The Creative Business Accelerator group coaching program was designed to support, educate and connect creative business owners as they build a profitable and fulfilling creative business. It’s a place to identify your unique value proposition, learn the fundamental positioning, messaging, marketing, and business skills you need to stand out and thrive, and be supported by a creative industry veteran (that’s me!) and a curated group of like-minded professionals.

Cynthia Byrnes Contemporary Art presents the second installation of our exhibition series, Zeitgeist: Normal for Now, which reflects on the tension between quiet and noise in a year defined by the stillness of quarantine and the electricity of rapid and relentless change.

For 47 years, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club has celebrated the best of interior design by transforming a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art, and technology. This all began in 1973 when several dedicated supporters of Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club launched the Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Manhattan to raise critical funds for much needed after school and enrichment programs for New York City children. For more than four decades, the Show House has been a must-see event for thousands of design enthusiasts, renowned for sparking interior design trends throughout the world. ​ In 2017, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club expanded the brand to Palm Beach, with the fourth iteration of the Kips Bay Palm Beach Decorator Show House taking place in April 2021. The tremendous success generated by the Palm Beach Show House had Kips Bay once again expand their market, launching the Inaugural and extremely successful Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Dallas, Texas in the fall of 2020.

Who are the world's leading, most influential, most admired interior designers? Who are those who have achieved unparalleled success, who radiate exquisite taste, and have come to define the quintessential interior of the 21st century?

Evolve Collection 2021-URBAN VIBE MEETS NATURAL TOUCH The launch of EVOLVE COLLECTION 2021 will take place in the U.S. at the October High Point Market in the InterHall of the IHFC building (IH302).

Business of Home editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen sits down with interior designers Iantha Carley, Lucy Penfield, Genevieve Trousdale and Charmaine Wynters to talk about the innovative ways they have created their own supportive interior design communities. Hear how these creative ideas and activities—whether on social media or in real life—have benefitted the designers and their colleagues, and discover ideas you can take to implement in your own community.

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is a family-owned event that launched in 1985 to specifically unite the antiques and interior design trades. The Decorative Fair holds three events each year: a Winter Fair in late January, a Spring Fair in mid-May and an Autumn Fair during the busy ‘design season’ in late September/early October.

Design Center at theMART and LuxeHome will host Design Chicago 2021, the Midwest’s largest residential design conference, October 27--28, 2021 (Wednesday-Thursday) in person at the Merchandise Mart.

Join acclaimed interior designer Victoria Hagan for an inside lookat her new book, Live Now, hosted by Business of Home's Kaitlin Petersen. This exclusive event will include a lively conversation about the new meaning 

Take a day to recharge your mind and refresh your business during four informative sessions covering topics that are applicable to designers at every level of experience. Explore various paths to success in the design industry. Learn what it takes to publish a design book, from inception to print. Consider new ways to grow your business through partnerships that are the best fit for you. Gain valuable information about what workrooms want you to know, so you can deliver the best products to your clients and bring your businesses to the next level.

NEW & NEXT is a collaborative show of designers and vendors, and a fresh take on how designers discover what's new. Come see the latest Fall collections from your favorite lines, all in one great gallery. From textiles and wallpaper to tile, paint and more, you'll leave refreshed and inspired. Additionally, experience the prolific art of Alexander Hogue at the Kirk Hopper Gallery, where our show will take place. Sips + bites served. For our opening year, we are starting with 12 amazing vendors in Dallas, TX including: Anthony George Home | Artifkt Farrow & Ball | BackDrop | Codarus Home | Deconel | Ever Atelier | Fireclay Tile | KUFRI | Newlon Collection | Perennials | PHOLIO | Sutherland | Waterworks. . . . . . Thursday, Oct 28th 11am - 3pm Kirk Hopper Gallery, 1426 N Riverfront Blvd., Dallas, TX . . . . . RSVP required - shiftdesigndallas@gmail.com

Join us in Newport on Thursday, October 28th at the Island House at Belle Mar. From 9 am to 7pm, stop by to shop the latest collections from some of the most respected boutique brands in the industry.

Nashville Design Week is a five-day citywide calendar of highly-curated interdisciplinary programs and events hosted by Nashville creatives to engage designers and design enthusiasts from Middle Tennessee and beyond. 2021 programming will include in-person, virtual and hybrid events.

Kohler Co., a global leader in the innovation and manufacture of plumbing products; tile, cabinetry and lighting; and engines, generators and clean energy solutions, has announced that on November 4th and 5th it will host Kohler Living, a one-of-a-kind forum that brings together the leading minds in design, entertainment, art, culture and business to discuss the future of the places we live, stay and work in. Kohler Living will explore the ways that thoughtful design and innovative technology can add beauty, convenience, and comfort to our daily routines. Through the introduction of new products and thought-provoking conversations, Kohler Living will help present a path toward a more beautiful and sustainable future.

Held under the dedicated patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA), Dubai Design Week is the region’s largest creative festival, reflecting Dubai’s position as the design capital of the Middle East. Key components of Dubai Design Week include the region’s leading fair for high-quality, original design, Downtown Design; Global Grad Show, a year-round program for graduate students across the world, working on social impact innovation; Abwab, the annually remodeled, interactive platform for creative talent from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia; alongside an extensive, hybrid talks and workshop program.