America’s East and West coasts are magnets for glamour and glitz.  The country’s most expensive and opulent real estate is found there … with interiors to match. But who designs those spaces?  Who can afford to pay for the designers’ services, and what do they spend it on when money is no object? TLC’s  Material World finds out.

Material World, a new 12-episode series on TLC, is an irreverent, voyeuristic romp through the spectacular world of high-end interior design in the homes of the super-rich. It’s about taste, huge budgets, demanding clients and the high-end designers who serve them.

When it comes to building, renovating and designing a home, even millions of dollars can’t buy good taste.  That’s where the designers of Material World come in.  Viewers will see these in-demand professionals as they manage their high-profile clientele, catering to their every whim and weathering their every mood swing, while still maintaining a vision and staying on schedule.  It’s no easy task. The designers must juggle meeting with clients, creating design schemes, shopping for furniture and fixtures, dealing with contractors, and even overseeing final installation and the finished product. 

In each one-hour episode, viewers will get to know the designers on a professional and personal level, while getting a glimpse into the world of high-end interior design and the lives of their rich and famous clients.  Designers featured in the series include Jason Bell, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Susan Cohen, Elaine Culotti, Vincent Jacquard, Jack Levy, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Courtney Sloane and Bobby Trendy.  From the Hamptons to the Hollywood Hills, viewers will see the designers in action, as they employ passion and creativity and pour their hearts and souls into each of their projects -- and also enjoy the ritzy lifestyle their work affords them. 

Over the series, viewers will see what it takes to have it all in the world of interior design. They'll learn how these designers interact with their clients, how they inspire confidence and trust in their ambitious ideas, and above all, how they convince their clients to part with vast sums of money to realize their dreams.  In the Material World, the sky’s the limit.