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.
Nourison and Christopher Guy Team Up with New Luxury Rug Collection
What do you get when you cross a luxury furniture manufacturer and award-winning floor coverings? A new rug collection that's going to feel luxurious underfoot.
Nourison and Christopher Guy…
CODARUS to Open To-The-Trade Showroom in Laguna Design Center
This October, CODARUS, a multi-line showroom and national sales organization, continues its expansion into the West Coast opening a nearly 10,000-square-foot to-the-trade showroom in the Laguna…
Creating an Experience in Chicago's Clive Christian Showroom
If there was one word on everyone's lips at the American Lighting Association conference in Vancouver, Canada, last week, it was experience: how to create an experience to bring customers to the…
Designer Q&A: Nick Sheridan
At Laguna Beach, CA-based industrial design and manufacturing company Cerno, good design all comes down to a clean aesthetic and functionality. The company's product, the Cubo sconce, combines these…
Designing Small
When space is limited, interior designers need to pull out all the stops to find great furniture and storage solutions. Ajay Chopra, founding principal of Echo Design + Architecture, believes in…
Finalists Announced for 29th ARTS Awards
Dallas Market Center, producer of the ARTS Awards, and ART, the creative home furnishings network, today announced the finalists for the 29th annual ARTS Awards.
The ARTS Awards, presented each…
High Point Market Design Bloggers Tour Participants Announced
The High Point Market Authority (HPMA), in partnership with Esteem Media, has announced the participants and sponsors for the Design Bloggers Tour for Fall Market, October 14 – 18, 2017.
Returning…
Nourison Launches Rug Blog
Nourison has launched a new design inspiration blog titled “The Rug Edit” at https://www.therugedit.com. This new blog is written to provide design inspiration and information to the interior design…
Libby Langdon and Northcape Expand Vision for Modern Outdoor Living
NorthCape and Libby Langdon are heading to the Chicago Casual Market with four new outdoor collections that expand the designer’s vision of modern outdoor living. The new designs will be displayed in…
Breaking Through the Noise
It’s near midnight and John and Ivy Simon are still hard at work. While their Chapel Hill, NC, store closes at 6 p.m., most evenings the husband-and-wife team can be found bent over their laptops,…