This year I was chosen to be a Trend Scout for the #StyleYourSeason program, a collaboration between Pantone and AmericasMart. We were tasked with scouting our favorite finds and emerging trends at the Nation's #1 product destination and lifestyle market in Atlanta....
As someone whose trade is writing (mostly about design), I have the opportunity to travel around the country hunting down, surveying & reporting on various trends during Market times. This week I'm fresh off the heels of the Atlanta Market, taking a few days to...
High Point Market, those three words sum up a twice yearly migration of design-centric individuals. Where a small, sleepy town in North Carolina metamorphizes into the epicenter of the global design stage. It was the equivalent of "New York Fashion Week," rather than...
I'm back from a crazy week, due in equal parts to weather and work commitments. The work portion involved an annual conference for Design Bloggers with inspirational speeches by some design greats like Nate Berkus, Bunny Williams, Brian Patrick Flynn (see my interview...
Welcome to a new series for fall and winter and maybe beyond. It's called "An Ace up My Sleeve" and it's going to feature a favorite IG'er (Instagram), Tumblr or even "Pinner." It's going to be someone I follow that I think my readers are going to fall absolutely in...