What You Missed at Market

Creative Genius Podcast - What You Missed at Market

Were you not able to attend Fall Market 2020 at High Point? Neither were Gail and Erin, but they know some designers who did. In the first episode of Season Two, Gail and Erin let a panel of expert designers discuss their experiences at Fall Market, the insights and trends they noticed, and of course their absolute favorite products. You’ll find out the best trends in upcoming design, but also how the current state of the world has affected furniture shipping.

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Mini is Big | The Rise of Toy Accessories

Americans might be getting larger, but it seems that our home accessories are shrinking literally in size. Initially, this love for all things small seemed to originate from the fashionable hobby of adult dollhouse decorating. Finely made, hyper-realistic, period-specific home furniture has proliferated in the hobby market and now the concept of mini seems to…

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Trend Poll by Karen B Wolf

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By Karen B Wolf Karen B Wolf Interiors Fellow designers, this is FUN. Test your consumer trends design IQ and see if your answers line up to our poll results. You might just be surprised. Which of these Home Design Trends are Here to Stay and Which will look so 2020 Ten Years from Now?…

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Digital Deco

Our digital world enables us to push the boundaries of any design movement. But the purity of line, form and the geometric shapes of deco design and its inherent acceptance of the machine age is a natural partner to the abilities of digital art. We are seeing larger, more exaggerated, and bold interpretations of the…

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Trending: The Aesthetics of Joy

I was going to write this blog post about the pursuit of happiness until I listened to Ingrid Fetell Lee’s recent Ted Talk on Joy. As a culture in perpetual pursuit of the holy grail, especially of late, Ms. Lee’s honest embrace of everyday moments, small smiles and pretty little things filled me with not…

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Trends on ​T​heir Way Out ​in 2018

It is almost impossible to predict if a trend will become timeless, or if it will ​slowly decline. Thankfully, it takes many years for trends to truly disappear and most either wane, ​are reinvented, ​​or evolve but never fully ​go away. That’s great news if you just ​remodeled your kitchen in black and brass. For…

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