NYDCEvents Calendar W hat’s New, What’s Next @ 200 Lex On September 23, the New York Design Center launched its first building-wide event focusing on all things new in the design industry. Thousands of designers, architects, press representatives, and design enthusiasts viewed the 1,500 new product introductions from nearly 100 showrooms. The design community traveled NYDC's 16 floors, visiting participating showrooms for informative and stimulating programming. In addition, the event boasted a design-blog panel discussion, book signings, designer conversations, and special programs supported by media partners Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Interior Design, Luxe Interiors + Design, Manhattan, Metropolitan Home, New York Spaces, The New York Times, Traditional Home, and Veranda.
Oscar de la Renta H ome for C entury L aunch The luxurious red room in the Century Furniture showroom was the setting for the latest collection launch by famed designer Oscar de la Renta on November 17. This new collection has extensively added to the Oscar de la Renta Home Furniture Collection at Century.
Oscar de la Renta’s Home collection showcased in the Century showroom; designer Miles Redd, Alex Shuford, Sr., Oscar de la Renta, and Alex Bolen.
Dumplings and Drinks in P rofiles The Profiles showroom and Ann Maine of Traditional Home held a dim sum dinner in the Profiles showroom on September 22 to celebrate and kick off What’s New, What’s Next @ 200 Lex. Designers spent the evening starting the buzz about the building-wide event that would commence the following day. Left to Right: House Beautiful’s Style Director Newell Turner, senior interior designer for Benjamin Moore, Sonu Mathew and HB publisher Kate Kelly Smith host a discussion on "Colors You’ll Never Get Tired Of" in the Benjamin Moore showroom; Laurence Brandon of Helene Aumont with Jim Druckman, president of NYDC and Helene Aumont; the McGuire showroom’s panel discussion titled “What’s Newer than a Design Blog?” with the industry’s best design bloggers; Jane Seamon of Saladino, with Veranda’s editor-at-large Carolyn Englefield, previewed the upcoming “Designer Visions On Film” Townhouse; an artisan demonstration in the Restoration Timber showroom; Elle Decor’s editor-in-chief Margaret Russell with editor-at-large Mitchell Owens highlighted 20 years of style in the Profiles showroom; T.K. Collection’s newest products, highlighted by What’s New, What’s Next @ 200 Lex tags; Andrea Brooke of Brunschwig & Fils, designer Mike Brummel, Jennifer Matthews of Luxe. Interiors + Design, designer Michael Tavano, Valerie Cruice of Luxe .Interiors + Design, and designer Lloyd Marks in the Michael Tavano showroom; Metropolitan Home’s editor-in-chief Donna Warner signing Glamour: Making it Modern in the Ted Boerner showroom; the NYDC raised a new flag to inaugurate this exciting event! 74
Designer Scott Salvator, Amy Bleier Long, of Traditional Home, and designer Elaine Griffin; James Nauyok of Kohler Interiors, Debra Brandt of Traditional Home, and John Hart of Kohler Interiors.