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.
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,…
Alexa and Cortana have teamed up. What It Means for Home Automation
It's rare to see tech giants consider or even willingly work together, and yet, here we are.
Today The New York Times announced Amazon and Microsoft would be joining forces in the digital assistant…
My Vietnamese Adventure
I’m home and back to work after a two-week honeymoon through Vietnam via Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hanoi. While this trip was all play, I got a valuable glimpse into one of our industry…
Kerrie Kelly Launches New Collection for GO Home Ltd
Interior designer Kerrie Kelly today announced the launch of a new collection with New York-based home accessories company GO Home Ltd. The 80-piece collection will debut at High Point Market this…
4 Vancouver Restaurants You Need to Try at the ALA Conference
The 2017 American Lighting Association Conference is less than two weeks away, and as attendees already know, Monday (September 12) is a free night. That means it'll be time to hit the town and…