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Delbert Adams Construction Group

With over 40 years of experience, the Delbert Adams Construction Group (DACG) has a strong portfolio of recognized work across Maryland and the surrounding region. DACG specializes in luxury custom home construction, major renovations, historic restorations, and commercial construction specific to private clubs—along with full-scale property maintenance. [To read more, follow this link.]

To see examples of DACG's work or learn more, visit www.dacgllc.com. Ready to start planning a renovation or new build project? Reach out to Adam Peck at 908-601-7891 or apeck@dacgllc.com.

New York Decorator Show House Day Trip

Several GADD members traveled to New York together on October 16 to tour the 50th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Each year interior designers transform a luxury home in New York into an immersive exhibition with each area showcasing the finest in furnishings, art and technology. This year’s show house was inspiring! Those who attended took many pictures. Follow this link to see an image of their favorite spaces and find out why they felt it was so memorable.

To learn more about the Kips Bay Decorator Show Houses, click here. All proceeds from the show houses go to the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Clubs.

Day of Design in DC

On October 27, several GADD members traveled together to Washington, D.C. for a day filled with design inspiration and networking.

The first stop was the Lutron Experience Center, where members explored the latest in smart lighting and shading technology. The interactive showroom showcased how design and innovation come together to create dynamic, energy-efficient environments that enhance both aesthetics and functionality.

Afterward, the group visited the National Building Museum for a private docent-led tour, gaining a deeper appreciation for the museum’s extraordinary architecture and its exhibits that celebrate the art, science, and social impact of the built environment.

The day offered an engaging blend of education, inspiration, and camaraderie—reflecting GADD’s mission to connect professionals across the design and build community through shared experiences.

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AI-generated video has gotten good. Should designers try it?

Nicolaus, F. (October 24, 2025) Business of Home

You’ve got ChatGPT writing copy for social media. You’re using Nano Banana to tweak renderings. You’re feeding your financials to Perplexity. But just when you thought you had mastered all the shiny AI tricks, our tech overlords have given the robots a new one: video. Buckle up.

To be clear, AI-generated video is not really new. But up until this year, it was either expensive, clunky or low-quality. Over the past six months, tech giants have rolled out a variety of new tools that make AI video fast, easy, startlingly good, and cheap (or free).

As so often is the case, it was OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) that won the biggest headlines, with its late-September release of Sora 2, a new model and accompanying app (just called Sora) that allows users to create 15-to-25-second videos with simple prompts. The tool has inspired awe and controversy in equal measure: At first, it took a laissez-faire attitude toward copyright law, allowing users to create videos of Iron Man slipping on a banana peel or Pikachu getting arrested for a DUI. It also drew concern over potentially harmful deepfakes with a feature called “Cameos” that allows users to insert their own likeness into AI-generated content. For example, you can make a video of yourself slipping on a banana peel, and, if you choose to share your Cameo, others can make the same (or worse).

But amid all that, there was no doubt that Sora had the goods. A month in, it has hardly become an everyday tool for designers, but tech early adopters are certainly taking notice.