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Product Designers

Get inspired by the latest in home furnishings products and the creative people behind the designs. 

Small Space Living
Millennials, Baby Boomers Driving Small Space Living Trends

Home Furnishings Manufacturers Embrace Small Space Living Trends

Small space living may not be all tiny homes, but make no mistake, consumers are gravitating toward smaller living spaces, and home furnishings companies are acutely aware of the trend, bringing…
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Anna Maria Mannarino, Allied ASID, of Mannarino Designs, Past President of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, accepting the Gold Design Excellence Award from Linda Wagner, Allied ASID and President-Elect of the Chapter.

Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs Wins Design Excellence Awards

Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs, Inc., an acclaimed interior, event and product designer and past president of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, has won three Design Excellence Awards. This…
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How to Make a Good Impression on Your Retail Customer with a Welcome Email

When you’re putting your brand directly in front of customers, first impressions mean a lot. If a customer gives you their email address, they’re giving you permission to share your story with them,…
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How Are Consumers Tackling Their Inboxes?

As consumers, many of our personal email inboxes are filling up at a rapid pace. As retailers, you might be wondering how your email subscribers manage this daily influx of emails. Digital marketing…

Global Views Announces New Collection Under Lemieux Et Cie

Dallas-based Global Views and longtime collaborator, designer, Christiane Lemieux, announce their latest collection under forthcoming brand Lemieux Et Cie. Items from the collection will be on…

Cocobolo Expands to the Design Trade

Established Westchester interior design studio Cocobolo Interiors has just launched the Cocobolo Design Center, an expansive two-level design showroom, which will open this month and feature a…

Road Runners Partners With A&B Home and One Hundred 80 Degrees

Road Runners, LLC, a leading sales agency in the gift and home industry, today announced it has secured a partnership with A&B Home. Road Runners sales representative will be located inside of A…
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Building and Maintaining an Email Database

We all know this scenario. We’re buying something in a store or browsing a company’s website, and at some point we are asked for our email address. Sometimes we recite it instinctively, or maybe we…

How Designers, Builders and Architects Can Find Synergy

At this spring’s High Point Market, we hosted a panel with Universal Furniture on how designers, architects and builders can work together effectively on custom projects. We didn’t want our readers…
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Designer Libby Langdon designed this luxury condo in New York City. For more on how she helps clients live large in small spaces, check out our small space living feature in the June issue.

A ‘Small’ Advantage

According to its definition, small means, well, “1. of a size that is less than normal or usual; 2. insignificant, unimportant.” That definition, I believe, has some room for improvement in today’s…
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