Design Centers around the country seem to be the alternate or secondary destinations for designers in search of products and solutions for their projects. Of course, they are still a viable source for some designers but there is a steady decline in traffic in these facilities. Where are designers turning to for inspiration and to … [Read more…]
About Christopher Desler
Targeting the Affluent Millennials
As the population ages, new purchasing groups and profiles develop; older clients with more traditional values age and leave the design market, younger clients with fresh ideas emerge. Consider this as both a challenge and an opportunity. Most traditional customers valued long-term relationships with both their designer and the products they purchased from art to upholstery. … [Read more…]
A Wish for All
It’s that time when we take notice of the 2015 year coming to an end, while planning with anticipation for the year ahead. We look back on our accomplishments, our goals met or exceeded. We revel on thoughts of the friendships made, the additions to family, and the business contacts created. We remember the funny … [Read more…]
A blank canvas
Have you noticed today’s interiors? Most all have colors black, gray, or white as the backdrop. Even Benjamin Moore’s Color of the Year 2015 is white; as I am sure you have seen at your local paint store and in design magazines. To coincide with today’s interior canvas, there has been increasing demand for clean, … [Read more…]
Flatwovens – Like?
Flatwoven carpets are taking the design market by storm! Ranging from simple textures to complex designs, flatwoven styles capture the cleaner essence of today’s interiors. They are fresh, are easily adapted to area rug fabrication- bound, serged, or finished with a simple or decorative binding tape and look fabulous on stairs, although not all flatwoven … [Read more…]
Changes in Design and Purchasing Channels
Today’s clients are different. Trends are different. Spending patterns are different. But these are expected changes in a new economic climate. Two significant changes are how design is viewed by clients and the ways in which products are purchased. Many of today’s clients view design with a longer-term vision; clean color, more familiar style, perhaps … [Read more…]
The Coalescing of Design
co a lesce: to blend or come together Less than a decade ago each region of the US could be identified by its use of color, texture, pattern and design elements. With the advent of well published “celebrity” designers, specialized home design media, mega home design retailers- from low to high-end, and the growth of … [Read more…]
