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Designer Education

Product designers, interior designers and lighting designers are working in a changing industry. Competition from online services, DIY and home improvement tv shows, plus changing consumer lifestyles have continued to shift the way business is done. In this section, product designers, interior designers and lighting designers can read news, trend articles and more.

Last Look With Michael Maschmeyer

City dwellers may not have acres of outdoor space, but they go all out with what they do have. In Chicago, outdoor design firm Urban Rooftops specializes in turning boring garage rooftops into their…

Feeling Groovy: 6 Dining Room Ideas That Bring Back What We Love About the ‘70s

What goes around comes around. And while there are more than a few things we’re perfectly happy (and somewhat relieved) to leave in the past, when it comes to the dreamy, eclectic 1970s-era vibes, we…

How to Go Beyond the Customer Profile With ALA Speaker David Avrin

If there's one thing that binds every business professional in every industry, it's the practice of creating a customer profile. The customer profile goes by many names (ideal customer, consumer…
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How to Make the Most of Your Google Calendar

If you have a Google Calendar, you might have a simple routine of using it for the occasional appointment or meeting reminder that seems to work just fine. But if you want to make the most of the…
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Paul Thompson speaks to a crowd in Daniel Stuart Studio at Dallas Market Center during Dallas Design Week.

3 Designer Tips From Dallas Design Week

This week, Dallas Market Center saw a ton of interior designers flowing in and out of IHDC and the World Trade Center for Dallas Design Week. From seminars to panel discussions to networking parties…

Explore Cur8's Gr8ful Living Pop-up at Coco & Dash

Dallas Design Week brought interior designers and tastemakers from all over the country to Dallas Market Center for a week of seminars, networking events and cocktails, but the one event that the …

Cocktail Party

Shake up a bar setup with accent furniture for any palette. Eye on the Sky Touch the clouds and sip your vodka drink of choice. From Julian Chichester, the Pollock drinks cabinet makes a…

Hooker Furniture Launches HF Design Pro

Continuing its focus on expanding its relationships and support of the interior design community, Hooker Furniture and its sister companies, Bradington-Young and Sam Moore Furniture are set to launch…
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Next Round of Tariffs to Directly Impact Furniture and Lighting Retailers and Interior Designers

The trade war between the U.S. and China escalated yesterday and continued through this morning. Yesterday, President Trump announced another round of tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported…
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Transparency Tightrope

On a gray Parisian afternoon in July above the cafes of Montmartre, French tightrope artist Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga placed one delicate foot in front of the other. Below, an orchestra played as she…
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