The Diversity Advocacy Alliance (DAA), working in partnership with the High Point Market Authority (HPMA), has opened its 2025-2026 committee member applications to the industry, through June 21.
After successful stints in public relations and launching her own interior design firm, Nancy Evars founded Evars Collective in 2020, which includes two multi-line showrooms in the California Bay Area that serve as a creative hub for the design community and have quickly become togo-to trade resources in the bay.
Leonardo Ledesma, founder of the LA-based art curation company ArtSeen, has spent three decades collaborating with top designers and sourcing art works from a global array of talented artists.
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.
Interior designer and artificial intelligence expert Jenna Gaidusek encourages others to not fear AI or get frustrated by it. And she’s got helpful ideas for incorporating AI tools into your workflow.
“We are extremely excited San Francisco Design Week Awards is returning this year,” says SFDW Director Dawn Zidonis. “As with previous years, the quality of the many entries exceeded our expectations of our theme, ‘ATTENTION’. Congratulations to this year’s outstanding winners!”
For almost 40 years, Finarte has been paving the way for rich and bold design. The Finnish design brand and family business sees boldness not only in their designs, but also in how people look at rugs as an interior item.