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One thousand butterflies: Part II “Art & Mom”

I have titled this set of three articles “One Thousand Butterflies” for two reasons.  One…

Look out Vegas Market, StyleCraft is expanding their designer collaboration with Artist & Product Designer Norman Wyatt Jr.

The West Coast debut of Norman Wyatt Home Lifestyle Collection with StyleCraft will debut at Las Vegas Market July 28 – Aug 01, 2024.

The art of wellness: poetry, breathing, and your design process

Austin Allen James’ fresh perspective offers innovative ways to create intentional, wellness-focused spaces that resonate on a deeper level. Expand your professional toolkit with insights that merge artistry, poetry, and mindfulness in design.

No more boring lamps

Austin Allen James explores unconventional shapes, materials, and creative approaches to design lamps as sculptural art pieces that set the mood and create a unique ambiance in any space.

Abandon your design bias

Austin Allen James’ thought-provoking piece explores how to escape design monotony by blurring the lines between art forms.

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.

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.  

High Point & Shoppe Object Fall 2023 Product Previews

This new collection of pillows was inspired from the Bavarian painter Barbara Regina Dietzsch. Reimagining colors and hues into a jewel saturated tone, we rendered these finches into a larger than life form on our silky satin fabric and created pillows that accent any space indoors and out. Covers are all removable, machine washable, and fade resistant.

New Austin Allen James x StyleCraft lifestyle collection

The exclusive East Coast launch of Austin Allen James x StyleCraft Lifestyle Collection is coming to Fall High Point Market with even more exciting products than what first debuted at the summer markets. The expanded launch of StyleCraft’s new lifestyle collection will feature more than 90 + products in categories including furniture, casegoods, lighting, accessories, pillows, artwork, mirrors & wall decor.

Furniture that makes you feel good with Austin Allen James

This Summer at Las Vegas Market, artist and product designer Austin Allen James unveiled his new collection of art, case goods, lighting, and soft goods with Stylecraft. This week we caught up with Austin for a wide-ranging conversation about the intersection of art and functional product design, how you know when the work is finished, the pursuit of universal beauty, and why he is glad he didn’t know anything about the business of art and design before committing to it.