Unexpected design: Transforming a police gym into a wedding venue

AAHA Studio takes residential- and hospitality-level design thinking into uncharted territory, converting a former police gymnasium into a wedding venue that balances preservation, flow, and spectacle. The project marks the start of a series exploring how designers bring luxury sensibilities to unconventional spaces.

Product watch: Wallcoverings

From grand, dramatic botanicals that define a room to subtle textures that help refine a space, we’ve gathered 10 new wallpapers that are worth a look.

Editor-in-Chief, Design News Now

PositionEditor-in-Chief, Design News Now CompanyDesign News Now is the leading digital publication for residential design. DNN…

Sixteenfifty Creative Intelligence unveils design of The SOMM Hotel & Spa, Autograph Collection

Set within the 20-acre Harvest development, The SOMM serves as a beacon to Woodinville’s wine country and the Sammamish River Valley’s outdoor adventures. Drawing upon the region’s vineyards, forests, riverbanks and craft culture, Sixteenfifty’s design embodies a philosophy of perfect pairings, where the raw and refined cohesively converge in a spatial exploration grounded in locality while thoroughly modern. Wood, steel, leather and glass form the foundational material palette familiar to a sommelier’s craft, paired with smooth and rough finishes in harmonious contrast.

IFDA educational foundation announces design scholarships for 2026

LEWISVILLE, N.C., Jan. 30, 2026 — Applications will be accepted between March 1 and March…

Salone del Mobile’s new curatorial platforms and contract initiative

Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 positions itself as a strategic global platform for design, culture and industry, with more than 1,900 exhibitors from 32 countries and a fully sold-out fairground. The 64th edition strengthens its international reach while introducing new curatorial and exhibition formats, including Salone Raritas, the immersive installation Aurea, an Architectural Fiction, and a redesigned wayfinding system aimed at improving accessibility and visitor experience. The return of EuroCucina with FTK – Technology For the Kitchen and the International Bathroom Exhibition reaffirms the fair’s role as the leading reference point for innovation in domestic and professional interiors.

The edition also marks a pivotal step toward the launch of Salone Contract in 2027, a long-term project developed with OMA under the direction of Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten to address the evolving contract and hospitality sectors. Sustainability remains a measurable priority, supported by renewed ISO 20121 certification and a focus on circular design practices across materials and supply chains. Together, these initiatives frame Salone 2026 as both a marketplace and a cultural infrastructure, reinforcing Milan’s status as the capital of contemporary design and a driver of global exchange.

Dallas Market Center expands hotel partnerships to support June markets

Dallas Market Center today announced expanded partnerships with more than a dozen hotels in its immediate area to support buyers and exhibitors attending June 2026 Markets. These agreements secure thousands of hotel room nights, ensuring accommodation at typical market rates. However, the only method for securing these rooms is via Dallas Market Center’s travel service.

ICFF spotlights global partnerships

New initiatives spotlight global partnerships and cross-disciplinary dialogue under the 2026 theme, Common Ground

Five things defining the design moment: January 2026

Each month, DNN Editor in Chief Courtney Porter curates five developments shaping the design industry, from international fairs and technology launches to regional shifts and standout interiors. The January 2026 edition spans Paris Design Week’s most compelling products, CES’s evolving relationship between technology and the home, and a sober assessment of California’s wildfire rebuild one year later, reframed through global philosophies of resilience and impermanence.

This month’s briefing also considers Dallas’ potential rise as a year-round design destination and closes with a close reading of Sheldon Harte’s refined desert interiors, which signal an evolution of Palm Springs style without erasing its past. Together, these selections map a creative landscape defined by nostalgia, adaptation and the search for durable cultural meaning in a period of ecological and economic pressure.

The O’Hare Way: A design family’s approach to creativity

In a multi-generational portrait of design lineage, the O’Hare family reveals how immersion, curiosity and kindness shape creative lives across decades, from factory floors abroad to sketchbooks at the kitchen table. For designers and manufacturers alike, their story offers a timely reminder that innovation is less inherited than cultivated through proximity, mentorship and a sustained attention to the world’s smallest details.