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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.

AdobeStock Living room
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How Retailers Meet the Demand for Personalized Design

Consumers are starting to discover what those in the industry have long known: Furniture and fashion can make an equally powerful statement, and a look that exemplifies your unique aesthetic and…
Fauzia Khanani kitchen
(Photos: Garrett Rowland)

Last Look With Fauzia Khanani

New Yorkers in Greenwich Village are used to doing more with less space. For Fauzia Khanani, Founder and Principal Designer at New York-based Studio Fōr, less space means a more design-centric…
Charlotte Moss
Charlotte Moss

Century Furniture to Debut Collaboration With Charlotte Moss at High Point Market

Century Furniture announced today that it will debut new product designs by renowned interior designer Charlotte Moss at the upcoming October High Point Market. The collaboration, which will feature…

ASID's 2nd Quarter Report Reveals Uncertainties for Interior Designers

The American Society of Interior Design's (ASID) Second Quarter Billings Index report, released last week, made one thing exceptionally clear: The interior design industry has deep ties to the…
Three designers at the ASID Expo 2018
This could be you: ASID members enjoying Expo 2018, a leadership experience chock full workshops, project tours and social events “designed to provide the skills necessary to advance their personal and professional goals and to become strong leaders in the design industry.

5 Reasons to Join the American Society of Interior Designers

With everything you have to do to keep your business afloat, committing yourself to yet one more thing is probably not at the top of your list. We get it: You’re busy. But if you’re a designer,…
LIving room with beige couch and chairs and blue and orange rug by Global Views
Photo: Global Views

How Hard Will Tariffs Hit the Home Furnishings Industry

Like many other industry groups, the National Retail Federation (NRF) fiercely opposes the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners. Now they have the numbers…

Dallas Design Week to Highlight Top Names, Exclusive Events

Dallas Market Center today announced the fall edition of Dallas Design Week, Sept. 17-21, 2018. Gathering luminaries from all facets of the interior design industry, this fall’s schedule features…

Coco & Dash, CUR8 Partner for Design Event

Award-winning luxury home decor retailer Coco & Dash will collaborate with CUR8, Austin, TX-based innovator and design incubator, on a first-of-its kind design event and product collaboration.…

The Fashion of Light: When to Update Your Fixtures

People may not realize it, but lighting fixtures do fall in and out of fashion, just like clothing. I look at the light fixtures that I had hanging in my house in the 1980's and I shudder. Some…
Home Care Suite ADU
All the comforts of home in a tiny space: The Casita design from Home Care Suites is a 500-square-foot unit that has a full-size kitchen as well as a washing machine/dryer closet.

The Suite Solution

In the Tampa Bay area of Florida, affordable housing may be difficult to find, but plenty of pools have their own homes. As a general contractor and President and founder of Goldsborough Company in…
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