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February 24-26, 2019 | Atlanta, GA
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2019 Featured Speakers
Jeff Andrews Barry Dixon Sophie Donelson Suzanne Kasler Carson Kressley
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Conference Agenda ...... 3-5
Pitching Session Descriptions...... 6
Meeting Space Floorplan...... 7
Session Descriptions...... 9-16
Speaker Biographies...... 17-25
General Information...... 27
Book Signings in the Exhibit Hall...... 28 The Design Influencers Conference offers 2019 Sponsor Listing...... 30-31 attendees a unique opportunity to participate in the intersection of interior design and the Exhibit Hall Floorplan...... 32 world of new media including blogging, social Company Profiles...... 33-40 media, e-commerce, digital branding, book publishing, line promotion, and more.
Meet Your Mentors!
Carla Aston Jana Platina Phipps Deborah von Donop Interior Designer and Content Creator Content Creator and Influencer IInterior Designer and Content Creator Carla Aston Design Trim Queen dvd Interior Design
Have you struggled with questions on how to grow your blog, website your online presence to reach your business goals. You may ask them or business but don’t know who to ask? The DI Conference Mentors ANYTHING! provide you, our Mentees, with the benefit of their career and industry This will be an open round table session, so be prepared to share experience, vision, and advice in order to help you further your own your objectives and what you are currently doing online to help you career aspirations or answer your most vexing questions. achieve them. We’ve added a breakfast pre-conference Mentor Round Table Q&A Space is limited to the first 20 sign-ups. But if needed, we will add Session on Monday, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. in the Cascade Meeting Room. another session on Tuesday, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. in the Cascade Meeting Here is a unique opportunity to ask three experienced design Room. influencers any questions regarding your website, blog, social If you would like to connect with Carla, Jana, or Deborah, please channels, strategies, and techniques. This is the perfect place to find direct message them via their instagram handles: some insight that is tailored specifically to you and what want to do @carlaaston | @trimqueen | @dvdinteriordesign online to market yourself or your company. Personalized direction will be offered by these three mentors, each with a unique online route You may also sign up for their mentor session at the Registration desk. to their success, as they share actionable advice that will elevate
Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 1 TM Conference Agenda
Sunday, February 24 *Seating is limited and RSVP is requested. Registration and Information Desk Hours 10:30AM- 7:30PM Lower Level Lobby Please wear your DI Conference badge for admission to the conference sessions and all activities. INFLUENCER AND BRAND BREAKOUT SESSIONS Attendees can attend any sessions in the Influencer or Brand Track, and General Sessions. Seating is limited in the Brand Track and is based on a first-come, first-served basis.
Brand Track Sponsored by:
Influencer How In-Person Moments Can Make a Digital Influencer’s Career Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #1 Kate O’Hara, CEO + Creative Director, Martha O’Hara Interiors 1:00-1:45 p.m. Embracing Influencer Marketing: Evolution and Case Studies Brand David Blair, Director of Strategic Services, Emisare, Inc Buckhead Ballroom Track #1 Sherry H. Qualls, CEO and Owner, Whitegood Influencer How to Make Yourself a Priority While Prioritizing Social Media Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #2 Abbi McCollum, Vice President, Social Media and Convergence, Discovery Inc’s Home and Travel 2:00-2:30 p.m. Brand Styling Showrooms/Exhibits for Design Influencer Engagement Buckhead Ballroom Track #2 Stacy Kunstel, Stylist, Editor, Writer, and Producer
Influencer Build Multiple Digital Income Streams Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #3 Deborah von Donop, Interior Designer and Author, dvd Interior Design 2:45-3:15 p.m. Brand Riches in Regional Relationships and Distribution Marketing Buckhead Ballroom Track #3 Jennifer Smiga, Founder and Chief of Social Connections, Ultraviolet Agency GENERAL SESSIONS All attendees from the Influencer and Brand Tracks are invited to participate. General Session #1: Home Design Commerce is Local & Google is Paying Attention- Use Your Blog to Attract LOCAL Clients and Increase Your Bottom Line 3:30-4:15 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Sandra Funk, Founder and Principal Designer, House of Funk Nicole Heymer, Founder, Curio Electro 4:15-4:45 p.m. Networking Break with Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibit Hall *Pitching Session: Pretty, Practical, Performance - Yes You Can Have It All! 4:25-4:45 p.m. Cascade Meeting Room Presenter: Patrick Shelton, Vice President of Sales, Inside Out Performance Fabrics General Session #2 and Opening Keynote: Barry Dixon 4:45-5:30 p.m. Barry Dixon, Renowned Interior Designer and Author Grand Ballrooms I & II Interviewed by Clinton Smith, Award-Winning Journalist in Luxury Design and Lifestyles Special Announcement from Dallas Market Center Cole Daugherty, SVP of Marketing & Communications, Dallas Market Center 5:30-5:40 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II
Sponsored by: Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:40-7:30 p.m. All participants are invited to attend. Please wear your DI Conference badge for admission to this Exhibit Hall event. 5:40-7:30 p.m. Book Signing with Courtney Allison, “French Country Cottage” Exhibit Hall Official Sunday After Party This event is free to all Design Influencers Conference Attendees. Join us at the Ferguson Buckhead showroom featuring celebrity and executive chef James Briscione, Ferguson Buckhead who will share his culinary tips on Monogram’s pizza oven, gas cooktop and columns. Cocktails, Showroom 8:00-10:00 p.m. wine and appetizers will be served. Complimentary transportation is provided. Bus pick up is located at the Lower Lobby Entrance. 3069 Bolling Way NE, Transportation will run on a continuous loop from 7:45 -10:15 p.m. Atlanta, GA 30305
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Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 3 Monday, February 25 *Seating is limited and RSVP is requested. Registration and Information Desk Hours 7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Lower Level Lobby Please wear your DI Conference badge for admission to the conference sessions and all activities. 7:30-8:30 a.m. Coffee with Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibit Hall *Mentor Round Table Q&A Session Carla Aston, Interior Designer and Content Creator, Carla Aston Design 7:30-8:30 a.m. Cascade Meeting Room Jana Platina Phipps, Content Creator and Influencer, Trim Queen Deborah von Donop, Interior Designer and Content Creator, dvd Interior Design GENERAL SESSION The Evolution and Power of Influencer Marketing in the Design Industry 8:30-9:30 a.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Adam Japko, Founder and CEO, Esteem Media What Can Design Pros and Brands Learn From Fashion and Beauty Marketing? 9:30-10:15 a.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II James Nord, CEO, Fohr Networking Break with Exhibitors and Sponsors 10:15-11:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall Sponsored by: 10:15-11:00 a.m. Book Signing with Sara Noble, “Finding Fabulous” Exhibit Hall *Pitching Session: Good Natural Sleep, Presented by Signature Sleep / DHP Furniture 10:30-10:50 a.m. Cascade Meeting Room Erica Iapalucci, Communications Advisor, DHP Furniture Don’t Sleep on Pinterest! Keys to Board Organization, Optimization, and Increased Web Traffic 11:00-11:45 a.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Kyla Herbes, Owner and Art Director, House Of Hipsters Introvert, Extrovert, Expert: How to Build Your Design Authority—and Gain a Loyal Audience!— When Your Happy Place is Behind the Scenes 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Donna Garlough, Author, Editor, and Visual Content Creator; Style Director, Joss & Main Joanna Hawley, Blogger, Stylist, and Digital Influencer, Jojotastic Savvy Giving Presentation 12:15-12:30 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Susan Wintersteen, Interior Designer and Founder, Savvy Giving by Design Lunch for all Participants 12:30-1:45 p.m. Exhibit Hall Overflow Seating in Buckhead Ballroom The Other Side of the Camera: How Photography Influences Digital Content and Social Media 1:45-2:15 p.m. Emily Jenkins Followill, Interior Design Photographer Grand Ballrooms I & II Suzanna Cullen Hamilton, President, ART SMART Strategies, LLC Elizabeth Ralls, Editor-in-Chief, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Google Analytics Suite for Social Media Marketing 2:15-3:00 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Charles Farina, Director of Growth and Develo p.m.ent, Analytics Pros 3:00-3:45 p.m. Networking with Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibit Hall *Pitching Session: Collaborations for the Trade with Fabricut 3:15-3:35 p.m. Cascade Meeting Room Presenter: Loree O’Sullivan, Digital Marketing Manager, Fabricut Gain YouTube Stardom with these Four Easy Optimization Tips 3:45-4:15 p.m. Stephanie Duerden, Digital Marketing Professional, SportRx Grand Ballrooms I & II Taylor Hori, Marketing, Oceanside Glass and Tile Coastal Living and Universal Furniture - Furnishing a Lifestyle 4:15-4:45 p.m. Neil MacKenzie, Director of Marketing, Universal Furniture International Inc. Grand Ballrooms I & II Kristen Payne, Vice President of Licensing, Meredith Corporation Monday Keynote: Carson Kressley Introduction by: Skye Westcott, SVP-Merchandising and Design, Ballard Designs 4:45-5:30 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Carson Kressley, Emmy-Award winning TV Personality Style Expert, Fashion Designer and Best-Selling Author Sponsored by: High Point Market Authority and Esteem Media Announcement for Design Bloggers Tour Spring 2019 5:30-5:40 p.m. Ashley Grigg, Director of Marketing and Communications, High Point Market Authority Grand Ballrooms I & II Adam Japko, Founder and CEO, Esteem Media 5:40-7:30 p.m. Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall 5:40-7:30 p.m. Book Signing with Eric Ross, “Enduring Southern Homes” Exhibit Hall Official Monday After Party This event is free to all Design Influencers Conference Attendees. Porcelanosa Atlanta 8:00-10:00 p.m. Porcelanosa Atlanta Showroom is a short walk from the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. Showroom See page 16 for a walking map from the Hyatt to the Porcelanosa Showroom. 3255 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 Sponsored by:
4 Event Presented by Esteem Media | esteemmedia.com Tuesday, February 26 *Seating is limited and RSVP is requested. Registration and Information Desk Hours 7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lower Level Lobby Please wear your DI Conference badge for admission to the conference sessions and all activities. 7:30-8:30 a.m. Coffee with Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibit Hall *Mentor Round Table Q&A Session: Optional for Overflow 7:30-8:30 a.m. Cascade Meeting Room Mentors listed on page 4. INFLUENCER AND BRAND BREAKOUT SESSIONS Attendees can attend any sessions in the Influencer or Brand Track, and General Sessions. Seating is limited in the Brand Track and is based on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Influencer Business Guidelines and Responsibilities for Building and Leveraging Influence Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #4 Michel Smith Boyd, American Interior Designer, Bravo TV Celebrity 8:30-9:00 a.m. Brand Human-Centric Marketing - The Science of Selling Meets the Art of the Lifestyle Experience Buckhead Ballroom Track #4 Jason Pires, CEO and Executive Creative Director, Furniture Branding and MVC Agency Influencer iPhone Image Editing for Brand Enhancement and Engagement Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #5 Linda Holt, Interior Designer and Photographer, Linda Holt Creative 9:15-9:45 a.m. The Keys to Successful Influencer Collaborations: Strategic Planning - PART 1 Brand Buckhead Ballroom Track #5 Jana Platina Phipps, Content Creator and Influencer, Trim Queen Mary Leigh Howell, Industry PR Consultant, Mary Leigh Howell PR Steps to Building an Online Brand That Stands Out Influencer Grand Ballrooms I & II Track #6 Heather French, Co-Founder, Principal, and Lead Designer, French & French Interiors 10:00- Franziska Neumann, Owner, FZK Franziska 10:30 a.m. The Keys to Successful Influencer Collaborations: Effective Execution - PART 2 Brand Buckhead Ballroom Track #6 Jana Platina Phipps, Content Creator and Influencer, Trim Queen Mary Leigh Howell, Industry PR Consultant, Mary Leigh Howell PR 10:45-11:30 a.m. Networking Break with Exhibitors and Sponsors Exhibit Hall 10:45-11:15 a.m. Book Signing with Jeff Andrews, “The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Quality” Exhibit Hall *Pitching Session: How to Earn on Social Media While Remaining Authentic from 11:00- 11:20 a.m. ShopYourLikes Cascade Meeting Room Julian Hulbert, Director of Influencer Partnerships, ShopYourLikes GENERAL SESSIONS Facebook Marketing and Paid Acquisition 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Shayla Copas, Principal and Interior Designer, Shayla Copas Interiors Grand Ballrooms I & II Will Ferguson, Co-Founder, Slince, Inc. Your Creative Voice: developing a unique one and using it to power your brand. A conversation with interior designer Jeff Andrews and Sophie Donelson 12:30-1:15 p.m. Grand Ballrooms I & II Jeff Andrews, Internationally Celebrated Interior Designer, JEFF ANDREWS / DESIGN Interviewed by: Sophie Donelson, Author and Design Editor Afternoon Soiree at Ballard Designs Showroom This event is free to all Design Influencers Conference Attendees. Meet renowned interior and product designer Suzanne Kasler at the new flagship Ballard Designs showroom. Enjoy a presentation by the acclaimed designer with Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles’ Editor in Chief Elizabeth Ballard Designs 2:00-4:30 p.m. Ralls, followed by a book signing of Suzanne’s third coffee table tome, Sophisticated Simplicity. Light bites Showroom and beverages will be served. Complimentary transportation is provided. Buses depart the Grand Hyatt Lower Lobby on a continuous loop beginning at 1:20-3:30 p.m. Sponsored by: Official Gala Closing Networking Bash–Exclusive to DI Conference Attendees! This event is free to all Design Influencers Conference Attendees. Palatial Estate Home in 4:30-8:30 p.m. Enjoy food, beverages, specialty cocktails compliments of Grand Brulot. Sparkling Water provided by Waterloo. Complimentary transportation is provided. nearby Buckhead Buses depart Ballard Designs Showroom at 4:00-4:30 p.m. Buses depart Grand Hyatt on a continuous loop starting at 4:00-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 27
Digital Day at ADAC This event is free to all Design Influencers Conference Attendees. Digital Day at ADAC is back with a day of presentations covering the hottest technology topics currently ADAC impacting the world of design. Crafted in partnership with the Design Influencers Conference, Digital Day at 351 Peachtree Hills 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ADAC is a forum for novices and experts alike to learn and share ideas so designers and the design industry Avenue Northeast, can evolve and thrive in the new digital environment. Atlanta, GA 30305 Attendees are encouraged to share a ride via Uber, Lyft or taxi. Sponsored by:
Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 5 PITCHING SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
PITCHING SESSION PRESENTED BY PITCHING SESSION PRESENTED BY INSIDE OUT PERFORMANCE FABRICS FABRICUT Pretty, Practical, Performance - Yes You can Have it All. Collaborations for the Trade Sunday, 4:25-4:45 p.m. Monday, 3:15-3:35 p.m. Patrick Shelton, Vice President of Sales, Inside Out Performance Fabrics Loree O’Sullivan, Head of Influencer Relationships and Design Come learn about how Inside Out Performance Fabrics make your spaces Collaborations, Fabricut stylish and easy care with Patrick Shelton. Join an intimate session with Loree O’Sullivan, Head of Influencer
Relationships and Design Collaborations for Fabricut as she divulges the
secrets behind interior design influencers. Learn how to get noticed by international brands, what you can do to leverage these partnerships, and how to navigate the waters of sponsorships, ambassadorships, and licenses PITCHING SESSION PRESENTED BY with to-the-trade giants like SIGNATURE SLEEP/DHP FURNITURE Good Natural Sleep PITCHING SESSION PRESENTED BY Monday, 10:30-10:50 a.m. SHOPYOURLIKES Erica Iapalucci, Communications Advisor, DHP Furniture How to Earn on Social Media While Remaining Authentic Signature Sleep will be launching its Signature Sleep Honest Collection at the Design Bloggers Conference this February. The Honest Collection includes a Tuesday, 11:00-11:20 a.m. natural line of mattresses for both adult and baby. Made in California, the Julian Hulbert, Director of Influencer Partnerships, ShopYourLikes Honest Collection embraces natural elements and is made from nature- inspired components. Signature Sleep will display its Queen Size Honest Julian is responsible for strategic partnership development and revenue driving Mattress at the show and will be speaking about the inspiration behind the strategy across Connexity, Inc. brands. He leads sales and business development Honest Collection and its benefits. in pursuing, building and retaining high growth partnerships for ShopYourLikes. Cascade Meeting Room | Seating is limited and RSVP requested
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Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 7 Design begins here
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INFLUENCER AND BRAND BREAKOUT SESSIONS
• Tools for planning posts across social media so that you can spend one INFLUENCER TRACK #1 day planning all your feed content and the rest of the time engaging with How In-Person Moments Can Make a Digital Influencer’s people Career • How you can really just be yourself and that in itself is content on Insta Sunday 1:00-1:45 p.m. stories - but also provide detailed topics that are perfect to post about for Kate O’Hara, CEO + Creative Director, Martha O’Hara Interiors the Insta story audience. You’ve spent untold effort developing your online brand and creating • How you can take advantage of tools like Canva to help you create pleasingly authentic moments for your followers. You are consistent, professional looking content for free. innovative, engaging. And yet…you can’t help notice those influencers who • How to promote yourself and brand or business using social media - both were once new to the scene, suddenly hitting it big. What are you missing? In with paid social posts and with connections across the social networks this workshop, Kate will talk about how influencers (and aspiring influencers) Attendees will leave the session with action items to implement, apps to can expand their online reach through in-person moments – from gaining a download, and Insta story ideas to try that day. loyal fanbase that actually knows you, to connecting with influencers who are enthused to collab with you, to impressing media who want to feature you. BRAND TRACK #2 BRAND TRACK #1 Styling Showrooms/Exhibits for Design Influencer Embracing Influencer Marketing: Evolution and Case Engagement Studies Sunday 2:00-2:30 p.m. Sunday 1:00-1:45 p.m. Stacy Kunstel, Stylist, Editor, Writer, and Producer David Blair, Director of Strategic Services, Emisare, Inc. What gets some showrooms and trade show exhibits better attendance and Sherry H. Qualls, CEO and Owner, Whitegood coverage by design influencers and press? The answer always includes “great styling”. Traditional approaches to exhibit design beg for more in the era of While David and Sherry develop influencer marketing programs with influencer marketing. Hear styling phenom and Design Influencers Conference their clients, they are advantaged with an even deeper perspective on the co-host Stacy Kunstel’s tips on creating attention and engagement with developing role of influencer marketing in the home furnishings industry. Their opinion leaders at markets and showrooms. agencies’ client rosters include High Point Market, National Kitchen and Bath Association and KBIS. Hear them share trends they see from their unique perch and learn from successful case studies. INFLUENCER TRACK #3 Build Multiple Digital Income Streams INFLUENCER TRACK #2 Sunday 2:45-3:15 p.m. How to Make Yourself a Priority While Prioritizing Social Deborah von Donop, Interior Designer and Author, dvd Interior Design Media Long time bloggers and astute digital design marketers reap benefits from Sunday 2:00-2:30 p.m. high traffic sites. Happily, several innovative strategies for ancillary revenue Abbi McCollum, Vice President, Social Media and Convergence, Discovery streams are now in vogue and this session will put you on a path to new Inc’s Home and Travel income flows. Audit your site strategy and leveragel multi level marketing for direct sales and passive income. Learn about giveaways, private label You have to be present on social media to be relevant in the world, but products, digital products for Home & DIY Bloggers and more and get started how can you make the biggest impact with the smallest time commitment. today. The session will specifically cover: Abbi will talk about how you can take advantage of publishing and content creation tools to save time, how to pick which social platform you should • Coupons and Deals / Giveaways focus on, small adjustments you can make to content you already post • Private Label Products: physical to make it easier to find by big brands and how to stay sane in the crazy • Private Label Products: digital connected world we live in now. Should you focus on IGTV (no) or Insta stories (YES!) are questions that she will answer in her talk. • Licensing You’ll learn about: • Training: webinars Facebook groups/podcasting/YouTube
Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 9 At Ballard Designs you’ll find inspiration, excitement and all the ingredients you need to transform your decorating ideas into reality. SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
BRAND TRACK #3 GENERAL SESSIONS Riches in Regional Relationships and Distribution Home Design Commerce is Local & Google is Paying Marketing Attention- Use Your Blog to Attract LOCAL Clients and Sunday 2:45-3:15 p.m. Increase Your Bottom Line Jennifer Smiga, Founder and Chief of Social Connections, Ultraviolet Agency Sunday 3:30-4:15 p.m. Leverage your distributor relationships with customized regional co-branded Sandra Funk, Founder and Principal Designer, House of Funk content marketing campaigns. Consumers and design professionals wholly Nicole Heymer, Founder, Curio Electro embrace inspired local content from recognizable businesses. Learn from Vetrazzo, UMI, Laura U Interiors, In Detail, and Oceanside Glasstile on building Explore the ins-and-outs of well-structured local search engine blogging relationships and support in your distribution channel with fully integrated tactics that will help you get found through Google search and increase your and localized marketing programs. bottom line. Learn how to create blog posts that highlight the towns where projects and products occur. Build local authority with the search engines. Ideal for brands with distributor networks seeking to add value to the Sandra and Nicole will share their success stories that will help you demystify relationship through targeted regional promotion and content/influencer local search and leads. Follow the road map and referrals are no longer the marketing. only dominant local lead source. Attendees will learn how to: • How to optimize for local markets with the keywords for local SEO • Drive leads to a local distributor • Create a blog post to increase business with local keywords • Invigorate dormant channel relationships • How localized blogging helps define your brand, build relationships, and • Partner with local designers and influencers more • Customize co-branded content for regional success • Tips for photographing and releasing professional images (i.e. only write the • Raise brand awareness in regional targets blog post after the photos have been pitched to press or publicized) • Attract new distributor opportunities
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Find the latest in furniture, home décor, lighting and more. Join us for Dallas Design Week, April 15 – 18, 2019. SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Opening Keynote: Barry Dixon Introvert, Extrovert, Expert: How to Build Your Design Sunday 4:45-5:30 p.m. Authority—and Gain a Loyal Audience!—When Your Barry Dixon, Renowned Interior Designer and Author Happy Place is Behind the Scenes Interviewed by Clinton Smith, Award-Winning Journalist in Luxury Design Monday 11:45-12:15 p.m. and Lifestyles Donna Garlough, Author, Editor, and Visual Content Creator; Style Director, Joss & Main The Evolution and Power of Influencer Marketing in the Joanna Hawley, Blogger, Stylist, and Digital Influencer, Jojotastic Design Industry Some of the most talented, insightful, and creative people in this industry— Monday 8:30-9:30 a.m. writers, editors, art directors, stylists, makers of beautiful things—have a hard time putting themselves in the spotlight, and as a result, stay behind the Adam Japko, Founder and CEO, Esteem Media scenes longer than they probably should. But introverts can excel in this field 2017 was widely recognized in global marketing circles as the beginning of precisely because their nature helps them listen, observe, write thoughtfully, the Influencer Marketing Era. Digital tools and social media have emboldened and create. The secret to success is not overcoming your introverted nature, niche influencers across all industries and market sectors. The Design but learning to build on it to enhance your status as a Design Influencer. Industry has organically progressed as brick and mortar retailing lagged In this talk, you’ll hear from established design “experts”—author Donna and e-commerce and digital marketplaces thrived. Founder of the design Garlough and blogger/influencer Joanna Hawley of Jojotastic—introverts industry’s cutting-edge marketing conferences (Design Bloggers Conference who have learned to harness their strengths and find their niche of expertise and Design Influencers Conference) Adam will share his findings on a decade- and authority in the design world. Whether it was launching a blog, writing a long progression and viable emergence of influencer marketing in the home book, or finding the right business partners, we’ll discuss what our different furnishings and design industry. paths looked like. What was hard? What was easy? And what would we recommend to young, talented yet introverted design creatives looking to find What Can Design Pros and Brands Learn From Fashion their own voice and way? and Beauty Marketing? Takeaways: Monday 9:30-10:15 a.m. • How to approach networking with other designers, business partners, and James Nord, CEO, Fohr potential collaborators when small talk isn’t something you’re good at James Nord, CEO of Fohr, has watched and contributed to the changes in • Tactics for tackling the cold self-intro the marketing and PR landscape of the fashion and beauty industries. He • How to secure—and handle—media appearances when the pitch-and-sell has participated in those industries’ dramatic marketing metamorphosis over isn’t second nature the last 5 years when working with influencers has gone from experimental to critical. James Nord, founder of the influencer marketing company Fohr, • Overcoming your biggest fears about branding yourself a design expert has been a spectator and accelerator of this change and will explain the • What tools and platforms have have been most helpful (and natural) in similarities and differences inherent in those industries and what the future of building a personal brand influencer marketing might look like for the design community. Savvy Giving Presentation Don’t Sleep on Pinterest! Keys to Board Monday 12:15-12:30 p.m. Organization, Optimization, and Increased Web Traffic Susan Wintersteen, Interior Designer and Founder, Savvy Giving by Design Monday 11:00-11:45a.m. Savvy Giving by Design™ is a non-profit organization whose mission is to Kyla Herbes, Owner and Art Director, House Of Hipsters provide comfort, support, and healing to families with a child facing a medical A few years ago, Kyla put all her energy into Pinterest and grew her following crisis by transforming the interior spaces of their homes at no cost to them. from 2,000 to over 190,000. Pinterest is now the biggest traffic driver to her Hear from Susan how you can help. blog. You can do this knowing the right steps to take. Kyla will help you master Pinterest in her packed and practical presentation. Learn how to attract your The Other Side of the Camera: How Photography ideal audience, grow your following, gain social authority, and ultimately increase traffic and sales to your website. The session includes Pinterest Influences Digital Content and Social Media 101 and why you need Pinterest in your life. Learn how to set up a business Monday 1:45-2:15 p.m. account and manage SEO for your boards. Beyond the basics, the session turns Emily Jenkins Followill, Interior Design Photographer advanced strategies and scheduling simple. A session not to be missed. Suzanna Cullen Hamilton, President, ART SMART Strategies, LLC Elizabeth Ralls, Editor-in-Chief, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Photographs have never been more critical in interior design messaging and marketing. Through social media and digital content, thousands of potential clients, bloggers, media, and brands gain insight into projects. Renowned photographer Emily Followill and Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Ralls will sit down with Suzanna Cullen Hamilton will discuss the importance and optimization of both professional photos and social media posts. We’ll discuss what type of photos work best for each medium to engage and inspire, as well as other interior design photography-related
Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 13 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS subjects that play into social media photography optimization including staging, how the camera sees the room differently, and how to hire a Coastal Living and Universal Furniture - Furnishing a photographer if you want to increase visibility in digital content. Lifestyle Key Actionable Takeaways: Monday 4:15-4:45 p.m. • How to effectively photograph projects for optimal digital content and Neil MacKenzie, Director of Marketing, Universal Furniture International social media use Inc. Kristen Payne, Vice President of Licensing, Meredith Corporation • How to take photos for publication, yet still maintain social media use without conflict-of-use issues (i.e. “teaser shots, working shots, tight Coastal Living is a well-recognized brand in the home category and vignette shots” that can drop hints without exposing the entire shot) simultaneously describes an enviable lifestyle. Universal Furniture joined forces with Coastal Living in 2018 and launched a new whole-home • When You Need – and How to Hire - a Professional Photographer for your assortment at the 2018 Fall High Point Market. The challenge in working digital content together was achieving a style that was on brand and resonated with the • What makes a great interior design photograph catch your eye on social Coastal Living customer. Licensed product development processes can be media challenging, yet the process between Universal and Coastal Living was anything but. Google Analytics Suite for Social Media Marketing Takeaways: Monday 2:15-3:00 p.m. • How a licensed influencer collection takes shape Charles Farina, Director of Growth and Development, Analytics Pros • What the product collaboration process looks like Google Analytics is a powerful tool for any Social or Content Marketer. Google • Going to Market - achieving B2B and B2C goals Analytics is part of the new Google Marketing Platform that includes tools for • Newly created influencer marketing opportunities optimization, data visualization, activation, and more. If you want to better understand your audiences, understand how your content and social media is performing, or find opportunities where you could be providing a better Monday Keynote: Carson Kressley experience for your users this session is for you! Monday 4:45-5:30 p.m. After attending this session, you’ll know how to: Carson Kressley, Emmy-Award winning TV Personality Style Expert, Fashion • Measure: Measuring Content and Social Media with the Google Marketing Designer and New York Times Best-Selling Author Platform • Optimize: Content Optimization with Google Analytics and Google Optimize INFLUENCER AND BRAND TRACK • Segment: Audience Building and Analysis BREAKOUT SESSIONS • Report: Automated reporting for all of your data sources with Data Studio (Free Enterprise Dashboarding) INFLUENCER TRACK #4 • Activate: Take action on your insights Business Guidelines and Responsibilities for Building and Leveraging Influence Gain YouTube Stardom with these Four Easy Tuesday 8:30-9:00 a.m. Optimization Tips Michel Smith Boyd, American Interior Designer, Bravo TV Celebrity Monday 3:45-4:15 p.m. Michel Smith Boyd has a golden track record for building influence through Stephanie Duerden, Digital Marketing Professional, SportRx license and media deals. Michel will outline the path he took that led to robust Taylor Hori, Marketing, Oceanside Glass and Tile demand by brands, broadcast, and print media. More importantly, he will share the important business rules that anyone seeking to build and leverage Did you know that YouTube has over 800 million unique users each month? influence with brands and media should understand to avoid surprises in That’s 800 million opportunities to get your brand recognized. In a recent searching and closing influencer marketing deals. study of marketing professionals and online consumers, 76% of those polled say video has helped them increase traffic to their website and increase sales. You want a piece of that pie, but what’s the best way to get your videos BRAND TRACK #4 noticed? In this course, attendees will learn how to build a YouTube channel Human-Centric Marketing - The Science of Selling Meets that stays true to their brand with the strategy to help them reach YouTube the Art of the Lifestyle Experience Stardom! Tuesday 8:30-9:00 a.m. • Understand the benefits of having a YouTube channel for your brand Jason Pires, CEO and Executive Creative Director, Furniture Branding and • Define a list of key terms related to search engine optimization to be able to MVC Agency implement them across channels and platforms In our fast-paced and complex world, consumers are constantly looking for • Apply a list of best practices for optimizing a YouTube channel truly meaningful experiences and connections to complement their day-to-day lives. Today’s most successful brands are going well beyond selling design • Top tips for creating a visually stunning, cohesive and branded YouTube and products and are creating human-centric and customized experiences channel. to exceed consumers’ expectations, generating a personal connection and • YouTube analytics and content optimization sustainable brand loyalty.
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Key takeaways: BRAND TRACK #5 • How to get to know your audience beyond demographics and understand The Keys to Successful Influencer their psychographics Collaborations: Strategic Planning - PART 1 • How to find the common threads amongst a broad and diverse modern Tuesday 9:15-9:45 a.m. audience Jana Platina Phipps, Content Creator and Influencer, Trim Queen • How to find the right influencers for your brand and consumers Mary Leigh Howell, Industry PR Consultant, Mary Leigh Howell PR • How to create activations that elevate your brand experience and connect Ever thought about developing an influencer collaboration but don’t know on an emotional level with your audience where to start? Have you sponsored an event but feel you didn’t get much out of it? The Keys to Successful Influencer Collaborations will give you the INFLUENCER TRACK #5 background, knowledge and tools to create the best relationship for your iPhone Image Editing for Brand Enhancement and brand and develop a program that’s successful for both parties. Engagement Strategic Planning -Part 1: Tuesday 9:15-9:45 a.m. • Identify what should be included in a contract Linda Holt, Interior Designer and Photographer, Linda Holt Creative • Strategize content Clean your mobile phone lens and point and click? Yes, but it hardly ends • Identify platforms for the best reach there. Professionally experienced photographer Linda Holt will take you through simple steps and tools that make your iPhonography stand head and • Discover what analytics matter shoulders in social media, brochures, websites, and magazines. Linda has Developed by Jana Platina Phipps (Trim Queen, content creator and recently started offering photo-editing services to the design industry. Learn influencer) and Mary Leigh Howell (industry PR consultant), this course will some of Linda’s secrets and downloadable tools in this session. showcase examples from the duo’s many years of experience on both the influencer and the brand side of the relationship. Don’t miss out on this insightful presentation that will leave you with plenty of takeaways to begin or improve your collaborations.
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INFLUENCER TRACK #6 GENERAL SESSIONS Steps to Building an Online Brand That Stands Out Facebook Marketing and Paid Acquisition Tuesday 10:00-10:30 a.m. Tuesday 11:30-12:30 p.m. Heather French, Co-Founder, Principal, and Lead Designer, French & French Interiors Shayla Copas, Principal and Interior Designer, Shayla Copas Interiors Franziska Neumann, Owner, FZK Franziska Will Ferguson, Co-Founder, Slince, Inc In this work-along session, FZK Franziska will share her unique 3-step method “Are you over Facebook? Don’t be discouraged, with over 2 billion monthly to creating successful online brands for her own interior designer clients. active users Facebook is still a viable organic marketing tool for designers. Walk away with your very own actionable strategy to build an effective Shayla Copas and Will Ferguson will discuss the top Facebook trends and how online presence that attracts dream clients. Know which online tools are right they can help design businesses grow. for you and your unique creative tone. Heather French of French & French Top three takeaways: Interiors, a client since 2014, will join Franziska to offer her own perspective • Top 2018 Facebook trends and concrete examples of how these strategies are practically applied and what the results look like. • Facebook’s strengths compared to Instagram Takeaways: • Video content, why it’s so important • know your brand’s 5 core values Keynote: Your Creative Voice: Developing a unique one • know which top 3 online platforms suit your creative style & tone and using it to power your brand. A conversation with • set measurable online goals interior designer Jeff Andrews and Sophie Donelson • walk away ready to implement 3 clear steps towards building an online Tuesday 12:30-1:15 p.m. brand that stands out Jeff Andrews, Internationally Celebrated Interior Designer, JEFF ANDREWS / DESIGN BRAND TRACK #6 Interviewed by: Sophie Donelson, Author and Design Editor The Keys to Successful Influencer Collaborations: Author and editor Sophie Donelson speaks to her friend, Los Angeles interior Effective Execution - PART 2 designer Jeff Andrews, about how authenticity, originality and POV helped Tuesday 10:00-10:30 a.m. fuel the success of Jeff’s business and influential brand and how to find and Jana Platina Phipps, Content Creator and Influencer, Trim Queen empower your own unique voice. Their chat will touch on Jeff’s career arc — Mary Leigh Howell, Industry PR Consultant, Mary Leigh Howell PR from emerging designer to a portfolio of A-list celeb clients, international TV and media coverage, and licensed product deals. Jeff will offer tactics for cultivating Ever thought about developing an influencer collaboration but don’t know a unique perspective (as well as clients who support it), how to deliver a where to start? Have you sponsored an event but feel you didn’t get much signature look through traditional brand extensions like product collections and out of it? The Keys to Successful Influencer Collaborations will give you the books to newer outlets like digital brand extensions, how to stay on brand as background, knowledge and tools to create the best relationship for your your personal style evolves, and ways to keep a robust business while standing brand and develop a program that’s successful for both parties. your creative ground. Jeff’s first book, “The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Effective Execution -Part 2: Quality,” will be released by Rizzoli in March 2019. • Learn how to create and mine content for maximum impact Walking Map to Porcelanosa • Extend your impact through public relations Developed by Jana Platina Phipps (Trim Queen, content creator and influencer) and Mary Leigh Howell (industry PR consultant), this course will showcase examples from the duo’s many years of experience on both the influencer and the brand side of the relationship. Don’t miss out on this insightful presentation that will leave you with plenty of takeaways to begin or improve your collaborations.
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Jeff Andrews Suzanne Kasler Principal and Interior Designer Principal, Suzanne Kasler Interiors JEFF ANDREWS / DESIGN Suzanne is inspired. As the principal of Atlanta-based Internationally celebrated interior designer Jeff Andrews Suzanne Kasler Interiors, she often asserts that “a room creates sophisticated yet livable interiors for families should be collected, not decorated.” Incorporating and celebrities alike. His work has been featured in the personal collections of her clients with fine art top shelter magazines around the globe, including and antiques, contemporary pieces and custom- Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Veranda, and House Beautiful. Jeff has a designed furniture, Suzanne’s meaningful interiors straddle that rare middle furniture line with A. Rudin, a wallpaper line with Astek Wallcoverings, a ground between sophisticate and ingénue. As a graduate of the University of wood surfaces collaboration with Jamie Beckwith, and a rug collection with Cincinnati’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, Suzanne brings Mansour Modern. He has received numerous awards from California Home a comprehensive knowledge of interior architecture and decorative arts to her + Design for his work, as well as the Hue Award from Benjamin Moore. Jeff design work. is the author of ͞The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Quality which will be Suzanne’s classic interiors have been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, available in March 2019 from Rizzoli. www.jeffandrewsdesign.com House Beautiful, House & Garden, Southern Accents, Traditional Home and Veranda. Her widely published work has won numerous awards, placing Suzanne among the Barry Dixon elite of America’s top designers. In the fall of 2009, Rizzoli published Suzanne’s first Renowned Interior Designer and Author book, Inspired Interiors, featuring her “deft use of couture-like detailing, a keen sense of sublime color selections, and an aesthetic that seamlessly bridges American and Inspired by acres of lush Virginia countryside, Barry European sensibilities.” Dixon is known for a distinct aesthetic that blends Western styles with global influences from a childhood In 2008, Suzanne launched a line of furniture for Hickory Chair, along with a collec- spent abroad in India, Pakistan, Korea, New Caledonia tion of lighting for Visual Comfort. Her signature style of casual elegance has since and South Africa. With projects spanning the world, been interpreted into a line of rugs with Safavieh, fine art with Soicher-Marin, acces- Dixon imagines interiors that infuse artifacts and antiques with present-day sories with Ballard Designs and debuting spring 2011, a fabric line with Lee Jofa. motifs – all preserving the history and personality of the home’s owners and their treasures. Carson Kressley Emmy-Award winning TV Personality Style Sophie Donelson Expert, Fashion Designer and New York Times Author and Design Editor Best-Selling Author Sophie Donelson is an author and design editor. Most Emmy-Award winning TV personality, style expert, fashion recently Editor in Chief of House Beautiful where she designer and New York Times best-selling author are some inspired a new generation of design lovers to embrace of the credits of the multi-talented and unforgettable color and happiness at home, Sophie has also held Carson Kressley. Carson started his career as an independent stylist and became editor positions at Hampton Cottages & Gardens, invaluable to major designers such as Ralph Lauren. A few years later, he took a leap Elle Decor and Martha Stewart’s Blueprint magazines. As an independent into television when, in 2003, he became a breakout star as the fashion savant on journalist she wrote for the New York Times, New York magazine, The Wall Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which won a primetime Emmy and gained a Street Journal, and The Globe & Mail. worldwide following for Carson. During a five-year detour from publishing, Sophie advised digital and retail Currently, Carson’s latest project is a new, much-anticipated show with his startups including C. Wonder, Curbed and Business of Home, where she was Queer Eye alum Thom Filicia focusing on interior design for Bravo Networks also the original on-air host of Editor TV. Her national TV appearances include which premiered in October 2018. Carson is a New York Times best-selling the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, and Open House. A contributor author with three books to his credit, including You’re Different and That’s to several volumes on home design, Sophie’s 2017 book Style Secrets: What Super and Off The Cuff: The Essential Style Guide for Men and The Women Every Room Needs quickly became a bestseller. Her next, House Beautiful Who Love Them. His latest book, a women’s style guide Does This Book Dream Homes: Intimate House Tours & Dazzling Spaces, publishes in April. Make My Butt Look Big? A Cheeky Guide to Feeling Sexier in Your Own Skin & Unleashing Your Personal Style was released on October 11, 2016 [St. Martin’s Press] to rave reviews. A strong supporter of many philanthropic causes, Kressley uses his celebrity to advance different concerns such as The Trevor Project, The Human Rights Campaign, AIDS WALK, and the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation.
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INFLUENCER TRACK, BRAND TRACK, AND Stephanie Duerden GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS Digital Marketing Professional SportRx David Blair Stephanie Duerden has been a passionate marketing professional for 10 years. She worked her way up the Director of Strategic Services ladder at Oceanside Glass & Tile from Event Coordinator Emisare, Inc. to Marketing Director contributing to significant growth of Marketing is about engaging people. It’s about finding the companies social channels, brand recognition and overall revenue. In 2017, her that right mix of words, images, vehicles, channels, and social media efforts gained the attention of Insider Design + Insider Art, exposing approaches to lead someone one step farther down the brand to 4.8 million new viewers, growing their social following by 20% and the path to purchase than they are right now. That’s website views by 5%. In 2018, she was offered a new position for San Diego what everyone at Emisare does, in one way or another. David’s way is to focus based e-commerce company SportRx where she now heads lead gen and customer on figuring out what our clients need to say (the approaches), and how to say relationship management. it (the words). Charles Farina Michel Smith Boyd Director of Growth and Development American Interior Designer, Bravo TV Celebrity Analytics Pros Michel Smith Boyd is an American interior designer and With 10+ years of experience in Digital Analytics, star of the hit Bravo show, Buying it Blind. His Atlanta almost all of Charles’ experience has been with based firm, Michel Smith Boyd Interiors, is known for world-leading Google Analytics 360 providers. Michel’s signature, sumptuous style. Renowned for its Deeply experienced in attribution, cross-device and distinctive, cultivated, and soulful vibe Michel’s work cross-platform analytics, and marketing data integrations, he has performed has received countless accolades including being recognized as one of the Top hundreds of Google Analytics training and workshops across the world 20 African American Designers in the country. Additionally, Michel’s work has ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 global enterprises. graced the pages of Elle Décor, Traditional Home, Vogue, Veranda, Ebony, and Washington Post just to name a few. Boyd prides himself on creating spaces that his clients not only adore but also delight in calling home. Michel’s Will Ferguson breadth of influence includes residential and commercial interior design as Co-Founder well as curated collections of luxe rugs, fabrics and trims, wall coverings, Slince, Inc decorative home accessories, and objets d’art. His signature style masterfully Will spent 15 years moving up the ranks in client-side juxtaposes masculine and feminine sophistication and he seamlessly blends it marketing at brands like E*trade and Oppenheimer all under one roof to set the perfect mood. Funds, before becoming Vice President of Online Marketing at 1-800 Flowers where he ran Social Shayla Copas Media, SEM, Display Advertising and Affiliates. He eventually moved on to the start-up world, where in his last role he was Chief Marketing Officer, Principal and Interior Designer responsible for all acquisition marketing, analytics, website conversion and Shayla Copas Interiors P&L. He was named to 40 under 40 for being one of the most innovative Shayla is one of the South’s most highly acclaimed brand marketing executives and is a sought-after speaker at industry award-winning luxury designers and tastemakers! conferences such as Internet Week, ad:tech, Brand Innovators and eTail. His Her “Southern Glam” aesthetic has graced the pages front-running approach to social commerce and Facebook advertising has of regional and national publications. Her soon to be been covered by the New York Times, Ad Age and ClickZ. Will decided to start released show, appropriately named “ Southern Glam” will be released later Slince because he saw a need in the marketplace for a senior-level, digital this year by the Design Network which displays the glitz, glam and southern executive to work on behalf of clients where their agencies were falling short. hospitality she is known for. Shayla is authoring a tabletop design book for Schiffer Publishing, “Four Seasons of Entertaining” which is due out in 2019. She is currently appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson as a commissioner to The Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Commission where she has spent countless hours working with the First Family to renovate the state treasure. Shayla was bestowed the coveted 2017 Philanthropist of the year award by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas for her years of inspiring and empowering women throughout her state.
Design Influencers Conference 2019 | #DesignInfluencersCon 19 For over 30 years, ICFF has built a solid reputation as North America’s platform for global design. Over 900 exhibitors from across the globe will present to more than 38,000 industry professionals looking to be inspired and find what’s best and what’s next for luxury interiors.
May 19 - 22, 2019 Register to attend for no cost at icff.com/register Javits Convention Center, NYC using promo code DesignInf SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Heather French Suzanna Cullen Hamilton Co-Founder, Principal, and Lead Designer President French & French Interiors ART SMART Strategies, LLC. Heather enjoys customizing designs for her clients Suzanna is a brand, marketing, and public relations based on their current spaces and needs, and strategist for creative entities ranging from interior specializes in being able to distill their desires into a designers to national museums to events. She has beautiful, comfortable, and functional aesthetic. She been a byline features writer for shelter and lifestyle has always been interested in the layout and flow of people’s homes, and publications for over 18 years, and is a regular contributor to publications ways that design translates into living styles (especially among different on both the East and West coasts. Previously, Hamilton owned galleries in cultures). New York, Atlanta, Jackson Hole, Aspen, and Los Angeles, and was a dealer She loves creating fun, integrated spaces for her clients that bring life and on the preeminent site, www.1stdibs.com. Her clients have included AD100 purpose to a family’s home. For her, interior design is about more than just designers, high profile and high net-worth collectors and celebrities, and “pretty things” - well-thought-out spaces should solve a problem and allow national museums. Hamilton has lectured on numerous subjects and has for shared human experiences on a deeper level. She strives to understand interviewed prominent designers, business owners, and influencers across the her client’s desired purpose for space, and then create beautiful, meaningful country. http://artsmartstrategies.com areas that provide families a soulful, fun, nurturing place to live. Joanna Hawley Sandra Funk Blogger, Stylist, and Digital Influencer Founder and Principal Designer Jojotastic House of Funk Joanna is a blogger, stylist, and digital influencer with an incredible 4 million Pinterest followers. Along with Sandra Funk is the founder and principal designer regular styling gigs, Joanna runs jojotastic.com to show of House of Funk, an award-winning full-service and off her appreciation for all things DIY, entertaining, luxury online interior design firm with offices in NY and interior design, style, and food. Prior to starting her own blog, she worked NJ. House of Funk draws on over a decade in business as a product designer and trend scout for companies like Anthropologie and to create thoughtful homes with an emphasis on clean lines and soulful Nordstrom. She lives in a tiny, charming bungalow in Seattle. touches, all rooted in tradition. In 2017, the firm won second place in The American Society of Interior Designers’ NY Metro Chapter’s Design Excellence Awards for living space design. Sandra’s design work has been featured in Kyla Herbes numerous publications, including Elle Decor, The Huffington Post, Apartment Owner and Art Director Therapy, Luxe Interiors + Design, Dering Hall, and Design NJ. House Of Hipsters Kyla is the owner and art director behind House Of Donna Garlough Hipsters, a lifestyle and design blog that inspires its Author, Editor, and Visual Content Creator; Style readers to think outside the box and create layered, Director comfortable, unique spaces. Her interiors have been Joss & Main featured on The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Chairish, and Rue Magazine to name a few, and she has made appearances on Chicago’s An author, editor, and visual content creator, Donna WGN TV’s Weekend Workbench. When she’s not researching the latest and Garlough has been style director at Joss & Main since greatest in home decor, you can find her standing in line at an estate sale 2013. Her first book, Your Home, Your Style: How to or meandering around a local flea market. With an eye for the unusual, Kyla Find Your Look and Create Rooms You Love (Rizzoli), was named one of describes her style as relaxed, curated, recycled glam. spring 2018’s top design books by the New York Times. Her writing, advice, and interior design projects have been featured in Real Simple, People, Family Circle, Country Living, InStyle, ElleDecor.com, ArchitecturalDigest.com, Nicole Heymer PopSugar, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Huffington Founder Post, among other publications. She lives in Boston. Curio Electro Nicole is the founder of Curio Electro, a boutique Ashley Grigg creative agency specializing in intuitive branding, Director of Marketing and Communications compelling design, and actionable plans. Since High Point Market Authority 2011, the team at Curio Electro has worked within a multitude of industries and with a wide variety of clients at every stage in As the Director of Marketing and Communications their development, from nationally known interior design firms to local craft for the High Point Market Authority, Ashley Grigg breweries. Nicole’s clear, practical take on branding and web design has been manages a wide variety of projects, including media featured in print, on podcasts, and as the framework for branding workshops. relations, educational programming, social media and She is an active ASID Industry Partner and is currently serving as the Editor of digital promotions for the largest home furnishings trade show in the world, NJ ASID’s Blueprint Magazine. High Point Market. With over 13 years of experience in marketing and event management, she has previously worked in event management, association management, corporate fundraising and business development.
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Kyle Hoepner Stacy Kunstel Editor-in-Chief Stylist, Editor, Writer, and Producer New England Home Before Stacy Kunstel became an interiors stylist with Presently editor-in-chief of New England Home, a nearly 100 magazine and book covers to her credit, she luxury design brand with offerings both in print and began as a writer covering luxury travel destinations, online, Kyle has had a distinctly hands-on relationship architecture and design. She combines both skills in with magazines for more than thirty years. He joined her work as Homes Editor for New England Home the launch team for New England Home in 2005, a welcome chance to Magazine and as a Regional Editor for Traditional Home, Better Homes & reconnect with long-held interests in architecture and interiors. Since then, Gardens, Country Living and others. Her work has appeared in Coastal Living, he has helped guide the publication’s evolution into one of the most widely Country Living, Luxe, Rizzoli Books, the London Observer, Harper’s Bazzar UK respected regional shelter titles in the U.S. and a dozen other publications. In 2010, between photoshoots and writing assignments, she and her partner Michael Partenio launched the lighting and furniture brand Dunes and Duchess, which is sold in luxury boutiques and to Taylor Hori the trade. Marketing Oceanside Glass and Tile Mary Leigh Howell Taylor Hori joined the team at Oceanside Glass & Tile in 2013 after receiving her BA in English with Honors Industry PR Consultant from the University of California, Riverside. In 2015, Mary Leigh Howell PR she transitioned into the role of Marketing Coordinator Mary Leigh Howell is a public relations professional and brought with her a passion to create videos. During her tenure, she has with 21 years of experience in agency, corporate built a library of detailed product installation tutorials, intimate case studies, and nonprofit environments. Her practice focuses and fiery behind-the-scenes company culture pieces. Focusing on the details, on commercial and residential interiors, and lifestyle she enjoys every phase of video production, from SEO research and audience accounts in b-to-b and b-to-c industries. She guides promotional strategy, identification to editing and reporting on the analytics. media relations and content for clients including Universal Furniture, Level 4 Designs and Summerfield Farms. Adam Japko Prior to starting her own practice, she was a founding executive and vice Founder and CEO president of RLF Communications, a Greensboro-based public relations, Esteem Media and Design Influencers Conference advertising and social media firm. During her tenure, she led the team that introduced a $50,000 bed at the Consumer Electronics Show, an effort that Esteem Media is home to leading national and local garnered more than 57 million media impressions within six weeks. media brands in the luxury home design, gardening, and fine wine communities; focused on connecting Mary Leigh has extensive experience in all aspects of the home furnishings professionals and consumers around their passions industry from non-profit to supplier to manufacturing and retail. She has and businesses. Design Influencers Conference, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, worked for brands such as Bassett, Quick-Step, Valdese Weavers, Wrangler, New England Home, and WineZag leverage events, print media, social media, Leggett & Platt and Bob Timberlake. She’s also provided counsel for clients blogs, and digital marketing… but overall, community connection as the across a range of industries including animal health, hospitality, home catalyst for their constituents’ commercial success. building, commercial real estate investment, accounting, highway safety and telecommunication. Emily Jenkins Followill Neil MacKenzie Interior Design Photographer Director of Marketing Emily Jenkins Followill is one of the most renowned Universal Furniture International Inc. interior design photographers in the Southeast. Her work has been featured in major publications including Neil has over 15 years of marketing and branding Veranda, Better Homes & Gardens, Traditional Homes, experience working on both B2B and B2C clients Garden & Gun, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, and ranging from golf and recreation brands to retail Southern Living. Additionally, she is the author of The Southern Rustic Cabin. banking and home furnishings. Neil has been with Throughout her twenty-year career, Emily has worked with some of the most Universal Furniture for over three years and oversees each of Universal’s prestigious interior designers in the nation, and she is highly regarded for her home brands (Universal Furniture, Smartstuff and To The Trade) and licensing crisp, clean photos that tell the stories of the homes and their inhabitants. relationships. During his time with Universal, Neil has led a re-branding effort http://emilyfollowill.com of Universal as a whole home provider and Trade resource. Most recently, he was involved in the launch of the Coastal Living Home Collection license which debuted at Fall Market.
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Abbi McCollum Kristen Payne Vice President, Social Media and Convergence Vice President of Licensing Discovery Inc’s Home and Travel Meredith Corporation As the Vice President of Social Media and Convergence Kristen Payne, Vice President of Licensing for Meredith for the Discovery Inc’s Home and Travel categories, Corporation, launched her 22+ year career with the Abbi creates a bridge between the on-air programming Coastal Living and Southern Living lifestyle brands. team, the marketing team, and the digital team. As Payne has created a variety of brand extensions and the convergence lead for the brands, she manages a team of ten that creates licensing programs starting with the multi-million dollar, direct-to-consumer a digital and social presence for all HGTV, DIY Network, Travel Channel, business with Southern Living and Coastal Living home plan designs. Today and Great American Country shows and talent. Abbi works closely with the licensing portfolio encompasses more than 60 partnerships across brands the interactive ad sales and marketing teams to monetize the digital on-air such as Real Simple, Coastal Living, Sports Illustrated, Food & Wine, Eating content as well as to establish social sponsorship guidelines and campaigns. Well, Better Homes & Gardens, SHAPE, Travel & Leisure, Cooking Light, and As the head of social media for home and travel, she oversees a team InStyle. Meredith Corporation is ranked 2nd out of the top 150 global brand promoting daily content to an audience of over 40 million, managing licensors. partnerships, producing live events, coordinating with influencers, and creating original short-form and mid-form content for Facebook Watch, YouTube, Jason Pires Snapchat, Instagram Stories and HGTV and Travel Channel GO apps. CEO and Executive Creative Director Furniture Branding and MVC Agency Franziska Neumann With a passion or culture and an untamable creative Owner spirit, CEO and Creative Director Jason has over 20 FZK Franziska years experience in developing and growing some of today’s most innovative and influential lifestyle and Franziska is the owner of FZK Franziska, a creative luxury brands, including Netflix, Lexus, LA Times, Diesel and Universal. agency that helps design-oriented clients grow their online presence. Her experience spans 20 years in Since starting Furniture Branding (A division of MVC Agency) in 2008, Jason the design industry across the fields of architecture, has worked with major furniture brands such as Abbyson Living, Seldens, interior design, and furniture design. She has styled for decor magazines such Matter Brothers, Wesley Allen, and many others. Fluent in three languages as Martha Stewart Living and World of Interiors. Her award winning designs and having worked with clients throughout the United States, South America, have been featured in several magazines, on HGTV, and on The Oprah Winfrey and Asia, his work has garnered numerous national and global awards. Show. Franziska transitioned to web design in 2008 when she needed a website to showcase her products featured on The Oprah Show. FZK Franziska is now a team of 8 creatives delivering a full spectrum of agency services. Jana Platina Phipps Content Creator and Influencer Trim Queen James Nord Jana Platina Phipps, the Trim Queen, is a trimmings Co-Founder and CEO expert known for her refined vision in the use of Fohr embellishment in home decor, fashion, and DIY. She James Nord is the co-founder and CEO of Fohr, an believes “Embellishment is a creative form of self- influencer marketing platform that connects brands and expression” and a powerful design tool. Jana customizes private label trim influencers. programs for interior design distributors, home furnishings manufacturers, and retail stores nationally. She has coined “Trim Alchemy” as the concept of Kate O’Hara turning something ordinary into extraordinary using trimmings. CEO + Creative Director As the Trim Queen, she blogs and uses social media to chronicle how she and Martha O’Hara Interiors the design community use embellishments creatively. As an influencer, Jana partners with brands as a content creator, speaker, and customizes workshops Kate O’Hara is the Director of Marketing and Business and maker-focused tours. She is planning her first international tour -- Trim Development for Martha O’Hara Interiors where she Queen Maker Tour of Venice Italy, Fall 2019. pioneered the interior design firm’s expansion to national markets and international clientele. Jana writes for various publications including WF Vision Magazine, Designers Today, Westchester Home and Furniture Today. She serves on the International Today, MOI is followed by more than 200,000 people on Facebook, the Textile Alliance Board of Directors and is a guest lecturer at the NY School of company is the top rated interior design expert worldwide on Houzz.com, Interior Design and University of Georgia, Athens. She was selected for High and their award-winning work has been featured in local and national media, Point Market Design Bloggers Tour Spring & Fall 2017 and currently leads a including the Today Show, HGTV, and Better Homes and Gardens. After being sold-out High Point Market Insider’s Tour. Jana was the co-chair of WithIt’s named Minnesota’s Top 32 Under 32 Marketing Professionals, Kate has been New York Design Tour 2008 - 2018, was awarded the Future Leader Award asked to speak on topics ranging from social media to women in business, and was the WithIt Northeast VP. and online branding.
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Sherry H. Qualls Deborah von Donop CEO and Owner Interior Designer and Author Whitegood dvd Interior Design Over the past 20 years Qualls has advised a number Deborah von Donop is a Connecticut interior of national and international clients looking to designer, brand ambassador for select high-end home further their position with the design community and manufacturers, and the author of popular design make a mark with the media who influence design. and lifestyle blog, dvdInteriorDesign.com. An interior Representing brands like the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), design, construction, and project management professional with 25+ years Rutt Handcrafted Cabinetry, ROHL faucets & Fixtures, Kalamazoo Outdoor of experience and career evolution with premiere design firms, von Donop Grills, Miele Appliances, Natuzzi Leather Upholstery, the Kitchen & Bath has been tapped as a High Point Market Design Blogger, Modenus design Industry Show (KBIS), Thompson Traders Decorative Copper, Tile of Spain, the promoter for KBIS, NYNOW, Dwell, LA Design Trail with Design Milk, one of HD Expo and CEDIA Expo has given Qualls and WG a wealth of challenges five judges for the 2019 NKBA national design competition, and is a speaker and opportunities to drive brand awareness and preference with important on Interior Design visibility through online media. She writes weekly on influencers. design resources, highlights from industry events, and interior design topics aimed to educate and inspire her readers. Elizabeth Ralls Editor-in-Chief Clinton Smith Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Award-Winning Journalist on Luxury Design Elizabeth Ralls is the Editor-in-Chief of Atlanta and Lifestyles Homes & Lifestyles, the preeminent publication of Clinton Smith is an award-winning journalist who design in the Southeast, and oversees the magazine has been reporting on the world of design and an as the sponsors of both The Southeastern Designer array of luxury lifestyle topics for two decades. A Showhouse and Gardens and The Atlanta Holiday Home. Elizabeth is a noted authority on matters of taste and style, Smith seasoned veteran of the publishing world with twenty years of editorial previously served as the editor in chief of Veranda for five years and wrote and writing experience and having served as the Editor-in-Chief of Atlanta four books under the magazine’s imprint: The Romance of Flowers, Inspired by Weddings Magazine. Elizabeth has worked with designers and photographers Color, Entertaining and Escapes. A native Texan, he resides in New York. throughout the Southeast while overseeing the vast communications in both print and social media that Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles utilizes to reach tens of thousands of readers and viewers each month. http://atlantahomesmag.com Susan Wintersteen Interior Designer and Founder Savvy Giving by Design Jennifer Smiga “One of my favorite quotes throughout the years, ‘You Founder and Chief of Social Connections have never really lived until you have done something Ultraviolet Agency for someone who can never repay you’ has inspired Jennifer Smiga has been an entrepreneur since 2010 me to LIVE my life.” Susan, a mother of five daughters, when she founded her first boutique pr and marketing founded Savvy Interiors in 2002 out of a passion for design and desire to find agency. Prior to running her first business, she worked a creative outlet for her energies. As the business expanded over the years, for Bette Midler at the NY Restoration Project helping she recently opened a local showroom, inSIDE by Savvy. Her love of children to shape campaigns that raised millions and brought a million trees to NYC. coupled with her talents has allowed her to give back in a way that is a Today, she is co-owner of ultraviolet agency, empowering the design and meaningful contribution to children’s healing. Her children continue to inspire architecture industries with powerful partnerships, content and connections. her daily. Susan started Savvy Giving by Design in December of 2014. Since It’s marketing at a higher frequency. The agency is located at Bell Works, that time, she has designed over 30 spaces for children and siblings facing a the reinvention of the former Bell Labs building in Holmdel, NJ - two million medical crisis. Susan’s non profit, Savvy Giving by Design is an official 501c3 square feet of stunning mid-century modern architecture designed by Eero status and plans on expanding nationwide in early 2018. Saarinen. It’s where ultraviolet works inspired.
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Since 1965 our passion has been bringing your design dreams to life through the singular, timeless beauty of natural stone. We quarry, cut, carve, polish, and make mosaics and other custom pieces from stone-the earth's oldest and most durable building material. By embracing the striations and color variations that naturally occur in stone, we make each piece a unique product. www.materials-marketing.com General Information
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Mitzi Beach Design Smarts - Inspiration for Home + Life Sunday & Monday During Exhibit Hall Hours | Booth 116 Design Smarts is a powerful and practical guide for people who are joining that elite club known as 50—over 50. Mitzi presents a vibrant blueprint that encompasses your home life, your mindset, your health, your family and your faith. Mitzi Beach A.S.I.D. C.A.P.S. is an award-winning interior designer, author, and baby boomer marketing & lifestyle specialist. Armed with 30 years’ experience and a master’s degree in interior design, she is one of Design Hounds’ top 100 influencers 2018 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal as an expert in the emerging Aging in Place (AIP) trend.
Courtney Allison French Country Cottage Sunday, 5:40-7:30 p.m. | Booth 109 A romantic interpretation of French country style in a California cottage. With beautiful photography and tale about a little- forgotten house that could, Courtney shares the story of her renovation of a 1940’s cottage in the California countryside. An abandoned vacation house, set in the center of rolling fields and trees becomes the cottage home of her dreams... a French country style cottage filled with original elements and an exquisite mix of rustic and refined. Blurring the lines between indoor and outdoors and embracing well worn as well loved, French Country Cottage is a style that celebrates simplicity, indulges in romance, cherishes pieces with history and believes a chandelier and fresh flowers belong in every room.
Sara Noble Finding Fabulous Monday, 10:15-11:00 a.m. | Booth 109 Sara Noble is the principal of Noble Designs, a Kansas City based interior design firm which creates traditional styled homes with a fresh twist. To date, Noble Designs has earned two Kansas City Design Awards and has been featured in a variety of shelter publications including a regular column for the Kansas City Star. The latest endenavor includes a published book, “Finding Fabulous”, which features 10 projects from the Kansas City area. This photo book also gives Sara’s tips and fun tid-bits about the family and the project. You can follow her on Instagram at @nobledesigns.
Eric Ross Enduring Southern Homes Monday, 5:30-7:30 p.m | Booth 109 As a professional interior designer, Eric Ross has upheld centuries-old design concepts while injecting fresh colors and fabrics into the mix for more than twenty years. His approach to traditional decorating includes a bit of French country, a lot of Southern hospitality, and spills over into his lifestyle and entertaining prose. In Enduring Southern Homes, Eric Ross showcases beautiful projects and gives tips on how to create your very own enduring home, regardless of where you live.
Jeff Andrews The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Quality Tuesday, 10:45-11:15 a.m. | Booth 109 Kourtney Kardashian. Kris Jenner. Kaley Cuoco. These Hollywood stars and more have turned to Jeff Andrews to deliver his trademark high style to their homes. In his first book, THE NEW GLAMOUR, Andrews guides us through the bold spaces he has created for his celebrity clients, while sharing his philosophy on design, exploring topics such as creating a vision and keeping unexpected choices elegant and cohesive; cultivating cinematic style with sweeping staircases and a feeling of extravagance, while never insisting on buttoned-up formality.
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Aidan Gray Lounge 4 Ballard Designs Lounge 7 www.aidangrayhome.com www.ballarddesigns.com Aidan Gray represents a love for interiors, design and authentic products Ballard Designs is an omnichannel retailer offering a unique curation of that exude “European Grandeur.” This embodies our company’s desire for furniture and decor from all periods and provenance. We travel the world for products made by hand and with authentic materials such as solid wood, inspiration, translating new trends in fashion, color, and style into exclusive rustic metals, antique mirror, old painted finishes and silk appointments products shoppers won’t find anywhere else. Ballard also offers hundreds of which drives our product assortment. custom options, expert design advice, and inspiration, empowering customers to unleash their inner decorator.
GOLD SPONSOR CONFERENCE PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR Capital Lighting Fixture Company Booth 13 AmericasMart Atlanta Booth 19 www.capitallightingfixture.com www.americasmart.com Designed with Thought, Crafted by Hand AmericasMart® Atlanta is the nation’s leading home furnishings, area rug, and gift marketplace. Across 16 markets and shows staged annually, It’s not so much about the things you put in a space as it is about what it houses more than 11,000 temporary exhibit booths, which join the they evoke: joy, comfort, a feeling of home. We think every detail through, more than 1,500 permanent showrooms operating within the three- so you won’t have to think twice about your choice. Discover beautiful building complex to create the world’s single-largest collection of home, lighting and decorative mirrors that match your design vision. gift, rug, and apparel product.
MONDAY BREAK & DIGITAL DAY SPONSOR SUPPORTING SPONSOR Carpet One Floor & Home Booth 16 Atlanta Decorative Arts Center Booth 110 www.carpetone.com Carpet One Floor & Home is a cooperative of locally-owned, independent www.adacatlanta.com flooring retailers with 1,000 stores across the United States, Canada, ADAC offers the Southeast’s largest collection of luxury fabrics, Australia, and New Zealand. Our stores feature a large selection of carpet, furnishings, flooring, lighting, accessories, and more. Located in the hardwood, luxury vinyl, laminate, tile and more. Our Beautiful Design prestigious Buckhead community of Atlanta, we invite you to come see Made Simple magazine, blog and video series inspire our customers to us, shop in more than 60 stunning showrooms, dine in one of our two create beautiful spaces in their homes. restaurants, and attend signature events held throughout the year.
SUPPORTING SPONSOR Chelsea House Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles www.chelseahouseInc.com www.atlantahomesmag.com A forward-thinking house founded in classic design. Always beautiful, Published since 1983, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles is the city’s only never boring. Furniture, lighting, art, mirrors and decorative accessories - monthly home and garden magazine offering unmatched entrée into most in stock. Designer focused. the area’s most inspiring residences. The glossy magazine is dedicated to showcasing the very best in design and has come to be known as the definitive guide to cultivating Atlanta style.
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Creative Home Ideas Booth 204 Dillard’s Booth 207 www.creativehomeideas.com www.dillards.com Creative Home Ideas offers high-quality soft goods for bed, bath and Dillard’s is a department store chain with designer apparel, shoes, kitchen plus accent rugs and pillows. Add color and texture to modern, accessories, beauty products, and home goods. They now offer a discount cottage, traditional or bohemian décors. Exclusive brands, found in program to qualified design professionals in the Home and Furniture department stores, bedding bath stores and online, include French departments. Southern Living, Jonathan Louis, Mud Pie, Ugg, and Connection Home, Laura Ashley®, Juicy Couture, Jean Pierre® New York, Pendleton are just a few brands featured at Dillard’s. Oliver Brown London, Juliet Paris, and Boho Living.
GOLD SPONSOR VIP SEATING SPONSOR TOTE SPONSOR Dunes and Duchess Booth 206 www.dunesandduchess.com Crypton Fabric Dunes and Duchess is a custom lighting and furnishings company known www.cryptonhomefabric.com for their lacquer and natural wood finishes. Their work has appeared in Crypton Home Fabric is a breakthrough performance fabric technology House Beautiful, Veranda, Traditional Home and Elle Decor among others. that is built into every fiber, so its superior stain resistance, easy stain release and odor resistance won’t ever wear away. Crypton Home fabric is a leading provider of fabrics for the home furnishings industry. PITCHING SESSION SPONSOR Fabricut Inc. www.fabricut.com
GOLD SPONSOR Fabricut Inc. is one of the largest distributors of to-the-trade textiles, STAGE FURNITURE SPONSOR accessories, and furniture in the industry. With 60 years of established history, our mission is to develop exclusive products for our customers Currey & Company through our brands: Fabricut, Trend, Stroheim, S. Harris, and Vervain. We offer a variety of styles, patterns and palettes suitable for any design www.curreycodealers.com aesthetic at unbeatable prices. Inspired by the beauty of nature and the legacy of the past, Currey & Company strives to create furnishings of timeless style and exceptional quality. Handcrafted from natural materials and enhanced with historical details, our work reflects our commitment to meaningful design. Showrooms are located in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Las Vegas and High Point, NC. Good Earth Plant Company www.goodearthplants.com PLATINUM SPONSOR At the Good Earth Plant Company, we believe plants are life. Our passion ONSTAGE SPONSOR never changes: creating the most desirable environment for every workspace and in every home. An environment where you can flourish, Dallas Market Center Booth 11 create, play and grow. Through green building design, we create the most www.dallasmarketcenter.com nature enriched environment for our clients health and well-being. Dallas Market Center is a global business-to-business trade center and the leading wholesale marketplace in North America connecting retailers and interior designers with top manufacturers in home décor, furniture, gift, lighting, and fashion. Inside its five million square foot campus, STEP AND REPEAT SPONSOR customers can discover inspirational trends, business education, and new products via open-daily showrooms and trade events held throughout the HanStone Quartz year. www.hanstonequartz.com Driven by the desire to enhance life’s journey, HanStone Quartz recognizes that surfacing is just one component of a successful project - a beautiful space that creates the backdrop for what really matters - wonderful moments that make up happy and productive lives. Made in North America, HanStone offers design flexibility to make any vision a reality.
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High Point Market Booth 100 Jaipur Living Lounge 3 www.highpointmarket.org www.jaipurliving.com High Point Market is the largest home furnishings trade show in the Jaipur Living is a rug and textile furnishings company with an amazing world, bringing more than 75,000 people to High Point, North Carolina, backstory. We believe how we make our rugs and textiles is as important every April and October. With more than 11.5 million square feet of as the items themselves. Jaipur Living’s core purpose is to make life showspace and 2,000 exhibitors, it truly is the world’s home for home beautiful. We do that through empowering, inspiring, and connecting furnishings. Learn more at www.highpointmarket.org. everyone, from artisan to end consumer, through meaningful and beautiful design.
DIRECTIONAL SIGN SPONSOR Hyve Booth 201 www.hyveapp.com Las Vegas Market Hyve “the go-to app for a modern toolbox” is an organizational web www.lasvegasmarket.com platform and app for Home Renovations and New Home-Builds. Hyve Showcasing over 4,300 manufacturing lines across furniture, home decor and features: gift, Las Vegas Market is the West’s most comprehensive home furnishings & lifestyle trade resource. The biannual market sets the stage for the season’s • Organize: manage, plan & deliver details of a project latest trends & newest products, from leading manufacturers to up and coming • Track: deadlines, purchases, expense management & more makers and designers. Join us in Vegas, July 28 - August 1, 2019. • Communicate: team collaboration on a single, shared platform
• Inspire: collect product images and design ideas • Mobility: enhance productivity, access information on-the-go Laura Ashley www.lauraashleyusa.com From fashion and accessories for women and children to a range of home SILVER SPONSOR furnishings, Laura Ashley helps you add colour and comfort to your life and style. Laura Ashley products are available at many of the stores you ICFF NYC Booth 205 shop everyday. Visit www.lauraashleyusa.com for the latest product news and availability. www.icff.com For over 30 years, ICFF has built a solid reputation as North America’s platform for global design. Taking place May 19-22, 2019 in New York City, over 900 exhibitors from across the globe will present to more than 38,000 industry professionals looking to be inspired and find what’s best PATRON SPONSOR and what’s next for luxury interiors. Lladro www.lladro.com Lladró, the 21st-century artisticporcelain brand. For more than sixty years, PLATINUM SPONSOR Lladró has deployed its know-how in the field of porcelain in sculptures, PITCHING SESSION SPONSOR lighting, home decor objects and fashionaccessories. Each piece is delicately PEN SPONSOR made in an entirelyhandcrafted process. Lladró also explores the vast creative potential of porcelain in collaboration with artists and designers. Inside Out Performance Fabrics Booth 202 www.insideoutperformancefabrics.com We have created the first All-In-One performance fabric that can satisfy all of your needs and withstand the elements, both inside and outside. Inside Out Performance Fabrics® pairs superior design and unmatched SILVER SPONSOR performance to weather any storm in your home, sunroom or outdoors. Lloyd Flanders, Inc. Lounge 5 www.lloydflanders.com At Lloyd Flanders, we use state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and equipment combined with over 100 years of tradition and furniture knowledge to produce heirloom-quality furniture to be enjoyed for generations to come. With collections spanning from traditional to contemporary, over 500 fabrics, and the widest variety of finishes available today, you can create the perfect customized look for any space.
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Materials Marketing Booth 104 Mountain Living and Colorado Homes & Lifestyles www.materials-marketing.com www.mountainliving.com We present the ability to take projects to the next level with our custom Mountain Living’s unmatched homes coverage offers entrée into the architectural stone products. From fireplaces and range hoods to American West’s most inspiring residences, featuring exquisite interiors columns, staircases, balustrades, and exterior elements. Our material and innovative architecture. ML’s sister publication, Colorado Homes & selection includes a variety of stones and finishes to create a truly custom Lifestyles, is the premier home design publication in Colorado. masterpiece. We are very unique in a niche market offering over over 50 years of craftsmanship and expertise.
SUPPORTING SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR New England Home Metrie Booth 17 www.nehomemag.com www.metrie.com New England Home defines superior home design and custom building in New England. We present the region’s finest work and resources to Our dedication to creating high-quality, finely crafted architectural educate and inspire our affluent readers and promote local talent. By elements has helped us grow to become the largest supplier and building relationships among industry professionals and connecting them manufacturer of solid wood and composite moulding in North America. with a highly qualified audience of potential future clients, we help assure Our success stems from our commitment to helping people create the growth and success of the field. beautiful interiors. We believe in the details, and know that even the smallest of details add up to create big differences.
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Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home www.pacificsales.com MirrorMate Frames Experience what’s new at Pacific Sales. Our newly remodeled showrooms and www.mirrormate.com new kitchen and bath experiences at Torrance and Irvine are the perfect places MirrorMate frames are custom-crafted mirror frames that apply directly to to showcase your vision to your clients. Featuring the latest kitchen, bath, and the existing wall-mounted bathroom mirror, brilliantly covering over the outdoor products, our new showrooms will surely inspire. Come in to see for clips that hold the mirror. The frame kit comes with everything needed to yourself, and remember, our showroom is your showroom. assemble and install in minutes. It’s an easy DIY upgrade that instantly transforms the bath. Available in 65 colors and styles. PLATINUM SPONSOR MONDAY NIGHT AFTER PARTY SPONSOR
Porcelanosa Booth 200 Mitzi Beach Design Booth 116 www.porcelanosa-usa.com www.mitzibeachdesign.com Porcelanosa is a luxury lifestyle brand that will make your dream design Mitzi Beach A.S.I.D. C.A.P.S. is an award-winning Interior Designer, Author, a reality. Porcelanosa is a manufacturer and distributor that has been and Baby Boomer Marketing & Lifestyle Specialist. Mitzi, armed with 30 developing stylish tile, kitchen, and bath products for over 40 years. With years experience and a masters degree in interior design, she is one of the 30 showrooms in the United States and Canada, their diverse range of Design Hounds top 100 influencers 2018, and quoted in The Wall Street products makes them a one-stop shop for all of your remodeling needs. Journal as an expert in the emerging Aging in Place (AIP) trend.
SILVER SPONSOR DIAMOND SPONSOR OPENING NIGHT AFTER PARTY SPONSOR Revolution Performance Fabrics Booth 112 SIT, RELAX & CHARGE LOUNGE SPONSOR www.revolutionfabricbytheyard.com Monogram Appliances Revolution Performance Fabrics by STI and Brentwood Textiles are true perfor- www.monogram.com mance fabrics. The fabrics are virtually unstainable, easy to clean and extremely durable; yet beautiful and soft, while also resistant to fading from the sun. We are more than luxury appliances - Monogram is the experience. Revolution fabrics are made with upcycled fibers and have NO PFC chemicals, We’re inspired by life and the way you live it. With high style, superior making them safe for your family and pets to live on! craftsmanship, and award-winning technology, our products raise the bar on what’s possible in your kitchen. Monogram goes beyond simply cooking and cleaning - we elevate everything.
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ShopYourLikes Booth 101 Universal Furniture www.shopyourlikes.com www.universaltothetrade.com ShopYourLikes is the only platform designed specifically for influencers to Universal Furniture creates quality furnishings for the whole home with monetize their social media through their stories and posts. We pay you a focus on function and lifestyle. The company’s casegood, upholstery, based on the clicks and swipe-up’s of your content. So you earn based accent and accessory designs are developed under the brand names on your followers’ engagement with your brand such as the number Universal Furniture (Lifestyle Collections), To The Trade (Interior Design) of swipes on your stories. Our network includes Wayfair, Macy’s, Kohl’s, and Smartstuff™ (Baby and Child), and sold through retailers and interior Walmart and more! designers throughout North America and around the world.
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