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New Survey indicates significant impact of tariffs on home and housewares

Many member companies also shared insights including the difficulty matching both the price and quality of Chinese manufacturing, the uncertainty surrounding the changing tariff levels and the speed at which they were implemented, and the residual economic impact on their employees and service partners.

Building a big firm in a small town

Interior designer Nicole Roe shares how she built R. Nickson Interiors in a small Central Florida town, navigating local challenges while redefining what it means to run a high-impact design firm outside a major metro.

Corey Damen Jenkins’ new YouTube series has officially launched

Produced by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Goodbye Pictures (Dream Home Makeover, Project Runway, Million Dollar Decorators), the series brings premium content to the home category on YouTube with cinematic, 4K production and Jenkins’ honest insights, expert guidance, and accessible design inspiration.

Sparky design choices

Add a flash of the unexpected. In this poetic new piece from the Design Moonshine column, a designer-professor explores how a single surprising object—or omission—can jolt a room to life and give visual rhythm to the everyday.

World-building with Carta Creatives

Elana Tenenbaum Cline, founder of Carta Creatives, brings a rare combination of artistic clarity, global fluency, and strategic depth to every project. In this in-depth conversation, she shares how her multidisciplinary studio approaches world-building, cultural nuance, and full-scope design with intention and immersion across continents and sectors.

The purpose behind the Drake/Anderson rebrand

Facing burnout and poor health, principal Caleb Anderson undertook a journey that improved his well-being — and gave his New York-based design firm a purposeful focus on sustainability and right relationships.

ICFF 2025 highlights and programming

As the heart of the citywide design festival, NYCxDESIGN, ICFF’s theme, “Designing in Harmony,” reflects the diversity of industry makers and exhibitors from across the globe and additionally focuses on the importance of human-centered, multi-sensory, and multicultural design.

Creating cohesion in a multidisciplinary design studio

Studio Juma has built a practice on clarity, narrative depth and visual integrity—eschewing trends in favor of thoughtful, multidisciplinary design. In this wide-ranging interview, the studio reflects on its creative roots, collaborative process and vision for the future.

Biophilia: Beyond plants and fountains

Biophilia expert Bill Browning encouraged designers at the recent High Point Market symposium “Designing Wellbeing” to explore 15 principles that can improve the mental and physical health of their clients. We share his tips.

Post-market musings: Tariffs, traffic and trends

We’re back from High Point with lots of unpack — tariff conversations have taken an unexpected turn, many vendors unveiled impressive product introductions and specific trends carried a sense of cohesion throughout the market.