You are the beginning.

You provide the wants, needs, lifestyle and identity.

The knowledge of how to connect you and your design is what distinguishes Kaufman Segal Design. Understanding that good design takes a sharp eye, vast technical knowledge, and advanced experience Kaufman Segal Design elevates your words and ideas and essentially turns your dreams into realities.

Kaufman Segal Design creates both residential and commercial interior designs. Our expertise includes custom design furniture and millwork, construction management, material specification, and planning. We handle every aspect of the project from beginning to end. We know how to capture a tailored timelessness that whether traditional or contemporary, is beautiful, functional and ultimately, unquestionably you.

David Kaufman received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Drake University, Des Moines. After working with Paul Granata Interiors, he started his own firm in 1990. He has been an Illinois Licensed Interior Designer since 1989.

Tom Segal, past President of the Board of Trustees of Harrington College of Design, has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Master of Architecture from The University of Illinois at Chicago. He started his own firm in 1995.

Each with his own business, David and Tom began collaborating. By 1996, it was clear the synergy they had was unique and should be more permanent thus Kaufman Segal Design was born.

KSD has done projects in Chicago, New York, Palm Springs, Boston, Boca Raton, Minneapolis, Kansas City--literally around the country.