The shrinking home presents big opportunities

What do smaller home sizes mean for design trends and a designer’s role in helping homeowners create the spaces of their dreams?

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What the Qoldfusion Cold Pantry tells us about the future of the luxury kitchen

The future of home design is going to be highly personalized, experiential, and hospitality and commercially influenced. While the Qoldfusion walk-in cold pantry works wonderfully in contemporary commercial exhibition kitchens they have their sights set on the residential market. “Today’s consumers are aspiring to be chefs… they want culinary spaces that mimic the commercial [kitchen], but with style and flair” says Qoldfusion founder Dale Seiden. 

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A prescription for healthier homes

We think of our homes as centers of family life, restful retreats from the world, places for socializing. But they, too, can foster health and wellness. We consider ways large and small to add features that improve physical and mental well-being.

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Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel, debuts nature-inspired interiors that evoke an Aspen Grove

Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel opening in Denver in summer of 2024, is pleased to unveil its nature-forward interior designs by Wildman Chalmers Design in partnership with Fowler + Fowler Architecture

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If you do not like change, our industry bids you goodbye

Like red shoes with pressed blue jeans, one must possess verve in a market setting.  I love to feel the exhilaration of “standing in front of a wall selling art.”  I was hooked.  As Mario Andretti is famous for saying, “If everything seems under control, you are just not going fast enough.” I could not wait for the next market and new, shiny objects to sell.  Most of us are entrepreneurs.  Manufacturers and Reps alike run their own business: feast or famine.  

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7 trends shaping today’s kitchens

Kitchens are the hub of homes — and the spaces most likely to be renovated. We look at what homeowners want in these central spaces.

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Jeremiah Brent joins Queer Eye’s Fab Five, replaces Bobby Berk

The Fab Five is once again complete as interior designer Jeremiah Brent is slated to join Season 9 of “Queer Eye” alongside hosts Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France.

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New Leanne Ford for Crate & Barrel

The new, “Origins Collection,” is a whole-home celebration, featuring fresh spins inspired by Leanne Ford’s bestselling work with the brands.

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Bunny Williams partners with Paolo Moschino

At the foundation of this partnership, there is a friendship that connects Paolo and Philip with Bunny. They share not only the same job, but the same passions as well: design,  gardening and entertaining.

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Interior designers in Nebraska pass historic practice rights legislation

Nebraska has become the 29th state and 31st U.S. jurisdiction to institute reasonable regulation of the interior design profession. Legislative Bill 16 (LB 16) was passed by the Nebraska State Senate and signed into law by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on March 5, 2024.

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The meditative design of Scarlet Splendour

Unrealism is a 21st-century art form. It immerses the meditative mind into a surreal
universe of vibrant colors and fluidity. Transcending the constraints of structure, this
trance-like experience echoes the ancient practice of deep meditation.

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In its 5th edition, Frieze Los Angeles sees strong sales & high attendance from international arts & entertainment figures

Kicking off with an invitation-only preview on Thursday, February 29, Frieze Los Angeles continued  through Sunday, March 3 and brought together galleries, institutions, artists and patrons to celebrate the  city’s vibrant and expanding cultural landscape.

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