About Us
The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource & ChicagoMidwestDesignSource.com is the Most Complete
Business-to-Business Reference annual sourcebook and website reference for Design & Building Professionals.

This handsome, easy-to-use annual sourcebook covers all aspects of building and design, with over
7,000 Chicago & Midwest listings for residential/commercial industry professionals, accompanied by
hundreds of ideas & photographs of the best the Chicago Design & Building industry has to offer.

The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource will be published each summer,and sent controlled to 10,000-15,000
product & service buyers, specifiers & recommenders. Advertising in the Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource
is the most cost-effective and attention-getting way for building, design, and decorating professionals to reach
the people they work with every day. Its flexible format ensures that it is exceptionally easy to use as
youcollaborate with your peers. The economical page rate and variety of ad sizes make
the Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource the best way to advertise your business…

Every Day, All Day, All Year Long!

ChicagoMidwestDesignSource.com is the new internet portal for Chicagoland’s design and building community.
We will bring these businesses together on this site, through thousands of beautiful, idea-filled photographs
contributed by the finest professionals in Chicagoland. Read about new trends and styles, find out who’s
doing what and where----keep tabs on the Midwest’s most up-to-date industry calendar and find
the right idea or professional or product by searching the sites 10,000 + images.

History Not Only Repeats Itself----It Gets Better

The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource may be new, but the team behind it is not.
Paul Casper, who created the Chicago Home Book and The Design Index, is the publisher of the
Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource. He and his team are back, bringing years of experience to this highly
anticipated publication. And, there’s more: this exciting new and improved version of the original
concept will include this must-see website, ChicagoMidwestDesignSource.com, an invaluable
and continuing resource for design and building professionals in Chicagoland.

The Midwest’s design and building professionals are among the best in the country, and through
collaborating with the best professionals and services in the area they make their clients’ dreams
come true. The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource is committed to showcasing these businesses, by
bringing together Chicago’s design and building community. ChicagoDesignSource.com is part
of the process, as we provide access, both in an easy-to-use print format and online.


Our Mission
We are committed to delivering the latest and very best ideas and information to the Midwest’s
design and building professionals as they work with their clients’ designing, remodeling, building,
decorating or landscaping projects. The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource is the only reference that
contains all the information, inspiration, and references a design or building professional needs,
in a well-organized, visually exciting format. The Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource includes:

• Over 7,000 listings of firms and individual professionals representing
an extraordinary cross-section of Chicagoland’s top custom building
and design talent – a showcase of their finest work.

• Hundreds of photographic and illustrative color images of the top building/design
residential or commercial professionals – one fabulous idea after the next.

• Informative articles, researched locally, profiling the top-level building
and design professionals in some very unique ways.

• Comprehensive indexes, organized three ways for maximum convenience.

• Industry Calendars.

If there is one resource every Midwest residential/commercial design and building professional
shouldhave, it is the Chicago/ Midwest DesignSource. And, before any upscale professional begins
a client project, he or she should visit ChicagoMidwestDesignSource.com. Join us – be part of
the process of coming together with your peers: the area’s finest design and building pros.


We Also Publish
Chicago Luxury Home & Condo the internet’s new must-see site for anyone building,
remodeling, designing, landscaping or decorating a luxury home in Chicago and suburbs.
ChicagoHomeandCondo.com was created by the publishers of The Lake Forest Media Group
and it's beautiful annual Chicago Luxury Home & Condo, chicago’s newest and finest upscale
shelter publication, and the consumers’ and homebuilding & design industry’s most valuable resource.

The owners and soon-to-be-owners of upscale homes and condos are a passionate group.
Their environments are the realizations of their dreams, and Chicago Luxury Home & Condo will make
those visions come true. ChicagoHomeandCondo.com will now be part of the process, as we bring
these homeowners together with the professionals who make dreams a reality every day.

To find out more, go to: www.ChicagoLuxuryHomeandCondo.com


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