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.
Area Rugs In Living Color
We love neutrals as much as the next home fashion enthusiasts, but if there’s ever been a time incorporate color into your design mix, it’s now. Cheerful spaces featuring such powerful pigments as…
Tariffs Aren't the Greatest: 3 Industries Hurt By Tariffs
"Tariffs are the Greatest," President Trump said in a tweet Tuesday morning. If you're a furniture or lighting retailer, tariffs are anything but great.
The Trump administration plans to impose a …
5 Editing Tips for Blog Writers
When most blog writers finish a post, they feel a sense of relief coupled with dread. Sure, the writing may be finished, but now it's time to edit. After pouring so much hard work into writing a good…
Summer Market Preview: Las Vegas 2018
Summer market will be sizzling July 29-August 2 at Las Vegas Market. See what's new and next here.
Lite Source
The Stacia LED pendant family has expanded with smaller and larger versions. The…
4 Lighting Design Tips From Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk
At a Lowe’s in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on a Wednesday night this spring, around 50 interior design bloggers and influencers gathered for light bites and insight on lighting design from…
Las Vegas Market Records Strong Early Buyer Registration
Las Vegas Market reported today that registration numbers are pacing ahead year over year for Summer Market with significant growth in key attendee categories.
The upsurge in buyers correlates with…
Beauty Is As Beauty Does: Highlights from Showtime Fabric Fair
Consultant Claire Goldhagen, widely admired in the furniture industry for her fashion sense and retail acumen, called the recent Showtime Fabric Fair in High Point, NC, “one of the most exciting ever…
A Q&A with Hommemaker's Orlando Soria
Editor-in-Chief Nicole Davis sat down with Orlando Soria — a designer, blogger and influencer — at the summer Atlanta Market. Soria is best know for his blog, Hommemaker, as well as his large social…
Exterior Lighting Techniques
To most homeowners, outdoor lighting means a pair of decorative wall sconces by the front door, a few lights along the walkway and perhaps floodlights for security. Exterior lighting can do much more…
Why You Should Be Recruiting Every Day
Good help is hard to find. Or is it?
At the WithIt conference in Charleston, SC, last month, retailers, manufacturers and designers gathered to hear a presentation on how to recruit, and it turns…