High Point Market

Have it your way: tips for customizing products

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 glorious to talk about for years.

DAA 2025-2026 Committee Applications Open to Industry 

The Diversity Advocacy Alliance (DAA), working in partnership with the High Point Market Authority (HPMA), has opened its 2025-2026 committee member applications to the industry, through June 21.

HPMA Calls for Inaugural DAA Awards Nominations Thru June 14 

The Open Arms Award will recognize a High Point Market exhibitor which sets the gold standard for inclusivity and warm hospitality towards all showroom visitors, irrespective of their race, gender, or orientation. Exhibitor nominees should additionally demonstrate a commitment to supporting diversity through its employment practices and marketing materials.

So, you’d like to have a brand collab

Collaborations with home furnishings brands can elevate interior designers’ reputations and may boost their incomes. They can even be fun — if you maintain realistic expectations and put details in writing, say both designers and brands who came together to talk about “Navigating Brand Collaborations” during the 2024 Vacation Rental Design Summit in High Point.

Gift for Life Welcomes Seven New Board Members

Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led national charitable organization, today welcomed seven new members to its board of directors

Home vs. Hunger raises $21,000 during High Point Market

Gift for Life’s Home vs Hunger team, in partnership with industry-leading home manufacturers and market-makers, today announced that its Party with a Purpose event at the Spring 2024 High Point Market has raised $21,000+ for World Central Kitchen’s crisis-related hunger relief programs.

How to succeed at short-term rental design

Short-term rental design differs from residential work in ways that make it lucrative and appealing. That was the message of a keynote panel of successful designers at the second annual Vacation Rental Design Summit in High Point. Is it time for you to give it a try?

Universal Furniture unveils Griffith Park and Avaline Collections

Universal Furniture will introduce two exquisite new furniture collections during April Furniture Market: Griffith Park and Avaline. The collections exemplify Universal Furniture’s continued commitment to craftsmanship, timeless design, and unparalleled comfort with the design versatility that customers have come to expect from the company.

Stylecraft announces new collaboration with artist and designer Norman Wyatt Jr.

Norman’s Lifestyle Collection is the perfect aesthetic blend with a sense of refined artistry that is all his own.

Hooker Furnishings brings the essence of wine country to High Point Market

Influenced by Spanish missions, quaint bungalows and local architecture, Vineyard Row seamlessly blends earthy elements with sophisticated design. Details including high-low veneer planking, rustic hammered metal bar hardware, metal stretchers and seeded glass add to its authentic style.