Luxury Design

Joanna Gaines, Amber Lewis return for keynote encore at Spring market

For this season’s special presentation in the High Point Theatre, HPMA will introduce celebrity designer Brigette Romanek to the panel of successful design entrepreneurs. Once again moderated by Business of Home podcast host Dennis Scully, the discussion will expand on last year’s standing room only event including Gaines and Lewis, “Designing a Business You Love,” about creating a design-oriented brand with staying power.

Interior design industry insiders gather for an insightful conversation about the role of media in shaping client expectations at Spring 24 HPMKT

Entitled The Role of Media in Shaping Client Expectations, the panel will offer a thought-provoking discussion with a lineup of design industry experts including celebrity designer Kelli Ellis, Design News Now Editor in Chief Courtney Porter, and AD photographer Tori Sikkema. 

Palecek opens High Point showroom in Hamilton Design District

PALECEK is moving to a new location in the prestigious Hamilton Design District encompassing the entire first floor of  the 200 N. Hamilton building. “This stunning location enables us to offer a whole new level of visual storytelling and a greatly enhanced shopping experience,” says PALECEK Chief Creative Officer Andrew T. Palecek.  

Defining your design firm’s core values with architect Christopher Kempel

Christopher Kempel started working in architecture in the early 90s which places him in a strange place between the older generation who predominantly hand-render and the younger generation who predominantly digitally-render. He sees the value of both. That is a common thread when you talk to Kempel: his ability to bring different groups together and unite them for a shared mission.

Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel, debuts nature-inspired interiors that evoke an Aspen Grove

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

If you do not like change, our industry bids you goodbye

Like red shoes with pressed blue jeans, one must possess verve in a market setting.  I love to feel the exhilaration of “standing in front of a wall selling art.”  I was hooked.  As Mario Andretti is famous for saying, “If everything seems under control, you are just not going fast enough.” I could not wait for the next market and new, shiny objects to sell.  Most of us are entrepreneurs.  Manufacturers and Reps alike run their own business: feast or famine.  

Jeremiah Brent joins Queer Eye’s Fab Five, replaces Bobby Berk

The Fab Five is once again complete as interior designer Jeremiah Brent is slated to join Season 9 of “Queer Eye” alongside hosts Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France.

Bunny Williams partners with Paolo Moschino

At the foundation of this partnership, there is a friendship that connects Paolo and Philip with Bunny. They share not only the same job, but the same passions as well: design,  gardening and entertaining.

Arteriors unveils expansive new LA showroom

The brand-new space features 4,000 square feet of gallery-style displays, inspirational vignettes, and attractive meeting areas to serve the design industry in Southern California and beyond

Trame launches ‘Generative Interiors’ concept in partnership with Art Blocks Engine at NFT Paris

Debuting their new concept of ‘GENERATIVE INTERIORS,’ TRAME (trameparis.com)—a dynamic and pioneering studio at the intersection of art, design, technology, and craft—is set to captivate the interior design and home decor landscape with their innovative concept, at NFT Paris in the Grand Palais Éphémère from February 23 to February 24, 2024.