Design News, Delivered —xx, your friends at Business of Home I interviewed one designer from every state in 2020. Here’s what I learned I interviewed one designer from every state in 2020. Here’s what I learned In December 2019, I found myself on a car ride through the frozen fields of Iowa—my laptop open but no Wi-Fi, looking out the window at the frost-tipped landscape with a long view of the horizon and ample time to ponder whatever questions popped into my head. How many designers do I know in Iowa? I started to make a list, but it was short.