about us

Our Mission
Contract magazine and Contractmagazine.com is dedicated to the timely documentation of the commercial design industry, with a special focus on how interior design and architecture can positively impact the corporate, retail, educational, hospitality, health care, entertainment, government, institutional, and performing arts markets. Through in-depth reports, special features and news and views, Contract Magazine and ContractMagazine.com examine how the strategic goals of commercial clients can be supported and advanced through design, as well as how trends in the various industries covered shape and influence the current and future practice of commercial interior design. The emphasis is on design's role in a changing society.

Audience
Contract addresses the key design, business, and technology issues currently shaping the practice of commercial and institutional interior design by the nation's architects, interior designers, and allied professionals. Our features include case studies of recently completed design installations, reviews of commercial interiors products and product development trends, as well as reports on emerging business and technical trends affecting design. Industry news and views, personality profiles, and coverage of major industry events and activities are also part of our publication. We also publish projects of the nation’s most talented practicing interior designers and architects--both emerging and the well-established.

Contract Magazine is a Nielsen Business Publications, USA, inc and a Nielsen Media production.

Nielsen Business Publications, USA, Inc. penetrates and enlightens the commercial design industry with print, face-to-face, and online information. Nielsen eMedia enables Nielsen Business Publications to publish in the fast-paced online market.

Publisher: John M. Rouse
Editor In Chief: Jennifer Thiele Busch
Senior Editor: Katie Weeks
Managing Editor: Danine Alati
Associate Editor: Sofia Galadza
Marketing Manager: Lynda Gerber

President: Greg Farrar
Senior Vice President, Human Resources: Michael Alicea
Senior Vice President, Finance: Derek Irwin
Senior Vice President, Entertainment: Gerry Byrne
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Media: Sabrina Crow
Senior Vice President, Travel & Performance: Sabrina Crow
Senior Vice President, Retail: David Loechner
Senior Vice President, Online: Linda McCutcheon
Senior Vice President, Building Design: Joe Randall
Senior Vice President, Central Services: Mary Kay Sustek
Vice President, Licensing: Howard Appelbaum
Vice President, Manufacturing & Distribution: Jennifer Grego
Vice President, Audience Marketing: Joanne Wheatley