and seen by almost no one beyond the people who lived with them.
We made this for that work, and for the people behind it. It's the place we wished existed — somewhere the effort can stand on its own, in the designer's own words, and finally find its audience.
Get Started
Not a designer yet? Explore the stories or browse the designers.
Questions? Email us at hello@theunpublished.com