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 Submissions are open for our 2018 Designer of the Year Awards! There are over 20 categories in residential interior design, including a brand new category in New Construction. You will love our new and improved, easy application. Projects must have been completed between October 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018.
For more details, check out this video detailing the IDS Designer of the Year Awards.
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Life happens. Whether it be dogs, cats, children or even a grownup or two, things will get spilled, accidents will happen…and it will be ok. Fiber-Seal will be there every step of the way with trained technicians who specialize in protecting and caring for high-end furnishings and floorcoverings, in homes, offices, jets and yachts.
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 I’ve always believed there’s a psychology to your surroundings which influences the way people feel. And since I love making people happy, this field allows me to transform their spaces to do just that. So, I got my interior design degree and worked for 10 years before finally opening up GreyHunt. And now, although this seems hard to believe, this January officially marks GreyHunt’s 10th anniversary in business!
A new year means new trends and I’ve got some I’m excited to share for 2019!
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 I actually wanted to become an architect first. When I was a child, instead of building random sets and things with Lego’s, I built houses and structures. In middle school I began taking hand drafting classes and continued this into high school. This is when I started working on my own floor plans and elevations. I began at Lawrence Technological University with a major in architecture, but at the end of my first year, I declared myself a dual major with Interior Architecture & Design. I dropped architecture at the end of my third year and focused solely on Interior Architecture & Design. The rest is history!
 Hilltop graciously welcomes you to the grand opening of
our all new Porcelain Collection. Feb. 7, from 4-7 p.m. At Hilltop Granite,
12401 North Stemmons
Fwy #140,
Farmers Branch, Texas
75234.
Keeping true to our mission to
evolve continuously, Hilltop
proudly introduces Porzé.
Porzé is a new line of sleek
porcelain slabs with various
designs, patterns, and colours.
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IDS members receive a significant discount on upcoming webinars presented by Sustainable Furnishings Council. This course will teach you how to increase professional relevance in a rapidly changing market, providing designers, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers with knowledge and credentials to become expert in sustainability and to grow profitability. Approved by GBCI for 6 CE Hours and registered with IDCEC for .6 HSW CEUs. More information here.
Join IDS and Elk Group International for a fun “Mugshots and Mimosas” event at Las Vegas Market. Enjoy food and beverages and get an updated headshot perfect for all your marketing needs. Click here for more information.
The Interior Design Society has announced that the exclusive IDS Buyers’ Guide
— the premier resource of relevant products and services for interior design professionals — is now
available at the IDS website at http://www.interiordesignersbuyersguide.com/.
If your company or business has not yet taken advantage of this exceptional opportunity to highlight
your products and services in the Guide, it is not too late! To learn more about advertising your products
or services in this exclusive Guide, please email ids-advertise@svmmedia.com or click here.
Interior Design
From lavatory dramatics to connected cooking, kitchen and bath exhibitors at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are refining their smart-home strategies with real-time innovations.
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By Michael J. Berens
 Will 2019 be another banner year for remodeling and renovation, or will firms begin to experience a softening in demand? As the new year gets underway, the answer seems to be that it depends on which part of the market you are looking at. Early indicators point to ongoing demand but a decrease in the size and value of projects. Results from the just-released Q1 2019 Houzz Renovation Barometer show "a mixed degree of caution about market conditions among contractors, architects and designers," states Houzz principal economist Nino Sitchinava.
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Interiors + Sources
“The present is pregnant with the future,” Voltaire famously remarked centuries ago. His sage observation holds true today vis-à-vis 2019’s top commercial interior design trends. The most significant developments in the field became evident in 2018 and will dominate the landscape in 2019 as well: the rising importance of psychographics, sustainability, wellness, community and authenticity.
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The National
Advances in technology are being made at such a quick pace that it’s just about ¬impossible to keep up. It seems as though as soon as you imagine something – which may not even be invented yet – someone in the world is already working out a way to make it possible. These changes are not isolated to any one industry, and they are funda¬mentally shifting the way the human race ¬interacts with its surroundings. Unsurprisingly, one arena that’s seeing a huge variety of tech-driven change is home and office decor.
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By Fred Berns
 So, you're a designer with an "intuitive eye for scale and proportion." Or, you're a showroom manager who sells furniture that "connects people, technology and space." So what? What does that mean? What’s in it for me? Those are the questions that all your prospects ask, all of the time. And those are the questions that so many design professionals and industry partners fail to answer on their websites, in their social networking, and in their marketing materials.
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Dezeen
Interior design in 2019 will center around wellbeing and comfort, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes the tactile surfaces and humble materials of "soft Scandi", plus a splash of tangy mustard.
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Today
Whether you're finding them all over the world or in your local antique shop, collectibles for the home are the types of pieces that allow you to craft a space that feels authentically your own. Here, we've got a few ideas for the best home collectibles that will help you tell your story.
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Town & Country Magazine
Even by the standards of eclectic Paris bookstores, the personal library in the back of Studio 7L is immense, about 80,000 volumes. The breadth of the collection offers a window into the roving mind of its proprietor, Karl Lagerfeld, who sits at the head of a table in an immaculate Dior Homme suit. Around him are just a fraction of the more than 250,000 books in his possession, scattered all over his homes.
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Please call IDS Membership Manager, Della Swider at 336-884-4437 ext. 223 for information. If you are an active member of IDS National, join our closed Facebook group to connect with members across the country! Click here to join the group.
If you are interested in obtaining a membership certificate or replacement membership card, please email idsbenefits@interiordesignsociety.org or call 336-884-4437 ext. 223 (please note for all replacement membership cards, there will be a $10 fee payable in advance for each replacement card ordered).
To view benefits exclusively available to IDS members, visit the Member Benefits page on the IDS National website. Members must log in on the IDS website in order to take advantage of available discounts.
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