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...
I have always loved wallpapers, even when they weren't so "de rigueur." In fact, my mother was "on trend" when she papered my childhood bedroom in Monet-esque flowers with a pink ticking stripe accent wall. Wallpapers have been around for centuries, and it's continued...
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 have to say AtlantasMart this year was one of the best. We had top design talent from around the country in attendance and, of course, the showrooms were all decked out in high style, dressed in their Southern "Sunday best." Walking down the hallways was challenging...