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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.

Bloomr at Codarus showroom
Bloomr in the Codarus showroom at AmericasMart Atlanta.

Codarus Celebrates Collaboration and Design at AmericasMart Atlanta

Designer resource Codarus has several reasons to celebrate at this winter market with a new faux floral partnership and a couple of anniversaries. Here's what's happening in their AmericasMart…
CODARUS, Bloomr, Jennifer Huffman, Annie Selke, Lili Alessandra
Oliver Gal Monopoly-themed print
Oliver Gal is known for its fashion-forward prints, like this Monopoly-inspired print, but the company is looking in new directions.

The Buzz Around AmericasMart Atlanta: What Manufacturers Are Planning for 2019

A new year and new winter market season bring excitement to AmericasMart Atlanta. Everyone has something new to share, and this year, many companies have big plans for 2019.  Here's what's happening…
AmericasMart Atlanta, Oliver Gal, Lucas + McKearn, Made Goods, Howard Elliott
Abstract wall art on canvas by Monica Janes

Wall Art Wows at AmericasMart Atlanta

The winter market season kicks off every year at AmericasMart at the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market. Our team hit the floor today, ready to see what's new and what…
wall art, StyleCraft, Monica Janes, Celadon Art, Howard Elliott
Better Homes and Gardens Instagram.
This room is one of BHG.com’s most popular Instagram images. The lifestyle brand has a social media strategy tailored to each of its platforms, but based on a single mission: “to empower our follower to sharpen her vision of the life she wants to live.” (Reprinted with permission from Better Homes & Gardens®Magazine. © Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.)

Being Social

Social media is a key strategic component for any business. But how does it intersect with the interior design industry? We asked two experts for their perspectives on growing your social media…
Sean Scherer, Kabinett & Kammer, Better Homes and Gardens, Kait McKinney, Instagram
Jeffrey Alan Marks Progress Lighting

SoCal, So Cool

Designer Jeffrey Alan Marks loves to bring the Southern California sunshine into his lighting designs, and while the styles in his new Point Dume Collection for Progress Lighting do have that SoCal…
Jeffrey Alan Marks , Progress Lighting
Safavieh Sierra chair

2019 Winter Market Preview: Atlanta

New year, new market season: These debuting products will start the year off right in Atlanta.   A trio perfect for dens and offices, the PGA Mulligan nested tables and bench set from IMAX is a…
IMAX, Nikki Chu, Jaipur, Forty West, Kevin O’Brien
Unsplash shoppers
(Photo: Unsplash user rawpixel)

What Consumers Want

One of the best parts of being in the Lighting Showroom Coalition Facebook group comes from reading the oddball questions and answers the associates and managers receive from customers. I worked at…
Lighting Showroom Coalition, IKEA , Amazon , Kimberley Wray, Jennifer Pinto
Black Artists + Designers Guild logo
Photo: Malene Barnett

What BADG Wants the Industry to Know About Representation — And Why Everyone Needs to Listen

When flipping through a design magazine or scanning the lists of panelists at markets, you might not take a running tally of how many black or white interior designers might be featured — especially…
Black Artists and Designers Guild, BADG, Malene Barnett, Jeanine Hays, Bryan Mason
chairs on cable
(Photo: Unsplash user Federica Campanaro)

Changing the Face of Furniture

There’s a changing of the guard taking place in all areas of the furniture business, fueled by a new generation of executives unfettered by family legacy and the “that’s the way we’ve always done it…
Brad Cates, Curate Home, Pacific Traders & Manufacturing Corporation, Mehitabel, Toma Clark Haines
Steve Pallrand kitchen
(Photo: Cris Nolasco)

Last Look With Steve Pallrand

When he started working on this historic Hancock Park, CA, home, Steve Pallrand, Founder of Home Front Build, planned to remodel the kitchen, but zoning laws prohibited any additions. So Pallrand got…
Steve Pallrand, Home Front Build
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