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Due to implications surrounding COVID-19, we have decided to extend our Designer of the Year submissions period through May 15, 2020. We know that many of you have had to reschedule photo shoots and focus on major business adjustments during this time. It is our hope that this new submissions deadline will better accommodate your needs! View categories and application requirements online.
Registration and full conference details are now available! Visit our conference website for more information — and save on your registration if you sign up by April 15. For information about sponsorship opportunities, click here.
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Architecture and fashion are big inspirations for my design work, as well as nature. One plays off of the others. A blank canvas is just that, whether it is an outfit, a room or the outside of a building. The outfit must be finished with accessories like shoes, a handbag and jewelry. The room within a home is finished with fine furnishings of pillows, throws, lighting and drapery. Finally, a building is finished by beautiful landscape that is to scale. Great design is all in the details.
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With 100s of color options, 3 trim options, and 3 cooktop configurations, we can help you with your clients' dream range. We offer Trade program benefits, unbeatable pricing, and superior customer service. Visit us at iLveusa.com or call us at 718-249-1215 and let us help you deliver the perfect kitchen.
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Our current working life has seen a change over the past week. Our kitchens have now become our break room, our living rooms are now our conference room and our webcams have now become our normal way of seeing people. It's a totally new and different routine than what we are used to! Having a home office space set up can help to set you up for success. We have reached out to some designers who excel in home office design for some advice on how to set up your work from home space for productivity, normalcy and, of course, comfort. Here is what they had to say.
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Winner: Kara Karpenske, Karmarron Designs, Minnesota
By completely removing all of the existing exterior pool stone and adding a striking new modern pattern to the furnishings, this outdoor space is completely transformed both functionally and aesthetically. This modern palette of black and white is not only classic, but also stunning.
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Expand your creative palate with an Adult Loft or Bunk Bed. Offering practical solutions to your space problems, these beds dramatically increase the usable space in a room and feature a stylish modern design. View our full product line at AdultBunkBeds.com . Save $150 using the code IDS through April 30.
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Many designers are looking for that something that helps them stand out from others. Saying you are an award-winning designer can do just that. It separates you when speaking with potential clients and helps you to stand out in the industry overall.
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With 100s of color options, 3 trim options, and 3 cooktop configurations, we can help you with your clients' dream range. We offer Trade program benefits, unbeatable pricing, and superior customer service. Visit us at iLveusa.com or call us at 718-249-1215 and let us help you deliver the perfect kitchen.
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Design Milk
In our increasingly digitized world, where everything from our phones to our thermostats is "smart," it should come as no surprise that virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to play a role in the design industry. It's a logical relationship: designers have always imagined new or re-imagined existing spaces, created a drawing via analog means or digital ones, and presented that visualization to their clients.
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Home Accents Today
As COVID-19 sweeps across the country, brick-and-mortar home furnishings stores and trade showrooms in every town are responding in a variety of ways. Some are shortening hours, others are closing for the time being and many are relying on other avenues of business, such as e-commerce and interior design services.
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The Seattle Times
Do you remember when the color gray was the "it" color on the runway? Well, it's still a "go-to" in home decor.
Look in virtually any magazine and you will see a shade of gray as the color of choice on nearly every wall. From soft, muted gray to deep rich charcoal, the color is more popular than ever.
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By Lloyd Princeton
As anyone trying to hire in today's job market knows, it's getting harder and harder to find qualified candidates. From what we're seeing in my firm, there currently is a talent shortage throughout the industry, in all positions. More troubling, it appears fewer younger people are entering the profession. That could create big problems for firms in the coming years.
A number of factors are contributing to the current shortage.
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Get a Free Dishwasher when you outfit your luxury kitchen designs with the purchase of select range or wall oven/cooktop bundles from Thermador. Add a qualifying refrigerator to your order and get one free or discounted appliance of your choice.
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Realtor.com
With spring's recent arrival, it's a hard time to be stuck at home. If you've joined the millions of Americans in a self-quarantine recently, then we'd bet you're going a little stir-crazy by now — and ready for a change of scenery from the four walls of your living room.
There's good news! You can practice social distancing and shake up your view all at the same time.
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Interior Design
To mark the bud of the new season before it fully blooms, here are 10 interiors that bring the outside in through botanical and, of course, floral wallcoverings, furnishings, and accents.
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ArchDaily
With most of our lives spent indoors, the space we occupy has a major role in our psychological behavior. Environmental psychology or Space psychology is, in fact, the interaction between people and the spaces they inhabit. Lighting, colors, configuration, scale, proportions, acoustics, and materials address the senses of the individual and generate a spectrum of feelings and practices.
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By Michael J. Berens
More is more has been the trend in senior living for many years — more variety, more choice, more activities, more open spaces, more gathering places. That trend is poised to reverse itself in the coming decade, believe some industry experts. Developments in technology and construction will make smaller spaces more attractive to aging baby boomers looking for a place to spend their later years.
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