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Setting up shop online: Zak + Fox’s foray into e-commerce
Business is booming online, with designers and firms launching digital shops to target a new kind of consumer. While Zak + Fox’s fabrics can be discovered in person throughout brick-and-mortar...
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Kindel acquires North Carolina furniture maker Councill
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Kindel Furniture Company has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the intellectual property of Councill Company in a purchase which includes all case goods and the...
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5 takeaways from Vicente Wolf’s two-day designer seminar
With an expert-led schedule, designer Vincent Wolf’s inaugural “Learning to See” seminar, held July 22 and 23, introduced attendees to what goes on behind design studio doors. Wolf, of Vicente Wolf and...
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Indiana Design Center announces upcoming workshop lineup
The Indiana Design Center has announced its fall scheduling lineup, with a number of hour-long workshops taking place from August to November. The workshops, which are complimentary and open to the...
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Design Bloggers Conference Tour comes to High Point
Calling all design bloggers: The High Point Market Authority has just announced a Design Bloggers Tour for this October's market. Ten design bloggers will be selected for a three-day showroom tour,...
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ASID's Chapter Leadership Conference draws strong attendance
Members of 46 of ASID’s 48 chapters were present for the society’s 2015 Chapter Leadership Conference in Boston, held July 16 to 18. Training and networking—along with the society’s 40th anniversary...
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First-ever Advocacy Forum announced for September
The inaugural Advocacy Symposium, from September 11 to 13, will be presented by the IIDA in Austin, Texas, to show attendees how to apply skills and techniques to articulate the value and mission of...
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Designer Nick Olsen’s debuts porcelain plates for de Gournay
"The Garden of Eden," Lenox Hill Hospital Spring Gala's theme, served as inspiration for designer Nick Olsen's first-ever licensed collection, a line of plates with de Gournay. Now available through...
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Irish Design 2015 comes to New York this month
A selection of Ireland's top design and crafts companies will showcase their talents at NY Now as part of Irish Design 2015, a yearlong program celebrating the country's design. Several themed...
View ArticlePreviously Owned by a Gay Man wins retailer award
The new and used home furnishings online marketplace, Previously Owned by a Gay Man, recently took top honors for "Best Video of the Year" at the 2015 Internet Retailers Conference, where the company...
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Designer Nick Olsen debuts porcelain plates for de Gournay
"The Garden of Eden," Lenox Hill Hospital Spring Gala's theme, served as inspiration for designer Nick Olsen's first-ever licensed collection, a line of plates with de Gournay. Now available through...
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Hot off the press: Five new design (and design-inspired) tomes
Work meets life in a handful of the latest books to hit the shelves, with a few spotlighting designers who introduce their readers to their home, their lifestyle and, in one case, a personal...
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Health-focused Impact Summit hits Orlando this week
ASID and the Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) will meet in Orlando, Florida, on August 6 and 7 to discuss means of collaboration between the organizations, and to rally around strategies for...
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Outside the box designs at the Hampton Designer Showhouse
An opening night cocktail party on July 25 marked the unveiling of this year’s Hampton Designer Showhouse. The rooms, decorated by the likes of Brian Patrick Flynn, Barbara Page Home, Elise Som Design...
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Southampton mini showhouse open until end of September
A selection of interior designers are taking turns decorating Cocoon9, a "plug and play" home located at Mecox Gardens in Southampton, as a summer-long showhouse. Cocoon9 models are 160- to...
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Dessin Fournir forms group to save, acquire OJ Van Maele
The furniture company announced on July 27 that fabric house OJ Van Maele of Tielt, Belgium, has been acquired by the Garnell-Lake investment group, which was recently formed by Dessin Fournir...
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High Point to partner with ASID on educational outreach
More educational and seminars will be on offer at October's fall market thanks to a new partnership between ASID and the High Point Market Authority. High Point has usually offered four educational...
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Wayfair and Sherman-Williams launch online consumer site
Wayfair and Sherwin-Williams last week launched the Restore & Renew DIY Hub, an online resource focused on four Sherwin-Williams brands including Purdy, Krylon, Thompson’s WaterSeal and Minwax. The...
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Four designers interpret “modern craft” at SF show
The American Craft Council San Francisco Show unfolded over July 31 to August 2 with a number of new additions. Billed as "the largest craft show west of the Rockies," this year's show featured...
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Working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Amy Lau
International design projects arrive with their own sets of demands… and inspirations. Consider the Maviar showroom, which is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—a 13-hour flight, 8-hour time difference,...
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