Meet the Blogger: Getting to Know Rising Star A. Keith Powell (Part 2)

Yesterday, we chatted further with A. Keith Powell of A. Keith Powell Interior, who was recently honored as a Star on the Rise during DCOTA's Stars of Design Awards. Here's more from Keith from our afternoon spent getting to know him better.

GDG: What was your experience like at the Stars of Design awards and being honored as a Star on the Rise?

AKP: I feel quite honored being chosen as a 2006 Design Star and one of the 2012 Stars on the Rise recipients. It's an honor to be recognized by my peers.

GDG: What have you been busy with recently that you have been particularly enjoying?

AKP: One of my favorite projects this past year is a loft apartment I am just finishing up for a lovely German woman. She is terribly sophisticated and wanted, literally, a Faberge egg to live in! So I gave her a completely modern mix of modern elegance with many layers of luxurious textures covering every surface. The results are more spectacular than I could have imagined. I am looking forward to having it photographed this month.

GDG: Can you share a fun fact about yourself?

AKP: I have many collections, most of them in storage as I am living in a much smaller place at the moment. But one thing that I will never give up no matter how small my quarters, are my books. I have hundreds and hundreds of coffee table books on subjects ranging from photography to design, classic cars, architecture, and dogs!

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo for more from DCOTA's Stars on the Rise!

Meet the Blogger: Getting to Know Rising Star A. Keith Powell (Part 1 of 2)

Last week, we introduced you to A. Keith Powell of A. Keith Powell Interior, who was recently honored as a Star on the Rise during DCOTA's Stars of Design Awards. We had the pleasure of talking with Keith about his Stars of Design experience and what he has been up to since.

GDG: When did you realize your interest in design?

AKP: Honestly, I had zero interest in design growing up! I really hadn't a clue there was any talent there until a happy accident with Ralph Lauren!

GDG: What most progressed your skills in this industry?

AKP: As I grew to realize this was my true calling, I looked back at my career as a window designer and started deconstructing the way I had been putting things together. This gave me a real-time understanding of how I could bump up my skills and grow my talent.

I started to create depth of field, layering textures and colors just as if a room were a huge window display. This gave me a deeper appreciation for my training as a window designer and made me realize how valuable that training was in creating my current career.

GDG: Were there any mentors who were particularly helpful along the way?

AKP: My biggest mentor, hero, and inspiration was, and always will be, Mr. Gene Moore of Tiffany & Co. He was possibly the most brilliant person I have ever known. His vision and scope of how to tell a story far surpassed the amazing work that I was fortunate to be doing with Ralph Lauren.

My training with Ralph Lauren was also invaluable in teaching me the nuts and bolts of construction, blueprints, and how to read and draw them in scale. I learned everything about plumbing, lighting, codes, materials, and almost everything involving construction of a house.

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo for more from Keith tomorrow!

WESTWEEK Buzz: Stars of Design Light Up the PDC (Part 3)

Tonight, the PDC will be shining brightly with the Stars of Design Award winners together for one special evening. The annual Stars of Design Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2012 WESTWEEK Market will be bestowed upon California-based luminaries in seven design-related fields. We have been introducing you to the PDC's Stars of Design this week, and with just a few more industry leaders to acquaint you with, you're soon to be fully briefed for the awards tonight.

Graphic Design nominee Regina Rubino is an entrepreneur specializing in concept development, organization, and management of Turn-Key operations as well as strategic design and marketing projects created on behalf of leading international investors and businesses.

Having lived in Asia for a decade, she brings a uniquely global understanding to her local perspective—with passion, affinity, and respect for the world and its people, places, and products. The work of Regina, an award-winning designer with more than 25 years’ experience, is included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.

Urban Design nominee Molly Wood's earliest childhood memories are sitting by a creek, building rock pools for her dolls to play in. Since then, her interest in creating organic environments has been insatiable. Molly believes that nature is the perfect playground, and it continues to serve as her inspiration.

Molly became more seriously interested in design after high school while traveling and working in Europe, which provided her with a time of awakening and inspiration. She became fascinated with the beauty and simplicity of symmetry, the sense of place and permanence that structure provides, and the concept of creating spaces that evoke emotion.

Molly studied art and design at the Academy of the Arts in San Francisco before moving to Laguna Beach. It was here that Molly got her "practical education," working at a local nursery and venturing out into the field maintaining private gardens—and thus began the evolution of Molly Wood Garden Design.

As Molly Wood Garden Design continues to grow, Molly takes pride in still getting out in the garden to dig in the dirt.

England-born Photography nominee Roger Davies moved to New York in the early 1990s and began a life in photography. Whether they feature interiors, portraits, or travel, Rogers’ images share a clean quality that perfectly portrays his subjects. Although his work takes him all over the world, Roger calls New York and Los Angeles home.

Roger's enormous list of clientele includes Architectural Digest, Art Review, Baker Furniture, Benjamin Moore, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and many more.

WESTWEEK Buzz: Stars of Design Light Up the PDC (Part 2 of 3)

This year's WESTWEEK Stars of Design Award recipients were selected by a panel composed of industry leaders who are experts in the fields of home furnishings, architecture, and design. This distinguished panel of judges included Rose Tarlow, Wallace E. Cunningham, Jorge Pardo, Ron Flemming, Suzanne Rheinstein, Brandon Morrison, Karyn Millet, and Sean Knibb. Yesterday we began introducing you to the awarded Stars of Design. Here are more sparkling leaders of the industry.

Art nominee Luc Leestemaker was born in the Netherlands, in 1957, where his interests in art, theater, and communication led him to found an Amsterdam-based performing arts center and organize the European art collective Hart Poetry. For a number of years, he headed Leestemaker & Associates, an Amsterdam-based consulting firm specializing in the arts.

Upon moving to the United States in 1990, Luc, continuing a longstanding cultural tradition in his family, committed himself to painting full time, following in the footsteps of other European and Dutch artists—notably Willem de Kooning and Mondrian, for whom living and working in the United States inspired a dramatic creative transition. With Luc’s contemporary landscapes as a solid foundation, recent compositions, such as Voyagers and Map of the Wind, took the viewer into a new generation of abstract expressionism, in which landscape and abstraction increasingly merge.

Luc sees the role of the artist as the shaman, or the Greek priest, translating the message of the gods into worldly understood action and matter. The painter does this visually. The tragic mistake of the romantic idea of the artist is that he has lost half of this message. This has cast the artist in the eternal role of the outsider, whereas Luc believes that the role of the artist is to fill the world with spirituality and make it whole.

Many know Interior Design nominee Donna Livingston as the designer people go to when there's an idea, because she finds a way. The Los Angeles-based designer heads one of the country's top design firms, paving the way in the interior design field for more than 30 years with Donna Livingston Design. Her ability to transform both residential homes and commercial projects by layering rich textures, colors, and fabrics has placed her on Architectural Digest's Top 100 Designer list four times.

Donna’s true expertise lies in understanding the unique vision of each and every client, while carefully listening to his or her exact desires and working very closely with the client throughout the process. She intimately understands her clients and expresses their personalities through the design of their homes, down to the most precise details. To this end, Donna spends a substantial amount of time with each client during the design process—and even upon completion of the project—just to be certain that everything fits with the client and his or her unique lifestyle.

Visit GoDesignGo tomorrow to meet the remaining PDC Stars of Design during WESTWEEK.

WESTWEEK Buzz: Stars of Design Light Up the PDC (Part 1 of 3)

Each year, designers and editors travel from far and wide to attend WESTWEEK, the PDC's annual market event and Stars of Design Awards, taking place this year March 20 through March 22 in West Hollywood. While you make your way west for the exciting week, we're filling you in on the sparkling Stars of Design Award winners to be honored this year.

This year’s Stars of Design include Waldo Fernandez for Lifetime Achievement; Neil M. Denari for Architecture; Luc Leestemaker for Art; Regina Rubino for Graphic Design; Donna Livingston for Interior Design; Molly Wood for Urban Design; and Roger Davies for Photography.

Cuban-born Lifetime Achievement nominee Waldo Fernandez moved to New York City with his family as a teenager and was soon encouraged by his family to explore his passion for design and love of the arts. Soon after his studies in architecture and design and graduating from UCLA, Walter Scott hired Waldo. His set designs included furniture commissions, which caught on immediately, and gave Waldo the recognition that changed his life.

Waldo's Designs opened in 1974 and includes a staff of architectural and interior designers, and the firm sustains a wide range of celebrity clientele. For Waldo, the home is the essence of one's inner self. He believes that creating one's sense of style is very much told by the manner in which one lives.

Texas-born Architecture nominee Neil M. Denari worked as a technical intern in Paris (La Courneuve) for Aerospatiale Helicoptres (now Airbus) after studying at the University of Houston followed by Harvard University. In 1983, Neil moved to New York, where his work explored the technical and formal impact of technology on architecture. He also worked as a senior designer at James Stewart Polshek and Partners and exhibited his speculative work at numerous museums and galleries.

Neil shifted his practice to Los Angeles in 1988 and began Cor-Tex Architecture, which later became Neil M. Denari Architects (NMDA), Inc. In the late 1980s, Denari’s work began to achieve international recognition, most notably through his third-place finish in the Tokyo International Forum Competition. This launched his now 18-year association with Japan, where he has taught and lectured on a regular basis.

Check back with GoDesignGo tomorrow for more about the PDC's Stars of Design during WESTWEEK this week.

DCOTA Star on the Rise A. Keith Powell (Part 2)

Alexander Keith Powell, of A. Keith Powell Interior, in Miami, was recently named one of DCOTA's Stars on the Rise during the Stars of Design Awards. He goes by Keith for short, but his history in the industry is much longer. Here's more on Keith's experience in the industry and how his boutique firm got on its feet.

Upon starting his own display company and acquiring clients like Ralph Lauren, Gucci, and others of the like, Keith decided it was time to broaden his creative realm. Eventually, he was hired by a friend, a professional polo player, to decorate his estate in South Florida. From that point forward Keith never looked back. Following this design project, he quickly developed a strong and loyal client base in Palm Beach and the surrounding areas.

It was from that first project that Keith felt he had truly developed a “complete design” approach. Having such experience gave him the opportunity to encapsulate interior and landscaping design to create a singular vision from the driveway to the rear lawn.

A. Keith Powell Interior has recently relocated to Miami. Keith maintains a presence and works everywhere from Newport Beach, California, to Jamaica—where he recently completed a 20,000-square-foot project for a heavyweight boxing champion.

Keith has an innate ability to “push people’s limits beyond what they expect or accept within their own realm.” This philosophy and his design talent have allowed him to expand to places he never thought possible. “I am thrilled to say I really love what I do. As strange as this may have sounded to me 20 years ago, I can’t imagine doing anything else!”

Next week, Keith spends some time with us for a Q&A about the projects he's been busy with lately and what it's like to be a Star on the Rise.

DCOTA ‘Star on the Rise’ A. Keith Powell (Part 1 of 2)

We recently spent some time getting to know a few of the awarded Stars on the Rise from DCOTA's Stars of Design Awards, and Alexander Keith Powell, who goes by Keith, is first up. Keith’s company, A. Keith Powell Interior, of Miami, is what keeps him busy these days, but Alexander has been in the design industry for more than 18 years. In all that time, he has made sure that his boutique firm is a success.

A native of Los Angeles, Keith grew up with an exaggerated imagination of the real world. His mother, an animation director at Disney Studios in Burbank, would bring Keith to work with her on the weekends. This allowed him to live in the reality of having Snow White and Goofy as babysitters.

Keith moved to Fort Lauderdale to study marine biology at a local university. After realizing he was more of the creative sort, he took a job working for Ralph Lauren in the display department.

On his career switch, Keith noted: “I found I had a real talent for putting things together.” Within two years, he started his own display company and soon after acquired Ralph Lauren as his first freelance client at the request of the company president.

Over a short period of time, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Calvin Klein, and Gianfranco Ferré followed as clients.

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo tomorrow to learn what Keith’s design mantra is and how his company eventually got started.

Fall Market Buzz: Fifth Annual Stars of Design Awards Shined Brightly

The fifth-annual Stars of Design Awards at the Design & Decoration Building proved to be an amazing night of industry giants and iconic figures in various design fields.

The who's-who of design showed up to the glimmering at the DDB’s Astra Café cocktail hour that kicked off the spectacular evening. Notable attendees included Paige Rense, Mario Buatta, Peter Marino, Michele Oka Doner, Dara Caponigro, Michael Boodro, Scott Frances, among others.

This year’s Stars of Design included Albert Hadley for Lifetime Achievement; Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Architecture; Jean Michel Othoniel for Art; Paula Scher, Pentagram for Graphic Design; Tucker Viemeister, Rockwell Group for Industrial/Product Design; Matthew Patrick Smyth for Interior Design; James Corner, Field Operations for Landscape Design + Architecture; and Jason Schmidt for Photography.

Established over a decade ago in Los Angeles at Pacific Design Center, the Stars of Design Awards honor professionals who have achieved recognition in various fields of design.

Stay tuned next week for GoDesignGo's video coverage of the sparkling event.

Meet the Designer: An Afternoon with Albert Hadley (Part 3)

Before adjourning our afternoon with Albert Hadley, we asked him what words or advice he would share with a new designer today, given the current economic and social climate. His spectacular advice was prefaced with his thoughts on how design has changed since he entered the arena and the many challenges that follow such changes.

"It's very interesting, I think that the normal change we all recognize in society and in the world influences not only the design world, which has been influenced all the way through, but the world as we know it. The design world has changed enormously, especially in the last few years. Until recently, everything was done as I have described it—by carrier, by seeing, by personal involvement. Today, the fact that one can go online and learn everything about everything, shop without seeing, and be involved without being involved has made a big difference in society and the way people live. People don't live today the way they used to and money has nothing to do with it.

"I was thinking about it the other day, and one of the great things that's missing in our society today is one person and one book. That person was Emily Post and that book was Etiquette. Her book of etiquette was a bible for society up until a fairly short time ago and Mrs. Post was thought of as the arbiter of not only good taste, but also civilized living. It is a document that civilized people in this country and in others followed, even for the simplest things like how to write a 'thank-you' note to be sure you were doing it properly. It made life more attractive and more substantial. I think the fact that there was something to base yourself on was very important. That's gone now; it'll never come back. We now seem to have everything we need to go beyond what we know and continue it."

Albert said that society's changes have had an enormous impact on interior design and have made a big difference in the attitude of designers, especially those just starting out.

"It might be said that a lot of young designers don't have the background that young designers were required to have when I began. I believe that if you're going to be a creative person and if you're working with people, the more you know about the history of design and this art, the better off you are. These subjects must be known because where we are today is a reflection of where we've been. I don't think it's enough to acknowledge it and forget it because I don't think we're ever going to completely forget it. At least we hope! We hope there's more to it than that."

"I've always encouraged the young people I've worked with or any creative person I've come across to be open to things that are stimulating to the imagination," Albert continued. "A lot of it has to do with being visual. Whether you're impressed by the art on the wall—whether you like it or not—there it is and you acknowledge it and think about it and feel something because of it. For a young person who's in this world, the more she knows about what other people are creating, the more she is going to develop."

Albert slid his book Albert Hadley: Drawings and the Design Process in front of us and opened it to several of his sketches—the seeds of thought that would later grow into the interiors of some of the most prominent people in the world.

"It's like when this book was put out, the director of the New York School of Interior Design had seen some of my sketches and asked if she could borrow some because she wanted the students to see my process," Albert explained, pointing out both black and white sketches and colorful, detailed drawings alike. "I generally don't project these because I don't consider these fine art. They are short-hand from my imagination, they are sketches that are created to help develop an idea."

Albert points to a drawing of his with latticework climbing up two walls of a room. "You can see that I've thought I might like the idea of some sort of lattice work but before that happens, it's going to be developed on paper further and it's going to improve or evolve. Every sketch in here was in the process of growing—it might have been very rough or in the middle or just a note of where I'd been or what I'd seen but you can't do this on a computer. You cannot design on a computer. So that's what NYSID's director wanted to show the students, and I'm told that it was very helpful to them. Some of those students approached me to tell me how much it meant to them that they were learning to draw for the first time. They had always seemed to feel that they couldn't draw! I told them that all they needed to do was put pencil to paper and have a thought!"

Albert Hadley is the DDB's Stars of Design chosen recipient for the Lifetime Achievement award. To purchase a copy of Albert Hadley: Drawings and the Design Processor Albert Hadley: The Story of America’s Preeminent Interior Designer visit Potterton Books.

Meet the Designer: An Afternoon with Albert Hadley (Part 2 of 3)

When we asked Albert Hadley if he had left anything out from the crash course on his career he shared with us, he confirmed that he had given us the very bones of his story.

"That's the fast, sweep through of what I've done and the way I've done it without any explicit details!" said Albert. "I had more ups than downs and I couldn't be happier with what I've done and how I've done it! Coming from Tennessee and landing in New York, I was exposed to the best of the best, through and through. While my design has nothing to do with location, where I came from and where I ended up certainly afforded me a taste, style and perspective that I look back on and feel was the very best for me and my path. What I did was become totally enmeshed in a project and that's why I enjoyed it so much. That's why I think I've had the success that I've had because I really did put my all into it.

"Each project is a very personal thing and has very little to do with trends as far as I'm concerned," Albert said. "I've never been involved in trends or fashions—maybe what's fashionable but that's never been a priority. I think it's a very serious business and one that takes concentration and dedication to both the physical situation, meaning the architecture, and the people who are personally involved—the owners, the habitants."

Asking what his own personal homes were like, Albert laughed and wasted no time explaining that his place was nothing but a mess. "I kid of course,” he said. “My things are very simple and orderly. I think that the design in my personal spaces is not overly decorated, comfortable, not totally a wreck but realistic," said Albert. "I've looked up to so many designers and continue to do so today. I look up to all of them, really, because all of the people that I talk to and all of the people that I met when I came to New York City from the beginning were people who I admired enormously. They then became friends over the years, which is really special. Of course, there were many designers who have come out of Parish-Hadley as well, a number of them, who are still friends and people I still care about as designers. There's quite a list of people I admire and there are lots of people who have nothing to do with our business but are talented in their own regard who I also admire. It's a long list!"

"Another inspiration for me was New York City. That's why I felt so strongly about moving from Tennessee to the city early on," Albert continued . "I've always enjoyed being in London, the first place I traveled to because of my time in the service.  Whenever I've been there, I have friends there and I've certainly known and followed the suppliers and dealers there. But the same is true with any other city. It's a favorite and I don't get there often enough. I've spent time in Paris, I've spent time in Italy and around Europe but New York City has been my main interest and really, my home. When I moved here, I came here to make it my stomping grounds—and I think I did just that!"

Check back with GoDesignGo tomorrow when Albert Hadley shares his thoughts on how the world of interior design has changed since he began and what advice he would give to beginning designers now.

Meet the Designer: An Afternoon with Albert Hadley (Part 1 of 3)

It's not everyday that we get the chance to spend an afternoon with an interior design icon and legend such as Albert Hadley, but last week that's just what we did. We gave Albert our full attention as he took us through the time line of his illustrious career and shed light on how he got to where he is now.

“I started my career working in Nashville. I was lucky to start out working with a furniture store that my family had known; it was my first experience of selling and I was pretending to be a decorator! I was clearly very young!" Albert said. "When I graduated from school, I was fortunate enough to then work for one of the top decorators in the South, Herbert Rogers, who was based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the big guy there, so I had a wonderful year or so before I left for the military. I went into the service in Europe, and of course I was interested in seeing as much as I could when I wasn't working. I was stationed in London, so I was able to see some exciting things there.

"When I came back, it wasn't long before I had decided that I intensely wanted to be in New York City—it was where  the design work that I had been following was. In those days, as it still is a bit today, interior design was seen through publications so I knew of every important person working!" Albert admitted, laughing about the ambitious youngster he had been. "It's still a mystery how I was able to be so outgoing and outspoken amongst such icons of design, but I made it my point to meet them all! I explained that I wasn't looking for a job and that I just simply wanted to meet them. Strangely enough, all without exception were open to meeting me. I started with the top ones of the time like Rose Cummings and Billy Baldwin—you know, the big firms."

Albert's meetings with the New York-based players of design were only the beginning of his illustrious path to becoming one of them. Upon meeting Mrs. Archibald Brown of McMillen, Inc. (previously Mrs. McMillen) Albert was faced with her assertion that he was certainly looking for a job. Mrs. Miller notified Albert that she wouldn't hire anybody unless they had been to Parson's The New School for Design, because she was on the board and a good friend of the school's.

"So I applied for the six-week summer course at Parson's, and I got in. Shortly thereafter I was awarded a scholarship so I stayed for the full course.  In three year's time, after I graduated, I was then offered a position there to teach," said Albert. "I then taught there for five years and from there I went off on my own and started my own business in New York City. I was fortunate enough to have more than decent clients and did reasonably well!

"I had my own business and studio apartment on East 57th street for a few years before being offered a job with McMillan Inc., one of the most prestigious decorating firms at the time. I accepted and went down as the only male decorator on the staff. Mrs. Brown and a group of lady decorators and I got along with them very well! I accomplished quite a lot and they were very helpful and supportive.

"The director of Parson's School of Design, a great friend of Mrs. Brown’s, telephoned me one morning with an opportunity. He said that he had sat next to Mrs. Henry Parish the night before and did I know her? I said that I had met her a few times before and he told me that she was more or less just finished with her work at the White House and she was hoping to find somebody to go into business with and she was waiting for me to call! We met two or three times and I was hired to start on the first of the following year, four months later."

Albert worked with Mrs. Henry Parish II until he was made partner in 1962. Parish-Hadley went on for the rest of Mrs. Parish's life.  A short time later, at the turn of the century, Albert closed Parish-Hadley and opened his business under his own name, which closed only this past year.

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo for more with Albert Hadley and his path through the interior design world to today.

Fall Market Buzz: DDB Announces 2011 Stars of Design & Notable Guest List

The Decoration and Design Building (DDB) will soon be the scene for the fifth annual Stars of Design awards, culminating the first day of the highly anticipated DDB Fall Market. In honor of the occasion, Charles S. Cohen, owner of the DDB, will host 100 of the design industry’s elite for an intimate black tie dinner and ceremony celebrating the 2011 honorees.

Established over a decade ago in Los Angeles at Pacific Design Center, the Stars of Design has become a coveted award for the industry elite. Representing a cross-section of the creative world, each chosen recipient is highly regarded for their significant achievements and contributions to their respective discipline of design.

This year’s recipients have been selected by a panel comprised of industry leaders who are experts in the fields of art, home furnishings, architecture and design. This distinguished panel of judges and jury include past year’s recipients: Michele Oka Doner, Peter Marino, Lee Mindel, Ivan Chermayeff, Scott Frances, David Easton, Massimo Vignelli and Ellie Cullman.

The DDB's 2011 Stars of Design included Albert Hadley for Lifetime Achievement; Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Architecture; Jean Michel Othoniel for Art; Paula Scher, Pentagram for Graphic Design; Tucker Viemeister, Rockwell Group for Industrial/Product Design; Matthew Patrick Smyth for Interior Design; James Corner, Field Operations for Landscape Design + Architecture; and Jason Schmidt for Photography.

Editors attending include Michael Boodro, Editor in Chief of Elle Décor; Dara Caponigro, Editor in Chief of Veranda; Jay Fielden Named, Editor in Chief of Town & Country; Deborah Needleman, Editor In Chief of Wall Street Journal; and Margaret Russell, Editor In Chief of Architectural Digest.

Designers and architects attending include Mario Buatta, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Nina Campbell, Ivan Chermayeff, Jamie Drake, Thom Filicia, Alexander Gorlin, Amy Lau, Katie Lydon, Peter Marino, Juan Pablo Molyneux, Amanda Nisbet, Karim Rashid, Scott Salvator, Bunny Williams and Vicente Wolf.

Other guests include artist Michele Oka Doner, Wendy Goodman and Sheila Metzner.

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo to learn more about this year's Stars of Design recipients.

Event Spotlight: DDB Themes Fall Market 'Transcending Boundaries' (Part 1 of 2)

The DDB's semi-annual Fall Market is fast approaching and while the line-up is still in formation, we got a sampling of what designers can expect in the way of presentations, parties and product introductions.

Transcending Boundaries is the theme of this year's market, which features four high-powered keynote programs. On Wednesday, October 12, Architectural Digest Editor in Chief Margaret Russell will present the opening keynote address followed by a panel discussion with the editors of Traditional Home.

On Thursday, October 13, GILT Home Editorial Director Tom Delavan and Vice President Shane Reilly will moderate a panel of designers, followed by a presentation by Interiors Editor in Chief Michael Wollaeger.

Fall market parties will be in full swing with the annual Stars of Design Dinner on Thursday, October 12, and a Grand Opening Party celebrating the newly expanded Donghia showroom on Wednesday, October 13.

Stay tuned to GoDesignGo for more Fall Market Details and to hear the scoop on the DDB's Fall Market Bloggers Lounge, a first-time ever event with fabulous bloggers from the blogs we love.

In the News: DDB Seeks Intern in Marketing & Events Department

If you or someone your know is looking to get your foot in the door of the interior design world and network with industry insiders, an internship in the Design & Decoration Building’s marketing and events department could be just the thing.

Ideal candidates will be tech savvy, dedicated and have a strong interest in the business of design. Interns will work with interior design professionals, marketing directors and the building's showrooms on a daily basis.

Responsibilities include event and program coordination for the upcoming Fall Market, data entry for the 2012 Directory, and assisting production of the design newsletter and major events including Stars of Design Awards and Greg Gorman's photography exhibit.

For application information, email mmassa@cohenbrothers.com.