Five things defining the design moment: June 2025

Courtney Porter curates five essential design moments for June, featuring emerging trends, key design events, and inspiring product launches. From abstract nature influencing interiors to tech-driven design at NeoCon, this roundup offers insights into the evolving creative landscape.

You aren’t hallucinating: AI can lead you astray

With AI hallucinations getting worse — and the bots producing some awful verbiage in the home furnishings industry — it’s clear that the high-tech aids still need your judgment, skill and creativity to put them to their best use.

Project feature: Alexander Lamont + Miles team up with designer Chad Dorsey to create the Fromental Drawing Room

At the 2025 edition of WOW!House at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, Alexander Lamont + Miles have teamed up with acclaimed U.S. designer Chad Dorsey to create the Fromental Drawing Room, a richly detailed space that exudes refined luxury and handcrafted artistry.

SFD adds two new broad appeal categories to the 2025 Pinnacle Awards

To better reflect the full range of products in home furnishings, the International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) has divided the Home Office and Occasional Storage Pinnacle Awards into Broad Appeal and Luxury categories for the prestigious 2025 Pinnacle Awards.

Design Miami announces 2025 programming, Including a new exhibition in Seoul

This year, Design Miami celebrates its 20th anniversary as the global forum for collectible design. In celebration of this milestone, the brand announces its 2025 events program, and an expansion of its global platform to include a debut initiative: Design Miami.In Situ.

Rugs worth the buzz

From painterly hand-knotted masterpieces to high-performance, velvety textures, these buzz-worthy rug launches are bringing a fresh perspective underfoot.

Building your company’s AI protocols

My inbox is full of pitches from furnishings companies claiming their latest collections exhibit exceptional craftsmanship, are deeply rooted in cultural heritage and are redefining modern design. These descriptions are AI-generated.

Reading redundant drivel is going to make us all go mad, but for thought experiment’s sake: Is there an instance in which AI-generated product descriptions are fine? Do they tell us anything useful?

Professional lessons from an unlikely source

A bestselling series of detective novels offers profound guidance you can carry into your own work. It starts with getting comfortable declaring things many of us struggle to say: “I don’t know,” “I need help,” “I’m sorry” and “I was wrong.”

ELLE partners with ANAX Developments on their first residential project in the Middle East

ANAX Developments Brings ELLE’s First Residential Project to the Middle East and Its Second Globally

Vanguard names AJ Cosgrove new National Sales Director

AJ brings extensive expertise in strategic sales management and was most recently Vice President of Sales for CODARUS. Prior to that she directed sales and marketing for Barbara Cosgrove Lamps.