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This year at conference we presented Jan Cregier with the IDS Fellow Award, which is the highest honor one can receive as an IDS member.
This video explains just a few of the reasons why she is so deserving.
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Designer of the Year award winners have been announced! Photos from the awards gala can be found on our Facebook page. See all award winners here.
 The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) is accepting submissions
for its 2020 Style Spotters team.
Comprised of eight home fashion leaders who showcase the top new styles of each Market, a new Style
Spotters team is selected each calendar year from amongst today’s most popular designers and
industry influencers. The 2020 Style Spotters team will be selected in August and then announced live
at the Style Spotters LIVE! breakfast at Fall Market on Tuesday, October 22.
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"I knew i wanted to be a designer when I stopped to realize how much my environment impacts me every single day and that I could use my gifts to usher this into other people’s homes."
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This new construction project started with leveling the clients’ home and the home of their former neighbors to build a new contemporary ranch home that would take advantage of beautiful lakeside view.
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Helping your clients turn their new homes into havens of happiness can sometimes feel like an impossible puzzle — especially when you get down to the finishing touches. As all other facets fall into place, a space can yearn for that one perfect decorative touch to tie it all together.
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2019 was my first time attending the IDS Conference and I didn’t know what to expect. So if you’ve never attended, let me share why you need to!
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Business of Home
France's esteemed trade show Maison&Objet has long been focused on residential design, so the announcement that this year's theme would be the workplace surely took some by surprise. It shouldn’t, though. As the nature of work changes, the lines between residential and workplace design are becoming ever more blurred. Philippe Brocart, managing director of SAFI, a French art organization that puts on Maison&Objet, sat down exclusively with Business of Home.
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The Frisky
Every year there is a trend that designers set, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to change everything in your home, but can be helpful if you want to renovate or use it as a guideline for your next home project.
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GirlTalkHQ
Furniture plays a crucial role in interior designing. Original, innovative, interior design requires stylish furniture. Interior designers who want to create their own unique style in a particular room use furniture in diverse ways. Some of the most creative yet functional interior designs are defined by the way furniture is positioned throughout the room. Often, other items in the room use the furniture as a focal point around which they are placed to create a designer’s signature look. In that sense, furniture can be considered on of the main tools of an interior designer.
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Forbes
The start of summer means the beginning of outdoor living. But, that doesn't mean you can't live the outdoor life all year round. According to award-winning architect, Kobi Karp, founder and principal of Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, one of the biggest trends in architecture right now is blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living.
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Facilities Management Journal
Results from a recent YouGov survey commissioned by office design and build company, Oktra, has highlighted how important the office environment is to the office worker.
Research of over 2,000 British employees across three different generations found that 43 percent believe the design of their workplace encourages innovation and creativity — a substantial statistic to consider, especially for creative and tech companies.
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Architectural Record
Architectural glass allows natural light into buildings to enhance living and working conditions and is proven to contribute to occupants’ well-being. According to the report "World Green Building Council, Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices: The Next Chapter for Green Building," it has been determined that people are more productive when they have greater access to windows, particularly when their views look directly out into nature.
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The Seattle Times
What if your home had a spare room you'd never noticed before? Your garage, even if it has one or more cars in it, can pull double-duty as a gym, a crafting room, and even a place to socialize.
Designers and architects tell us that gaining more living space without putting an addition on your house can make the effort worthwhile, even if it means investing in things like upgraded lighting, flooring, and heating.
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Interiors + Sources
In the past 20 years, commercial interiors, workplaces, and even our own homes have been enhanced and augmented by a variety of technologies. Whether it's charging stations in your organization's conference room or a robot in your living room that tells you the weather (and maybe listens to all of your conversations), there's no question that the fully integrated tech realm we fantasized for the future has become a reality.
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