Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led, national charitable organization, and NY NOW are once again fielding a team for AIDS Walk New York, the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world, on Sunday, May 18, in New York’s Central Park.
A complete renovation of Universal Furniture’s Designer’s Lounge will greet visitors at April Market. The lounge, now in its ninth year, has been a haven for designers to relax, recharge, and catch up during busy Market days. Universal’s Marketing Director Kayla Miller designed a new experience this Market to make designers feel even more like a VIP.
ANDMORE announces its second consecutive trend partnership with Future Snoops (formerly known as Fashion Snoops) at the Spring 2025 edition of High Point Market. This collaboration will bring innovative, consumer-focused autumn/winter trend insights to the forefront complete with a seminar and trend gallery at the April 26-30, 2025, buying event.
With the new “Texpertise Econogy Insights”, Messe Frankfurt’s textile trade fairs are shining a spotlight on five core issues facing the textile and clothing industry as it undergoes a transformation targeted at greater sustainability. These key themes are based on the results of the sustainability check offered to exhibiting companies as part of the Texpertise Econogy textile sustainability programme and conversations with international textile experts.
As regulations and tariffs are constantly updated, Quickcode automatically adjusts compliance data and alerts users when manual intervention is needed. The company recently added new features designed to help businesses navigate evolving IEEPA and Section 301 tariffs and other trade regulations.
Lauren Rottet debuted a new furniture collaboration with Italian luxury brand Turri during Milan Design Week. The “Weaving the World” exhibition showcased artisan-made pieces, including the James Desk, Split Face planters, and other works blending organic forms with refined design.
What to do with clients who have champagne taste on beer budgets? How do you handle the discussion of scope creep? What happens when your client tries to shop a retail piece or monopolize your time in search of the perfect faucet?
This week on Disruptive Design, Mark Schubert of Chicago-based Phillip Harrison Interiors offers designers practical insights on navigating the financial aspects that can make or break client relationships and project outcomes.
Designer Gabriela Gargano debuts ARCA Galerie, a rare online platform for collectible one-offs, anonymous artworks, and vintage finds. In this interview, she discusses her sourcing philosophy, balancing instinct with strategy, and why digital retail needs more curation and less mass production.
Exclusive Consumer Insights Now research looks at which generations are most likely to want the help of designers. The findings are intriguing.
Not all heirlooms are antiques, and not all design is about aesthetics alone. Furniture designer Austin Allen James’ latest installation of Design Moonshine explores the sentimental beauty of everyday objects and encourages designers to embrace emotional history in the spaces they create.