Press/News
October 5, 2019
Traverse Magazine Home Tour feature
Sneak Peek! Home #2 on the Traverse City Area Home Tour is in the Heart of Wine Country
October 3, 2019
Home Design Trends
Featured in the Northern Express Weekly, September 30, 2019 https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/home-design-trends/
November 23, 2018
Opa Grill & Taproom Relocated, Redesigned
“We partnered with Dorina to help us with the build out of our new business location for Opa! Grill & Taproom, and could not be happier. She was very easy to reach when we needed an answer and provided us with lots of great insight. Her talent and personality gave us an end result that…
January 30, 2015
Maxbauer’s Market Transformed
Maxbauer’s Market – a staple in Traverse City for over 100 years – has re-opened and been renovated since a grease fire forced the business to close this past July. The market has been transformed into a whole new store, with the same dedication to high quality meats and groceries that their customers have come…
June 6, 2014
Traverse City Business News – Featured Designer, Interiors Issue
The Art of Design For the past 20 years, interior designer Dorina Rudd has been transforming living and working spaces into functional works of art. “Design is very emotional, because it deals with ownership, sentimentality, image and brand,” Rudd, owner of Design Strategies, explained. “The design of a commercial space is dependent on the use…
April 19, 2014
Michigan Home & Lifestyle – Featured Designer, Grand Traverse
Many Traverse City area businesses have been transformed into living workspaces by Dorina Rudd and her crew over the past 20 years. From site plan observation, including landscape consultation and coordination, to interior and exterior design, architectural details and material selection, to colors, finishes, specialty furnishing, window treatments, art, accessories and personal touches, Dorina provides…
June 10, 2012
Traverse City Record Eagle – Welcome Home; Design for Living with Style
She works one-on-one with the architect and/or builder on the blueprints and she’s involved in the design from the ground up. She’s there on the property, helping determine which way the home should face in order to best meld with the property, She even consults with the landscapers, and considers the landscape when picking out…
August 21, 2011
Traverse City Business News – Designing Woman; For Men
When designing with a masculine eye, Rudd taps into her ability to visualize the client’s surroundings from who they are, what they do and what the purpose of the space is, and thinks she may have found a design niche. “Men have a different competitive edge than women, and want their lives to reflect it,”…
April 12, 2008
The Bracken – Historic Cottages of Glen Lake
These cozy summer lake cottages in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, are viewed against a backdrop of early summer tourism in the first half of the twentieth century in Michigan. Each cottage is shown in its glory and reveals its importance in the lives of its owners and the community, www.cottagebooks.com….
July 22, 2007