The nation’s largest exposition of commercial interiors at the Merchandise Mart is a bohemoth of an event. All the furniture, textiles, flooring, building products and technology you can possibly stand shine brightly over 3 days of madness. However, by the end of Day 2, most attendees and exhibitors have checked …
Each year in June I visit Chicago to attend the design expo NeoCon, but in equal parts I come to see the city. We just don’t have the imposing and impressive architecture in Washington, nor the clean(er) waterways and certainly not the big-city feel condensed so precisely. On breaks during the …
Designer Spotlight: Erin Zechiel, Good Lines Welcome to the first installment of Designer Spotlight! I’m excited to begin this series that feature my friends and colleagues in the design community who truly make a difference and provide an essential role in the built environment. Washington DC-based Good Lines is a …
The 2014 Cosmo Couture event, which occurs later this fall, kicked off at the Teknion DC showroom where the 26 design teams selected their Presidential inspiration theme. Each team was called up to randomly pull a tab off the wall, revealing a president’s name and will create a haute couture …
Teknion opened the doors of it’s refreshed DC showroom featuring Teknion Textiles, Teknion Studio and B+B Italia. See photos below!
Honoring the best of regional design in 2013, The Washington Metro City Center (WMCC) of IIDA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) celebrated the best in regional design at The Shakespeare Theater. This year’s Pinnacle Award went to Fox Architects for the Nuclear Energy Institute project. See below for event photos and award …
The Washington DC HBF/HBF Textiles/Gunlocke team (Seated L-R: Karl Sabotka, Showroom Manager, Rod Rafajko, Business Development Manager, Tim Costello, Vice President – Gunlocke. Standing L-R: Patti Wells, A+D Manager, Michelle Carnabuci, Business Development Manager, Michael Polovina, A+D Manager, Michelle Brewer, Business Development Manager, Tara Rohland, Business Development Manager. Earlier this year HBF / HBF …
The allure of Montreal was to experience France without the jet lag; a short flight to cobblestone streets, high fashion and haute cuisine. Expecting a more polished and cosmopolitan version of other Canadian outposts I’ve visited, I found Montreal quite typical in its rustic “up north” sensibilities. For sure, traces …
Cosmo Couture is THE design event of the year, attracting nearly 800 attendees to enjoy the runway fashion show showing off inventive design-product apparel. Cosmo provides a canvas to which local designers, teamed with architectural product companies, create what I would call wearable artwork. When I first arrive, I’m capturing …
Attending events in the design community is a fantastic way to re-connect and network with your peers. So when Resource Center Manager Laura Guinn approached me to photograph their launch party I was thrilled. Allsteel partnered with Hickok Cole Architects to create an elegant and serene showroom that highlights their …