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Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 5/12/2021
The High Point Market Authority’s award-winning Style Spotters program announces its spring 2021 Style Spotters LIVE! event and is accepting submissions for design influencers and tastemakers interested in being considered for the 2022 team.
Style Spotters LIVE! will be presented as a virtual event via Zoom on Wednesday, June 30, at 2pm ET. A long-standing High Point Market tradition, this event combines product insights, trend predictions, and an overview of launches and introductions from the most recent High Point Market. The 2021 Style Spotters will select product favorites across several home furnishings categories, highlighting selections seen during Spring Market, June 5-9.
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 4/22/2021
The High Point Market Authority is partnering with the Home Furnishings Association (HFA) and Purple Innovation for its next webinar in the spring 2021 IdeaStreams series. The session will explore Purple’s approach to reinventing brand loyalty and their resulting successes in becoming a leader in comfort innovation solutions.
Scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, at 2 p.m. ET, HFA’s CEO, Mark Schumacher, will interview Purple’s vice president of brand and executive creative director, Burke Morley, in an engaging and informative overview of the Purple brand’s story and success, including practical tips on how to elevate one’s business goals.
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 4/21/2021
The International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) announced that the INNOVATION + DESIGN 2021 competition and exhibition is accepting entries now through June 30th. This is a juried furniture industry sponsored competition intended for professional maker/designers and the next generation of serious woodworking students who are anticipating a career in the custom wood and related home furnishings industries. This contest is open to North American professional maker/designers and students. Finalists’ projects will be displayed Sept. 19-24, 2021 at The Loft at Congdon Yards, 400 W. English Rd. in High Point. Winners will be announced at a “Meet the Designer” ceremony held at The Loft on Sept. 21 from 7-8:30 pm.
Furniture World News Pictured L to R: Carlvena Foster, Mark Phillips and Steve Pond.
High Point University welcomes three new members to the Board of Trustees. They are as follows:
Steve Pond has
a rich background in the fields of publishing and education. He founded Furniture Today, Home Textiles Today, Home Accents Today and several other home furnishings business publications. He served as president of the North American Newspaper division of Reed Elsevier, president of Variety Inc., and chairman of North Star Travel Media, which included Travel Weekly, Meetings and Conventions, and other business travel publications. He published and owned The Mail Box, a source of print and online publications for grade school teachers across America.