Resources to Follow Interior Design Trends
Diane Kinateder, adjunct faculty UVU
Trade Shows & Markets
Check on their websites to access current trends and product information
Las Vegas Market at World Market Center
http://www.lasvegasmarket.com/ click on “Style File” to show latest trends from previous shows
High Point, North Carolina
http://www.highpointmarket.org/
Interior Designers
Many Interior Designers are willing to be valuable resources to help students and educators.
Local Stores
Check in with your local home furnishings stores (and their online blogs and resources), such as the following
in Salt Lake and Utah Valley area.
Pottery Barn
De Conde’s Accents
Restoration Hardware
Hamilton Park Interiors
Alice Lane Home Collection
Ethan Allen Gallery
GateHouse
Osmond Design
By Design Home Furnishings
Bassett Furniture
Silver State (wholesale fabrics)
Pier One Imports
San Francisco Design
Ward & Child The Garden Store
Copenhagen West
Crate & Barrel
Loftgrens
Target
TV Resources
Set your DVRs to take advantage of some of the great Interior Design programs on TV:
HGTV: Candice Olsen, HGTV Home of the Year,
Nate Berkus Show
Studio 5
Blogs
Subscribe to furniture company blogs or Google “best interior design blogs” for such possibilities as:
Design Sponge, Fancy House Road, Decor8 , dezeen, desire to inspire, design milk, The Style Files
Magazines
Save money by subscribing to online specials for these favorite magazines such as:
Architectural Digest
Trad Home (online magazine)
Veranda
Country Living
Elle Décor
House Beautiful
Utah Style and Design
Martha Stewart Living
Traditional Home
Dwell
Fashion Watch
Interior design trends follow closely after what succeeds on the fashion runways. Look around at what
students are wearing for trend indicators.
2/23/2011 : Las Vegas Design Center Releases Top
Trends of the Season
Las Vegas Design Center Releases Top Trends of the Season
Trends Introduced During Las Vegas Market Now Available to the Public
LAS VEGAS -- Feb. 23, 2011-- On the heels of Winter Las Vegas Market, the biannual home furnishings
tradeshow that attracted tens of thousands of industry retailers, buyers and interior designers, Las Vegas Design
Center reveals the season’s top design trends.
These trends took center stage during the show and are now available to the public at Las Vegas Design Center
months before they hit retail floors. Top trends include design accents in the color of the year - Honeysuckle
pink, natural wood furnishings and accents, unique lighting fixtures made of wood, ceramics and mercury glass,
and classically elegant pieces with a contemporary twist.
Everything’s Coming Up Rosy:
Last year, Pantone’s color of the year was turquoise, the color of sea, sky and escape. In 2011, the hue of the
season is Honeysuckle. A touch of this vibrant reddish-pink color will liven up any space. Introducing this color
pallet is a great way to invite light into an otherwise neutral room. Safavieh and Feizy Rugs both feature this
festive shade in their collection of area rugs, and it’s a perfect way to incorporate color into your room. For
decorative bedding and linen accents, LVDC’s Robert Allen-Beacon Hill offers a variety of options that
adds pops of this must-have shade to your kitchen and bedroom. For a splash of pink on trims, fabrics and
treatments, LMS Design Group can help create a custom look that is truly one-of-a-kind.
Decorative Accents:
Accessories crafted from nature-weathered wood, ceramics finished in exciting new hues and hand-blown
mercury glass dominate this season. Global Views and Postcards Home are two showrooms that offer an
extensive variety of decorative accents and contemporary statement pieces suitable for a variety of design
genres.
Illuminating Ideas:
Lighting designers serve up an assortment of on-trend fixtures and lamps this season. Woods with natural
finishes, mercury glass and metal are employed to create bright spots in modern interiors. Dillon Wells and
Palecek feature a variety of lighting options that will brighten up any space.
Traditional Redefined:
Classic silhouettes clad in unexpected patterns create this contemporary-meets-traditional trend twist. Check out
French Heritage and Brownstone for decorative headboards, beautifully upholstered chairs and more.
French Heritage’s use of a gorgeous blue and white flame stitch pattern on a traditional chaise is a perfect
example of this fashionable blast from the past.
Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas is open to members of the trade and consumers
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It features a variety of showrooms offering a comprehensive
selection of the most desirable designer lines in home furnishings and décor. Consumers can take advantage of a
free one-hour consultation with an accredited interior designer through the Design Salon and learn about the
extensive resources offered at LVDC.
For more information, please visit www.lvdesigncenter.com.
AboutLas Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas
Sitting at the epicenter of the world’s fastest growing home furnishings complex, Las Vegas Design Center
(LVDC) at World Market Center Las Vegas is a year-round resource for design-seeking consumers and
designers showcasing top names in fine furniture, decorative accessories, wall décor, lighting, floor coverings,
fabrics and trim. Now open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., LVDC boasts
hundreds of leading manufacturers’ lines. An important source of education for the industry, Las Vegas Design
Center also attracts many of the industry’s most prominent thought leaders to its comprehensive slate of
seminars, networking receptions and other sought-after events. Las Vegas Design Center is home to the
restaurant Mundo, A Culinary Haute Spot. For more information, visit www.lvdesigncenter.com.