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02/12/2025

Reporting live from Messe Frankfurt GmbH's mega-fair Ambiente, editor-in-chief Courtney Courtney Lauren Porter had her eye on all of the cutting-edge aesthetics or concepts not commonly seen at U.S. fairs. From sound-wave ceramics to youthful collectible designs for grown ups, here are the makers and lines that caught her eye.

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xplore the most innovative and trend-setting designs from Ambiente 2025 in Frankfurt, the world’s largest consumer goods fair. From sculptural furniture to sustainable craftsmanship, discover must-see pieces shaping the future of interior design.

06/13/2024

Even experienced interior designers can make mistakes when commissioning custom home furnishings. High Point x Design recently hosted a panel of custom manufacturers who offered ideas for creative collabs that will give your clients something to talk about for years. https://designnewsnow.com/have-it-your-way-tips-for-customizing-products/

06/12/2024

Interior designer Antonia Caicedo brings her global perspective to her recently launched “Antonia Collection” – a curated line of case goods, upholstery, and lighting that forges a stylish bond between Art Deco and Mid-Century modern aesthetics. https://buff.ly/3KGCNj3

06/07/2024

San Francisco Design Week (SFDW) announced winners of the seventh annual 2024 DESIGN AWARDS today. This year’s theme, “ATTENTION” was met by award winners from leading design firms, in-house teams, and creative individuals, for their ground-breaking design and commitment to thought leadership in meeting the needs of a positive future for society. https://designnewsnow.com/san-francisco-design-week-2024-7th-annual-design-awards-winners/

06/06/2024

Lamps are one of the best avenues to create that “just right” feeling. But why? Indeed, a great deal depends on the light in a room. Lamps provide light to read by or mix the martini. Austen Allen James explores unconventional shapes, materials and creative approaches to these accent pieces. https://designnewsnow.com/no-more-boring-lamps/

06/05/2024

Interior designer and artificial intelligence expert Jenna Gaidusek encourages others to not fear AI or get frustrated by it. And she’s got helpful ideas for incorporating AI tools into your workflow. https://designnewsnow.com/7-tips-for-using-ai-in-your-business/

06/05/2024

Leonardo Ledesma, founder of the LA-based art curation company ArtSeen, has spent three decades collaborating with top designers and sourcing art works from a global array of talented artists. This week on Disruptive Design, DNN Editor-in-Chief Courtney Porter sits down with Ledesma to discuss the art world trends, working with designers, and the evolution of ArtSeen’s art curation services.
https://designnewsnow.com/artseen-celebrates-30-years-of-bridging-the-gap-between-designers-and-artists/

05/30/2024

Last week ICFF (The International Contemporary Furniture Fair ) in New York brought together contemporary design brands from all over the world, to present a broad range of furnishing products to an audience of 10,000 designers, retailers, distributors, & developers. Keeping with the fair’s emphasis on original, sustainable design, we asked designers in attendance to share their favorite vendors, specific products, trends or other takeaways from the show. Here is what they had to say:
https://designnewsnow.com/designers-favorites-from-icff-new-york/

05/29/2024

The inaugural edition of DESIGN MIAMI LA concluded Monday 20 following a five-day show at a private Holmby Hills estate. The new West Coast fair offered a dynamic program of collectible design, serving as a testament to California’s rich design heritage as an international arbiter of taste. https://designnewsnow.com/design-miami-la-2024-concludes-successful-inaugural-edition/

03/30/2024

Can we tell the stories of our lives through color? That's what one podcast, "The Chromalogist" aims to figure out by talking with designers, artists and others about their color chronologies.

Can we tell the stories of our lives through color? Executive Editor Julie A. Palm discovers an engaging new podcast, “The Chromologist” from Farrow & Ball, which aims to do just that, talking to designers, artists and others about their personal color chronologies. It’s worth a listen.

03/29/2024

Last week the Pacific Design Center hosted their annual Spring Market in West Hollywood, where the West Coast’s premier luxury interior designers and vendors gather for state-of-the-industry panel discussions and fireside chats, and where showrooms were awash with feminine curves, moody palettes, edgy accents, and lots and lots of texture. Here are the product highlights:

Last week was the PDC Spring Market in West Hollywood, where the West Coast’s premier luxury interior designers and vendors gather and where showrooms were awash with feminine curves, moody palettes, edgy accents, and lots and lots of texture.

03/29/2024

Alex Woogmaster, a visionary designer and a man with undeniable taste, grew up obsessing over castles and Baroque palaces. Those classical influences are woven throughout his work, from his time as Design Director at Wynn Design & Development, through the formation of his own firm, Woogmaster Studio, where their work runs the gamut from megavillas to yachts and where the lines between home and hospitality are increasingly blurred. Listen to our discussion with him:

Alex Woogmaster is a visionary designer and a man with undeniable taste. He grew up obsessing over castles and Baroque palaces. His taste was always grand. Those classical influences are woven throughout his work, from his days working for Wynn Design & Development, designing Las Vegas hotels, throu...

03/08/2024

We think of our homes as centers of family life, restful retreats from the world, and places for socializing. But they too can foster health and wellness. We consider ways, large and small, to add features that improve physical and mental well-being.

We think of our homes as centers of family life, restful retreats from the world, places for socializing. But they, too, can foster health and wellness. We consider ways large and small to add features that improve physical and mental well-being.

03/07/2024

Designers from around the globe are converging in Milan for Fuorisalone Milan Design Week, April 15 – 21 to exchange ideas and showcase projects that influence our current reality. Through a myriad of events, exhibitions, and installations scattered throughout the city, they aim to shape our present. The theme put forward by Fuorisalone.it, “Materia Natura,” seeks to foster a culture of mindful design.

Designers from around the globe are converging at Fuorisalone Milan Design Week

03/06/2024

Qoldfusion redefines home refrigeration, intertwining style, innovation, and convenience to provide a singular luxury experience for discerning kitchen designers. Today on Disruptive Design, DNN Editor-in-Chief Courtney Porter sits down with Qoldfusions’s founders Dale and Krystle Seiden to discuss their proprietary Cold Pantry that stole the show at KBIS in Vegas last week. Click play on the video below to watch their discussion:

While the Qoldfusion walk-in cold pantry works wonderfully in contemporary commercial exhibition kitchens they have their sights set on the residential market.

03/05/2024

Kitchens are the hub of homes — and the spaces most likely to be renovated. More than half (56%) of designers say clients will be requesting a kitchen redesign this year, according to 1st Dibs’ most recent Interior Designer Trends Survey.

Kitchens are the hub of homes — and the spaces most likely to be renovated. More than half (56%) of designers say clients will be requesting a kitchen redesign this year, according to 1st Dibs’ most recent Interior Designer Trends Survey.

03/03/2024

Opening in Denver in Summer 2024, the Environmentally-Forward 265-Room Hotel Shares a First Look at Interiors by Wildman Chalmers Design – Designed to Complement the Biophilic Architecture by Studio Gang. Today on Disruptive Design, designer Heather Wildman of Wildman Chalmers Design, sits down with DNN Editor in Chief Courtney Porter to discuss selling sustainability, green interior design, and their biophilic masterpiece.

Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel opening in Denver in summer of 2024, is pleased to unveil its nature-forward interior designs by Wildman Chalmers Design in partnership with Fowler + Fowler Architecture

03/02/2024

If you don't like change, Austin Allen James has one word for you: goodbye. See why in his latest article:

Austin Allen James got his start in the interiors and home furnishings industry at The Mix and In-Detail at The Dallas Market Center.