Just when your eyes begin to glaze over from seeing so much me-too product at a trade show, just when you are certain that creativity has been forever lost, something wonderful shows up. My assistant, Laura Colón, and I had just that sort of experience in Las Vegas, where a few diamonds in the … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Mix
I have been attending markets and trade shows for a very long time. Over the course of those years I have seen lots of evolutions. Today, at the Las Vegas home furnishings market, I saw the addition of a product category that made me stop dead in my tracks: acupuncture products. At Creation … [Read more...]
Trend Tip
Confirming a trend that emerged in 2005, Gray and Greige looked trend-forward at the Las Vegas furniture market in January. The fact that these neutrals appeared in both contemporary and traditional styles spoke to the broad reach they will have for the future. Pangea showed a room setting … [Read more...]
Las Vegas
I just spent a whirlwind 24 hours in Las Vegas. I wasn’t gambling. I was there to give a talk at the new Las Vegas Furniture Market. I squeezed this trip in between two trade fairs in Europe when Laura Van Zeyl, my long-time colleague at Vance Publishing, publishers of Accessory Merchandising … [Read more...]