News and nuggets from the design sphere.
Open-plan kitchens are popular worldwide, but in some areas, like Singapore, the smells and grease from cooking proves a challenge. Check out some of the solutions that home cooks might want to adopt Stateside.
It’s a happy forecast for the bathroom industry on all counts. The latest study by the Freedonia Group is projecting remodeling to continue to rise throughout 2022, with flooring and plumbing driving a large chunk of the growth.
Lamenting the end of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” now that its stars, Chip and Joanna Gaines, are moving on? HGTV is moving quickly and has a full roster of upcoming duos that are set to take over the spotlight left by the powerhouse couple.
In design news, this week’s spring High Point market saw the launch of some new collaborations including two by design icon Tony Duquette. The firm, now run by partner Hutton Wilkinson, recreated furniture and accessories from his own as well as Duquette’s personal collection for Pearson and for Maitland-Smith, respectively.
And because the week wouldn’t be complete without something transporting, take a look at IK Lab’s new gallery set in the jungles of Tulum, Mexico. The curvaceous, all-natural structure was dreamt up by IK Lab director Santiago Rumney Guggenheim, the great-grandson of art impresario Peggy Guggenheim.
