observations from hd boutique 2009
We did a “walk around” yesterday and wanted to share our observations from the 2009 Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition & Conference in Miami Beach. We’ll also point out a few of our licensees who are at HD Boutique. They include Duralee Contract, Fabricut Contract, GFI, Hunter Douglas Hospitality, Stacy Garcia, Richloom Contract Fabrics, and Charles Samelson.
First off, we can’t help but notice one of the show attendees is wearing a BCBG dress with a Transprint design. Transprint is everywhere!
Freeform furniture for indoor is quite popular.
Furniture is covered in vibrant, striking color. Don’t be afraid of a little, or a lot, of color.
Here’s Kravet Bedding’s Kerry Amplo with her fabulous Ikat Collection. Clearly color has a very strong place in the bedroom.
Bright color is even spreading into leather.
Milliken Carpet has brought in carpets with a burst of color and design, they even appear to be 3-D.
Outdoors isn’t being ignored either. Who wouldn’t love to lounge in a tropical setting in one of these innovative chairs?
Here is AirDye licensee Richloom Fabrics Group booth.
Richloom Contract’s Liz Claiborne Collection featuring warp printed designs with metallic yarns. Warp printing is when only the warp yarns are printed with a design before the fabric is woven. The result allows for a very silky look and then usually the weft (crosswise thread that interlaces the warp threads) yarns are a different color or, as in the Liz Claiborne fabric, it is metallic. Very unique and expensive process; only a few companies in the world have this capability.
Here’s a warp printed design on a bed scarf.
Personal care items are simple and clean, even green!
