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Five things to know before you exhibit at your first trade show

Intention.  Focus.  Step forward with verve and consideration.  But first, you might ask yourself, “Why do I wish to sell wholesale?”  My answer is that business-to-business is fun and profitable.

Tim Barber Architects announces new principals

Award-winning Los Angeles firm Tim Barber Architects announces the promotions of Ari Engelman, AIA, NCARB, and Katie Peterson-Hesketh to Principal Architects effective October 1, 2025. This announcement follows the promotion of Kelly Becker, AIA, NCARB, and David Stone, AIA, NCARB, who joined the 32-year-old firm’s leadership team as Principals at the start of 2024.

A modern passive house with historic roots

Architect Lauren Thomsen is reshaping the Philadelphia rowhouse through passive design, an approach that slashes energy use while elevating comfort and livability. In this interview, she discusses her celebrated Northern Liberties Passive Rowhouse, the challenges of building sustainably in dense urban settings, and why teaching keeps her design practice forward-looking.

Architecture Hunter Awards 2025 winners announced

The AHA 2025 revealed an inspiring array of projects that showcase the power of thoughtful design to shape experiences, foster connection, and respond to context. From innovative approaches, to materials and space to immersive environments that engage communities, the winners demonstrate how architecture can translate culture, nature, and creativity into spaces that resonate universally and leave a lasting impact.

ASID releases State of Interior Design report

Research highlights employment, business growth, and future outlook for the profession during ASID’s 50th anniversary year

Designing the winery of the future

Set in Hungary’s Tokaj wine region, Sauska Winery rises like two sculptural bowls above the vineyards. Designed by Bord Architect Studio with interiors by Tihany Design, the project fuses futuristic architecture with organic materiality. In this exclusive interview, Alessia Genova of Tihany Design reflects on crafting the “winery of the future,” where cinematic interiors meet the rhythms of the landscape.

Tariff turbulence: How new increases are already affecting design projects

President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on home furnishings, including furniture, kitchen cabinets and lumber, sparking concern from designers, retailers and antique dealers. While domestic manufacturers welcome the move, critics warn the policy will raise consumer costs, limit design choices and intensify global trade tensions.

Designer Kari Bennett is at home in hospitality

The founder and CEO of Salt Lake City-based EDGEiD talks trends and challenges in hotel and restaurant design, plus shares what excites her about two current projects.

Furnishing the F1 Viewing Lounge

Raw concrete meets smooth metal, scorched by heat. Engines roar past as rough tarmac grabs at rubber tires, leaving black marks. The air bears unmistakable traces of the competition. The F1 race is a multi-sensorial feast that fuelled the creative process, driven by the textures of tire threads, the checkered race flags, and the blurred movement of overtaking.

Five things defining the design moment: September 2025

This edition for September 2025 covers digital arts & crafts, luxury’s embrace of indoor-outdoor design, an industry omen from New York Fashion Week, two opposing color trends and how Kyoto university’s newest quantum discovery will impact design and home furnishings in the next five years.