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.
High Point Market Authority Launches Virtual Educational Series
The High Point Market Authority launches its first-ever virtual educational series, IdeaStreams. Given the ongoing restrictions on indoor gatherings, this monthly series will replace the Market…
Designers Outline Trends Across Generations
Design clients can be categorized in any number of ways, but grouping them by generation can tell designers a lot about their lifestyle priorities, spending habits and design tastes.
Millennials,…
Design Coaching Center: Understanding Your Interior Design Brand Identity
What's Your Brand Identity?
Are you a brand? Do you think of yourself that way? We live in a world of brands. They surround us. They influence us. We don’t drive cars; we drive BMWs. We don’t stop…
Drawing Room Designers Display Vintage Finds in Showroom Space
More than a decade ago, two designers met serendipitously while working in different cities for Design Within Reach. Seth van den Bergh was based in Atlanta, while Daniel Zimmerman worked in West…
Bienenstock Furniture Library Kicks Off Fundraising for Future Designers Event
The Bienenstock Furniture Library launches an industrywide fundraising campaign to support its inaugural Future Designers Summit, scheduled for Sept. 20-22, 2021.
The fall conference is billed as an…
Pay Attention to What's Next
This last year has been for assessing… and pivoting… and assessing again… and pivoting again. Coronavirus and all that came with it pretty much dominated our lives and our business decisions. While…
3 Designers Share Their Product Design & Licensing Journeys
Whether a designer is looking for a specific product they can’t find anywhere else, wants to share their aesthetic with a larger audience or just has a passion for product design, partnering with a…
Christina Henck Banks on Design With New Retail Space
Necessity is the mother of invention — and growth — as in the case of Christina Henck, founder of Henck Design, which now incorporates a new home furnishings retail showroom in Philadelphia. “I would…
3 Ways to Boost Your Interior Design Confidence
Confidence is an aphrodisiac that can lead to clients and cash, and it is essential to your interior design business success. It’s a mindset muscle you can train with the exercises presented here in…
5 Product Design & Licensing Tips
Product design often is a next step in an interior designer’s career. We asked five designers for their top product design and licensing tips for newcomers to the field. One theme stood out: trust in…