Design Viewpoints Series on Tap for Market Week

Exclusive design-focused seminars showcase the most current interior design ideas and the latest trends in color, fashion, and style from today’s top designers and consumer experts. Even better, you can earn CEU credits along with new ideas and inspirations.

The Design Viewpoints Series, co-sponsored by ASID, takes place April 3-5 at noon at 100 High in Showplace West (at the corner of Wrenn and High Streets).

No RSVP is required, and the events are free, but lunch will be served on a first-come-first-served basis.

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220 Elm Celebrates 10th Anniversary

• Home to key vendors in upholstery, case goods and RTA, in traditional to modern styles.
• Many exhibitors offer food throughout the day, and hospitality events in their showrooms each evening.
• Conveniently located, with our own parking facilities.
• Please join us Saturday and Sunday for our famous “Blues in the Courtyard” from 5-7pm.

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HTD Moves into
Market Square

Eco-friendly case goods manufacturer, Home Trends & Design will welcome buyers to its new showroom in Market Square #204 for the upcoming High Point Market, April 2-7. The company specializes in the design and manufacturing of solid mango furniture in the categories of dining, occasional, bedroom and accent furniture, and other old reclaimed woods with iron and steel that has the soft industrial loft appeal.

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SFC Sets the Great Buzz
Off for Market

The Sustainable Furnishings Council will be staging a unique public event, The Great Buzz Off, at the High Point Market on Monday April 4, at 5pm. With TV personality and designer Thom Filicia as emcee, The Great Buzz Off will present a side-by-side demonstration of the differences between sustainable and ordinary products by cutting them apart with knives, scissors, or a circular saw. It will feature comparisons between upholstery and case goods, with each layer progressively peeled away and explained – organic textiles vs. polyester, recycled milk jugs vs. spun Dacron, solid and/or certified wood vs. MDF and veneer, water-based finish vs. varnish, recycled iron springs vs. standard, etc.

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LPK International Returns to High Point Market

LPK International, Inc. is returning to the High Point Market with a new space in the C & D Building, space 6N. At the April show, LPK will introduce four new collections, in addition to their current repertoire, featuring items in casual dining, home office, occasional tables, decor storage, entertainment, and space saving, multi-function furniture.

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IHFC, IFDA Sponsors
Market Seminars

World-renowned designers Ty Pennington and Bunny Williams are the spotlighted speakers for events sponsored by IHFC and IFDA Carolinas Chapter at the upcoming High Point Market. Both events will be held in the IHFC Green Wing’s International Ballroom B, on the 11th floor.

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Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library Offers Book Deals at Market

The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library will offer book sales in three spaces at the High Point Market, April 2-7 – in the IHFC’s 11th Floor Hamilton Bridge, Market Square M8047, and the main location at 1009 N. Main Street. The Library is offering a 25% discount on regular priced books to furniture visitors at all three locations, and will also have an expansive book sale at the Main Street location, where there will be a 50%-off room, as well as a large selection of books that are all $5 each. Categories of books include furniture, decorative arts, interiors, and business titles.

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ASFD Elects Officers and Directors for 2011-12

The American Society of Furniture Designers has announced its newly elected 2011 slate of officers and directors, to be installed at their meeting on April 4.

Assuming his new role as ASFD president, Dudley Moore Jr. of Otto & Moore says, “I’m pleased to welcome our talented slate of new Board members, and look forward to a great 2011 for the American Society of Furniture Designers. With exciting new scholarship opportunities, a stylish new marketing initiative, and a thriving Pinnacle Awards program, we are going to continue to drive the idea that what our industry needs, now more than ever, is to differentiate through design.”

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WithIt Announces Dates for Professional Conference, Aug. 23-25

WithIt’s annual professional conference will be held Aug. 23-25 at the Renaissance Raleigh North Hills Hotel in Raleigh, N.C. with the theme “Wisdom, Work, Wealth: Winning Insights to Reshape Your World,” the conference is designed for furniture, bedding, and furnishings industry professionals in the manufacturing, retail, and design segments. Attendees will learn how to develop and fine-tune their leadership skills and network with industry peers, and will honor WithIt’s 2011 prestigious leadership awards finalists.

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