What makes a house a home: interior designer Brad Ford
We spent a weekend with Arch Digest at interior designer Brad Ford #39;s NY house. Best parts: the view, the materials, the dog.

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Over five years, Hoppen has been carefully tapping into the upper-middle classes in India, China and beyond. This affluent and fast-growing demographic has been a saving grace for Hoppen Interiors. In Mumbai, for example, many generations of the family would live together. But now they are splitting up and buying small apartments, and they can afford branded luxury, she says.

Hoppen is currently working on 40 projects around the world, which range from private homes to hotel developments. Diversification is the best way to protect the business from future economic shocks, she says. As an entrepreneur, you constantly have to look at where the next buck is coming from, and how you can make a difference elsewhere in the world.

Hoppen's success abroad prompted the Government to appoint her as an export ambassador for its Business is GREAT campaign. She has just returned from a two-week tour of Mumbai and Hong Kong as part of this role.

During the Mumbai leg of her trip, Hoppen launched the 55-storey Lodha Estrella luxury residential development built in collaboration with her Kelly Hoppen for YOO business. She is also hot on the trail of new strategic partners to help grow her new e-commerce firm in Asia. Ive been working on the dotcom business for a year and a half, and its been live for eight months, says Hoppen.

KellyHoppen.com is now selling homewares, linen and wallpaper direct to the consumer, and Hoppen is planning to turn this into a global enterprise. I have a massive following in Asia but its expensive to ship items over so Im looking for partners where I can have stock, says Hoppen. We brought all our manufacturing back to the UK to support our economy but Im also looking for international artisans to help fuse East and West.

On home turf, Hoppen is launching pop-up shops in Bluewater and Westfield this month. These pop-ups are going to test the waters so I can find out where we want to be.

Hoppen has also now launched Studio Hoppen, a team of designers trained by Hoppen, which now complements her established couture business. Its not me, its them doing the designing but I do look in on projects, she says. It takes the pressure off me.

Hoppen is also spending a lot of time on her investment companies. Last year, she joined the BBC show Dragons Den, and has notched up investments in fake tanning brand Skinny Tan; exercise start-up The Running Mat; Revivaphone, which saves water-damaged smartphones; Skribbies and Phom Teas.

Its much harder than you would think, she says. Some of these companies need a lot of babysitting.

The third series airs in January but the sheen has already worn off the show for Hoppen, who says that she was like a kid in a candy shop during filming for the first series.

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Calabasas, Ca (PRWEB) October 07, 2014

"Measuring and laying out a room in advance can save you a lot of headaches," David Bromstad, interior designer.

Interior design is all about taking a space and making it better, either by making it more beautiful or more functional, if not both. From consumer living rooms to corporate complexes, interior design can happen on any scale. Just like with the old idiom "measure twice, cut once," interior design requires careful planning and an eye for detail. The same can be said of a well-executed marketing campaign. LeadFerret, the free B2B data site, has published a directory of men and women who, regardless of job title, consider themselves to be experts in interior design.

Access the full directory at: http://leadferret.com/directory/interior-design-experts

Whether marketing a specific product or service useful to people with this skill, or just looking to market to people who have an excellent aesthetic eye, new and current LeadFerret users will be able to make excellent use of this directory by having access to targeted prospects, with complete information, including email addresses, social media links and more, making it easier to lay out a successful marketing campaign in advance.

About LeadFerret LeadFerret, Inc offers an online B2B database with complete data for over 17+ million business contacts. Users can search and view all 17+ million records for free, with no limitations, users only pay when they want to download records. Every record comes with complete information, including email address, phone number, company information, and much more. Many records now even come with social media links. For more information, go to: http://www.LeadFerret.com

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Talking To The An Interior Designer - Lonneke Gordijn.
An Interior Designer Lonneke Gordijn Talking About The New Materials and New Production Methods.

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DIY Jewely Display and crafts by Interior Designer Cesar Chavez on Good Day Sacramento.
DIY Jewelry Display!

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Fashion Inspires Interiors
Interior Designer, Joe Ruggiero presents his Sunbrella Fabric Collection for October 2014 High Point International Furniture Market. He salutes the Fashion Industry and it #39;s influence on Interior...

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NATION BUILDERS. Representatives from media, tourism and design industries discuss how each sector can do their part in nation building. Photo by Linh Do/Gawad Kalinga

BULACAN, Philippines The notion of nation building is scary," interior designer Cynthia Almario told participants at the Gawad Kalingas Social Business Summit 2014 on October 2.

How can tourism, design and online media help build a nation? Interior designers Cynthia and Ivy Almario; Rappler CEO Maria Ressa; and Department of Tourism Assistant Secretary Bong Bengzon shared their thoughts on how to do it during a panel discussion.

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Cynthia and sister Ivy, also an interior designer, own Atelier Almario. Their portfolio includes many luxury hotels and homes around the Philippines and abroad including the Astoria in Boracay and Movenpick Hotel in Cebu.

Their edge? Our design solutions are always innovative and fresh, Cynthia said.

Without hesitation, the sisters said they agreed to design for GKonomics which, according to the GKonomics website, "facilitates the social entrepreneurs partnership by forming strategic partnerships between the entrepreneur and GKs communities.

Ivy explained, Were very conscious in highlighting Filipino talent."

Cynthia said, Our model: Existing skills plus good design and production expertise equals value creation. Because of this model, fund generation is in waves instead of trickles.

Ivy also echoed the summit's underlying theme. Collaboration is key, everything is Bayanihan," she said.

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Interior Designer Melanie Gaboriault talks wall murals
Melanie Gaboriault has been an aficionado of design since she was a child. She was the only kid who saw the charm and character in an old home, or appreciate...

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MICHELLE BURGESS believes that if you look and if you listen, a house will tell you what to do.

This is the story of what the interior designer/artist did to hers.

There are pictures of family and things I found. Antiques and bits from relatives. Art from those she likes and admires. Burgess is not above Ikea nor beneath fine textiles. The latest item to settle in is a love seat that belonged to a friend. Every time I had a dinner party I borrowed it from her. Last year at Thanksgiving she brought it and said, Here, this is yours.

It all comes back to family and friends at the place she calls Taylor Cottage, cheery cherry red and tucked into the woods of Bainbridge Island.

About 15 years ago, Burgess and her husband, Henry Shepherd, were searching for a house on the island. Shepherd was raised here. (Also, beaches are minutes away in three directions.) Friends told them about the cottage, but it was out of their league. They bid on a house in Port Madison. But it didnt feel right. They took the offer back. A year later the cottage was still for sale.

Burgess knew it was the one, her first and, so far, only house. The little place is both an intimate and interesting choice for a woman who is often called upon to transform and personalize far grander homes for others.

I didnt anticipate that wed still be here or that the building would still be this size, she says.

Burgess guesses her home is 1,600 square feet. She is being generous. Its kitchen to living room, left through the pocket doors to the master bedroom (also Burgess office). Daughter Paloma sleeps in the other bedroom off the short hallway. The attic has been conscripted into a bedroom for daughter Ava and office for Shepherd (up a ships ladder in the kitchen). One bathroom.

Out back, what was once the garage is now the Party Palace, one room that holds a table for 12, a chandelier in the rafters, waiting to be called upon to cast a welcoming glow.

Thats it.

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My Square Meter By Tessa Prieto-Valdes |Philippine Daily Inquirer

AMINA Aranazs Ethan Allen New Eclecticism Campaign office setup

Fashion and interior design move in the same color patterns and design trends. From classic furnishings to contemporary home fashion, both art fields integrate creativity and self-expression.

Ethan Allen, an authority in fine home furnishings and accessories, has recently incorporated these two powerful design fields into beautiful showroom displays at its shop at The Residences at Greenbelt, Makati City.

Exclusively distributed by Focus Global Inc., Ethan Allen (visit http://www.ethanallen.com.ph) has more than 80 years of furniture expertise and has always been known for its classic designs with modern perspective. Coming into the next phase of interior design, Ethan Allen ushered The New Eclecticisma style approach that caters to the design-conscious passion and creativity.

CHAT Fores Ethan Allen New Eclecticism Campaign living room setup

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This design concept emphasizes self-expression and individualism. Ethan Allen translates this into reality through an in-store collaboration with three powerhouse designers.

According to Ethan Allen Philippines senior brand manager Melissa Valdez, The New Eclecticism makes the product lines more accessible and versatile, encouraging design senses to create original and personal styles.

The displays feature exciting and very unique combinations of materials, prints, patterns and finishes that may not necessarily match but marvelously work together into well-composed living spaces. The brand presents the bold and unexpected with a spectrum of colors, palpable textures and accents coming beautifully together to create the perfect combination of the modern home.

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