FEATURED BY THE FEMALE DESIGN COUNCIL

Hundreds of interior designers chose the FDC as home 💛 Meet some of them below ⬇️

🛋️ Claudette McCarron is the founder of @cbmcreativellc. Combining her design sensibility with a strong foundation in marketing, she partners with clients on residential projects while also helping design professionals strengthen their brand presence.

AAPIDA GalA FEATURED iN AD PRO

Thank you to AAPIDA member Catherine Hong for the feature in @archdigestpro about the AAPI Design Alliance Inaugural Gala on May 6, 2026, at the Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA, with 300 members, sponsors and guests. @aapi_designalliance

“Tonight is more than a celebration, it is a testament to the strength of community, the power of creativity, and the importance of representation across our industries.”
— Jessica Davis, AAPIDA President and Founder

I’m so honored to be a part of AAPIDA as the new Membership Lead on the Executive Board and to have helped launch the Philadelphia Chapter as President in October 2024.

Looking back, it all started with an AD Pro webinar with Young Huh in 2024 and I DM’d and thanked her for the webinar. She wrote back and said come visit our AAPIDA displays at @hwdesignonadime in New York.

Now here we are. Thank you Jessica Davis and Young Huh for gathering your friends in the early days in 2022 and creating this incredible diverse design community which has grown nationally. I’m humbled and grateful to be a part of it and have made meaningful friendships and connections through AAPIDA 🙏❤️ Thank you to all who made the gala celebration possible.

PODCAST: Together WE DESIGNPHILADELPHIA

Host Rebecca Johnson chats with Claudette McCarron of CBM Creative about her winding path into interior design, leading the Philadelphia Chapter of AAPI Design Alliance and why community-building should be at the heart of design.

Claudette (also a Board Member of Docomomo Philadelphia) was nominated for the DesignPhiladelphia Award in the Local Community/Social Impact category for her work with AAPIDA, whose mission is to foster Asian American Pacific Islander visibility, collaboration and representation in the design community.

Vacation home in florida

Designing from Afar: How CBM Creative furnished a 5,000-square-foot newly built Florida home in just 3 months, remotely from Pennsylvania.

Meet Claudette McCarron

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Claudette McCarron a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Benjamin Moore + AAPI Design ALLIANCE

Thank you to AAPIDA’s National Sponsor, Benjamin Moore, for celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month by highlighting our designers and their favorite Benjamin Moore paint colors. We 💜 how our AAPIDA members drew inspiration from their childhood, culture and travels.