For many High Point Market buyers, the show is a prime time to sit — that is, to test out seating options to see how they feel. We’ve got a sample of new offerings, from sofas to benches to accent chairs.
The 40-year-old furniture company sees the new luxury upholstery brand as a way to reach style-driven retailers, e-commerce platforms and interior designers who seek “a shared creative experience.”
One of the jobs designers are tasked with is finding or even creating that special item that a client wants to pass down to the next generation. If a designer does not include “special” in their work, they will not have a career in design.
As High Point Market approaches, we’re getting a sneak peek at this season’s most exciting trends and product launches. From nautical inspirations and organic textures to bold collaborations like Missoni x York’s chevron wallpaper and playful partnerships like Novogratz x Pooky Lighting, discover what’s trending in luxury furnishings. Get ready for a season filled with stunning designs and craftsmanship.
If Euroluce offered a forecast, it was that light—at least in the European context—is being asked to do more: to feel more, to say more, to matter more.
It’s not about the polar bears: The burning need for design and infrastructure change in Los Angeles
After the 2025 wildfires devastated Los Angeles, it’s the city’s designers and architects who are stepping forward to reimagine what resilience looks like. This piece highlights the people and design strategies shaping a safer, more sustainable future for LA.
You’re not the only one feeling it: As we head into High Point Market, we’re mired in economic uncertainty. But shoring up your connections with colleagues can make the market even more worthwhile — and set you up for success whatever the year brings.
Today, April 21st, DWR, in partnership with Boutique, debuts the DWR x Boutique Rental Home, the first-time experiential vacation home for the brand. The home, which is the historic Miles C. Bates “Wave House” in Palm Desert, is an immersive experience for guests outfitted in the brand new DWR Presents: ‘The Paul Smith Collection’ assortment.
The showcase house became an important creative outlet for designers who lost their homes in the Eaton fires earlier this year.
This news follows the fall 2024 opening of Populus Denver, recently named Hotel of the Year by Esquire, and honored by TIME, Travel + Leisure, and AFAR as a best new hotel, and is extremely significant as it also marks the start of Populus Hotels as a growing hotel collection. Populus Seattle will be the country’s second carbon positive hotel and will implement the same robust sustainability initiatives established with Populus Denver, including planting a tree for every night’s stay as a part of the One Night, One Tree program, but will be an adaptive reuse property – preserving the building’s 1907 history – with an immersive Pacific Northwest rainforest-inspired feel unique to its Seattle location.