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mark your calendar | Jan 27, 2025 |
February’s can’t-miss design events

From the Palm Beach outpost of the Kips Bay Decorator Show House to popular markets in New York, read on for BOH’s list of industry gatherings and shows happening next month.

The Winter Show
New York | January 24–February 2
The art, antiques and design fair at New York’s Park Avenue Armory features a selection of the world’s top experts in the fine and decorative arts. With more than 70 dealers across four floors, guests can peruse pieces ranging from paintings and fine furniture to jewelry and contemporary ceramics. There is also a selection of events and panel discussions on offer. Sales benefit the East Side House Settlement. For more information, click here.

Architecture & Design Film Festival
Chicago | January 29–February 2
This film festival celebrates the design industry through a selection of films, events and panels. The Chicago outpost of the globe-trotting event (which also takes place in Toronto, Vancouver, Mumbai and New York) allows guests to engage with media that spotlights the design and architecture industries. For more information, click here.

Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
Nashville | January 31–February 2
One of the country’s largest antiques and horticultural events returns to the Music City Center. Guests will have the opportunity to attend a lecture series with top industry tastemakers, as well as shop from 150 vendors and explore three immersive garden showcases. This year’s keynote lecture features actress Brooke Shields in conversation with her longtime collaborator and friend, British designer David Flint Wood. For more information, click here.

NY Now Winter Market
New York | February 2–4
NY Now returns to the Javits Center and welcomes more than 1,000 exhibitors and 10,000 attendees. From gift and lifestyle to jewelry and home, brands from across the board display new and existing products. The show also features tours, experiences and events for attendees, including a trends forecasting presentation by consultancy NellyRodi, as well as a talk on reimagining retail through a neuroaesthetic lens, featuring Elan Design founder Eryn Oruncak and Mike Peterson, founder of the organization Science in Design. For more information, click here.

Shoppe Object
New York | February 2–4
This biannual home and gift show features hundreds of brands under one roof in the Starrett-Lehigh Building, located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Attendees can shop from a selection of homeware, ceramics, furniture and more. The hundreds of exhibitors include American furniture company Heller and Austrian textile brand David Fussenegger. For more information, click here.

Studio Designer Users Conference
Miami | February 3–5
In its first-ever Users Conference, interior design business management software Studio Designer is hosting an immersive event highlighting everything the program has to offer. The event includes workshops, a genius bar staffed by support team members, a keynote from Nate Berkus, and a panel discussion with Suzanne Kasler. For more information, click here.

February’s can’t-miss design events
Guests at the winter 2024 Shoppe ObjectCourtesy of Shoppe Object

Stockholm Furniture Fair
Stockholm | February 4–8
The annual Stockholm Furniture Fair is the leading event for Scandinavian design—over 80 percent of exhibitors are from the region. The show, which started as a local furniture fair in 1951, has since grown to include more than 200 exhibitors, as well as seminars, workshops and talks on sustainability and inclusivity. This year’s guest of honor is Faye Toogood. On the heels of her “Womanifesto!” installation at Maison&Objet, her exhibit “Manufracture” explores the relationship between artist and artisan, focusing on the chain of makers who bring furniture pieces to life. For more information, click here.

HPxD Winter Blast Sale
High Point, North Carolina | February 5–8
At this warehouse and showroom sale, more than 30 home furnishings and decor brands—among them, Verellen, Mr. Brown and American Leather—offer discounted samples, prototypes and one-of-a-kind pieces in preparation for new introductions for the upcoming High Point Market. For more information, click here.

2025 SDC Sample Sale
Seattle | February 7–8
The theme for this year’s Seattle Design Center sample sale is “The Intersection of Fashion & Design,” and the event showcases curated booths featuring Pacific Northwest fashion boutiques alongside purveyors of furniture, fabrics, lighting, rugs and more. For more information, click here.

West Palm Beach Antiques Festival
West Palm Beach | February 7–9
Taking place at the South Florida Fairgrounds, this monthly antiques festival features vintage furniture, fine art, lighting, textiles, rugs and rare decorative items from hundreds of vendors from across the country. For more information, click here.

Ambiente
Frankfurt | February 7–11
Messe Frankfurt hosts consumer goods fair Ambiente, giving participants an inside look into trends, products and market changes for dining, living and working. The event showcases the categories of Sustainability, Lifestyle and Design, New Work, Future Retail, and Digital Extension of Trade. For more information, click here.

The Nashville Show
Nashville | February 13–15
The Fairgrounds Nashville hosts Jenkins & Co.’s 36th-annual antiques, art and vintage market (fka the Tailgate-Music Valley Antique Show), with more than 150 makers and dealers. Customers, dealers and decorators from across the world come to the event to peruse American and continental furniture, folk art, fine art, linens, quilts and holiday memorabilia. For more information, click here.

Palm Springs Modernism Week
Palm Springs | February 13–23
Celebrating midcentury architecture and design, this 11-day festival offers more than 120,000 attendees an opportunity to interact with 350 events. Now in its 20th year, the event features a double-decker architectural bus tour, the signature Modernism show, home tours in more than 30 neighborhoods, film screenings, live music, fashion shows, and lectures that encourage architectural preservation and sustainable living. For more information, click here.

Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach
Palm Beach | February 22–March 16
Since 2017, this annual showhouse has been bringing together some of the country’s top interior designers to decorate spaces and raise money for charity. This year’s home is a 1937 Providencia Park mansion boasting 7,706 square feet of living space, and its rooms will be reimagined by 23 designers, including Caroline Gidiere from Birmingham, Laure Nell from Boca Raton and Erin Shakoor from Chicago. The event benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. For more information, click here.

Kitchen & Bath Industry Show
Las Vegas | February 25–27
Set in the Las Vegas Convention Center, KBIS is the largest trade show in North America dedicated to kitchen and bath design. Attendees have access to displays of the latest products, trends and technologies from more than 600 exhibitors. The annual event also features the Voices From the Industry Conference, offering more than 75 professional development sessions in six categories: Building & Remodeling, Hot Topics, Design, K & B Trends, Leadership & Management, and Marketing. For more information, click here.

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