Ever wondered how wackily named unknown brands with ultracheap home goods became the top results on sites like Amazon? Starting with the 1980s, Fred Nicolaus traces how international manufacturers have conquered the American e-commerce market—for now.
Distressed acquisitions are becoming more common in an era of struggling home companies. What does that mean for the design industry? Fred Nicolaus reports.
The assortment of design books that appear throughout a project are no casual accident. They’re carried in and carefully placed—no spine showing without considerable thought and purpose. But what do the tomes photographed in these homes really mean? We asked designers, editors and stylists to tell us what brings a book to the top of the stack.
After a proposed summer sale was delayed by litigation, a portfolio of Cohen Brothers real estate assets—including the Design Center of the Americas—is scheduled to be sold in what may be the largest UCC foreclosure auction in history.
A poor U.S. jobs report and a precipitous stock market drop make for sobering headlines, but there might be one significant upside to this unexpected economic shakeup.
The American design industry is definitely growing—but how much? It’s surprisingly hard to gauge. BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus went looking for an answer.
An exciting project offered Kate Turk an incredible opportunity—but taking it meant turning down all other work for more than two years. Here’s what happened when she put all of her eggs in one basket.
A powerful quote about entrepreneurship inspired Linette Dai to turn her focus from managing project minutiae to growing her business and nurturing her employees.