December 17,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
Bellini Modern Living, a leading distributor of modern, Italian-made furniture, is enjoying an early gift this season as its collection of contemporary accent chairs in bright colored fabrics top the holiday wish lists of retailers and designers.
December 10,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
The team at Momentum Textiles and Wallcoverings asks the all-important question in the interior design world? What is in store for next year?
December 10,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
The legendary partnership between Milo Baughman and Thayer Coggin redefined American modernism, introducing furniture that is as stylish as it is functional. To celebrate this enduring collaboration, Thayer Coggin is reissuing a curated collection of Baughman's most iconic midcentury modern designs, set to debut in retail showrooms across the country
December 10,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
The National Lighting Bureau (NLB) announces updated plans for the 2nd Lighting Transformation Awards program, now scheduled for 2025. Submitted projects will be eligible for a new Special Citation for exemplary controls design and implementation, co-sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association. The Awards will be presented at LightFair 2025 in Las Vegas.
December 10,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
As part of a year-long sleep campaign, IKEA Kreativ now offers a new experience to help users create a cozy, customized bedroom set-up. In the UK, US and Canada, customers can now design customised bedrooms, including the ability to scan and design a whole room, explore duvet & accent pillow combinations, and take advantage of an AI-powered rules engine that suggests logical product placements. With the new feature customers around the world can see how different bedding combinations will look – and feel – before buying.
December 8,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, today introduced PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, an evocative soft brown that transports our senses into the pleasure and deliciousness it inspires as the Pantone Color of the Year selection for 2025.
December 5,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
The International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) is incorporating the INNOVATION+DESIGN (I+D) competition, held at the spring Markets in 2023 and 2024, into the annual Pinnacle Awards traditionally held during the fall Markets. The Designer-Maker section of the Pinnacle Awards will be expanded to include at least six new subcategories representing the most popular I+D categories. The call for entries for the prestigious 2025 Pinnacle Awards will go out on April 1, 2025.