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Byline: Michael D. Devine The talent that turns out to support the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is always stellar. This season's Elle Decor Dining by Design event, presented by [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine Travel & Leisure magazine's World's Best Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary with 600 friends on a hot summer night in New York at 30 Renwick St. [...]

'Les Visiteurs d'Ete,' an exhibit of 42 rare vintage, porcelain busts of some of the greatest figures in French history, has arrived at the Moss Gallery. The show, illuminated by [...]

For designers and consumers, the new McGuire furniture showroom in the New York Design Center is a welcome sight. The space, designed by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, was officially launched with an [...]

Modernist designers have been hitting the books -- art history books, that is -- along with museums and whatever else they can get their hands on for inspiration judging from [...]

Summer's here and it's time for that precious piece of Hamptons heritage, the Southampton Designer Showhouse. The event provides endless design inspiration to the people who visit it every season. [...]

It's turning into a brown world. Every shade of the rich color, from mink to espresso, is having a heyday, whether it's on the runway or in home products. Once [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine ABC Carpet & Home hosted a summer fete to celebrate the newly renamed Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams space on its second floor. Billed as a [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine The New York Design Center anticipated the start of summer with an over-the-top extravaganza in its Profiles showroom. The event featured an array of amusements, from [...]

It's nearly summer and pool season is moments away. Retailers are banking on high style this season with an array of products that will turn a pool area into a [...]

The FlatPak housing system offers consumers prefabricated homes with a keen sense of design Dispelling preconceived notions of prefabricated homes -- think modular homes and turn-of-the-century Sears catalogs -- the [...]

Alpha Workshops turns 10 this year. The non-profit organization benefiting individuals living with HIV/AIDS celebrated at the Prince George Hotel in New York. The evening's festivities included an awards ceremony [...]

The annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, held in New York at the Jacob K. Javits Center, is always a showcase for great modern design. This year was no exception as [...]

It's no secret that Brooklyn, N.Y., is a hotbed of design. The area is filled with artists and designers of all stripes, who each year come together to show their [...]

A thrift shop isn't the first place one thinks of to find a glamorous design event, but the first annual Design on a Dime Housing Works Benefit might have just [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine The hippest dinning experience in New York has to be Danny Meyer's newest venture, The Modern, the restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art. It is [...]

The recent New York Tabletop Show offered buyers a bright array of new products to choose from for the upcoming season. From simple and elegant to vibrantly cheerful, the colors [...]

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum launched the opening of its newest exhibit 'Extreme Textiles' to a jam-packed crowd. The evening's RSVPs numbered 1,500, but it seemed like everyone brought a [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine If the new collections being shown during market are allowed the chance to prove themselves on the floor, textiles departments are going to pack a powerful [...]

Taking Design Up a Nooch By Michael D. Devine The American outpost of the Singapore-based restaurant Nooch Noodle Bar is billed as a modern approach to food. And what designer [...]

Tricia Foley, designer, author and now vice president, trend development for Macy's Home Store, is known for her great style and brilliant aesthetic sense. One of her favorite areas of [...]

Chris Madden hosted a pre-spring soiree on behalf of the Partnership for the Homeless. The organization, which works to provide homes for the homeless, is in great need of all [...]

The housewares departments of the nation's retailers are packed with innovative products to make every kitchen task a breeze. From great design improvements to bright new colors, the products are [...]

The SoHo gallery of Fort Street Studio was the setting for a New York preview of Alexa Hampton's new furniture collection for Hickory Chair. Caption(s): A smashing bed from the [...]

Orange, the color of the recent blockbuster New York exhibit 'The Gates,' is also this season's must-have color for home. Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude created a new excitement for the [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine The glamour of the 1930s and '40s came to life in the epic film, 'The Aviator,' which garnered its share of Academy Awards -- five -- [...]

You know spring is around the corner when the invitation for the annual Kips Bay Show House pre-renovation party arrives. This year, America's most talked about decorator show house will [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine Oh, the glory and creativity of the European home shows this season! A wide range of styles and colors appeared across a broad spectrum of products [...]

Flower Hour The Rainbow Room was the setting for this year's very elegant Orchid Dinner. The evening was one of the most profitable for the New York Botanical Garden. It [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine Frankfurt, Germany, may not be the glamour capital of the world, but for a few days every February during Ambiente, it is a mecca for all [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine The recent Elle Decor's Dining by Design, presented this year by GE, was an event to remember. Beautiful tables that were unforgettable and a house packed [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine PARIS-Color galore was the story at Maison & Objet, the French home furnishings show recently held here. Reds continued to dominate several collections, with pinks being [...]

When it comes to putting together a stellar party, it's hard to beat Elle Decor's annual Dining by Design. Held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, this year's event [...]

The Ralph Pucci gallery was the place to be recently. Pucci, along with Town & Country, hosted an event for furniture designer Chris Lehrecke's collection. The place was packed with [...]

The opening night of the venerable Winter Antiques show was jam packed with all the assorted socialites, politicians and decorators one could want under one roof. Held at the Park [...]

Byline: Michael D. Devine Looking for a change in decor in the new year? Being 'today' means sleek and urban styling. Some smart companies and designers have created very stylish [...]

With the flood of invitations for summer weddings about to hit, the question of what to get couples will weigh heavily on the guests. Not breaking the bank for the [...]

Heimtextil, the world's largest textiles show held in Frankfurt, Germany, offered some exciting new directions. Cheerful color continued to be the important message from manufacturers to buyers, with a special [...]

NEW YORK- After a lengthy redo, the Museum of Modern Art in New York has reopened. Soaring ceilings and improved gallery space are the highlights of the massive $425 million [...]

Ladylike chic has transcended from the runway to the home market. Good taste reigns supreme for those in the know this season. Demure pastels and exquisite finishes are the hallmarks [...]

It's January show time around the world and what better place to kick it off than at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Highlighted at the show will be [...]

Syratech and House & Garden Magazine teamed up for a holiday fete to introduce their products to New York designers. The event, held in Syratech's showroom on Madison Square Park, [...]

The tony Soho shop M at Mercer was the setting for a benefit for New York's Miracle House. The evening was hosted by John Barman, Jason Nixon and Douglas Wilson. [...]

The Gramercy Park Armory was recently the setting for the prestigious Connoisseurs Antique Fair. The evening's special preview was open only to a select group of designers and art consultants, [...]

The holiday season kicked off with some beautiful store windows to put everyone in a festive shopping spirit. All over Manhattan, there are windows to delight young and old, naive [...]

Tassels are popping up -- make that hanging around -- in the most unusual places to add glamour and fun. From the runways to the home, tassels are the embellishment [...]

Collectors and design lovers remain as fascinated by her modernist trappings as they did when she first gained prominence 50 years ago. A true living legend, modernist designer Eva Zeisel, [...]

Spotlight: Dusting is a chore, but it has never been more chic than with Stefano Giovannoni's handheld vacuum for Alessi. $110, alessi.com 1. Hangers as art from Acronyme. Rack and [...]

The annual New York Modernism show was held at the Park Avenue Armory, with the preview night benefiting the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The Brooklyn Museum/Modernism Lifetime Achievement Award was [...]

Calling out to leading industrial design schools across the planet, Electrolux Design Lab 2004 received nine entries from five countries. Many of the students designed appliances for smaller homes in [...]