A new trend popping up everywhere in the design community is to layer rugs. It’s an easy way to incorporate mixed patterns and lend style to a space while easily be changed up later. Casually layered rugs can be used to subtly but effectively break an open space into zones. Another smart solution is to layer a smaller beloved rug over a solid one to form a border.

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As part of an innovative partnership called Home Sweet Home (Lar Doce Lar) between multidisciplinary design firm Rosenbaum and TV producer Luciano Huck, the teams went through dozens of Brazilian homes doing dramatic makeovers of interior and exterior spaces. On their 48th home, Rosenbaum designed a pretty amazing vertical garden that was suspended in a narrow walkway just outside the house.

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Joshua Tree is a mobile compact home designed by Italy-based Hangar Design Group combining the warmth and cozy wood structure of mountain home, the size and look of a cabin, and the flexibility of an RV. Created to accommodate from 3 to 4 people, Joshua Tree does not sacrifice the comfort of ample living space, with two bedrooms and baths it is perfect to host young families or groups of friends.

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Design studio Bellila have created Volcane and Lagune, coffee tables that feature built-in gardens. Volcane is a table with a strong mineral character, which proposes a subtle dosage between function and aesthetics. Lagune is a sober and general-purpose table, which can welcome easily a landscape, a Zen garden, or even a pond with fish.

Source: Contemporist

One of the most unusual new products from the Las Vegas World Market comes from the POLaRT outdoor furniture collection! Often described as fun, urban-chic design, POLaRT is a unique expression. POLaRT comes from the artistic way in which the company uses polymers. This outdoor armchair is definitely a statement piece!

Mike McAllister, Managing Partner, takes you behind-the-scenes as we get ready for another trip to Las Vegas Market! At right, Mike snaps a pic of A Kanjanakaset, Buyer, considering new products. To follow Mike, A, and Dwayne Lutridge, Design Consultant, LIVE at Las Vegas Market, simply “Like” our Facebook page! On January 28th and 29th, our team will be posting status updates, photos and video throughout the day!

“We are off to another market tomorrow morning.  5AM wake up, 7:15 flight and on the World Market Center Las Vegas show floor by 9AM. We have been attending the LVWM two times a year since 2005.  Three buildings and 5 million square feet of furniture and accessories.  Less than 10% of what is shown is contemporary, and less than 1% will even be considered to be part of Hold It Contemporary Home.  So you can imagine it is like finding a needle in a haystack. Looking forward to keeping you up-to-date!”

Hold It Contemporary Home is headed to World Market Center Las Vegas Market to bring back the latest industry trends in home furnishings, and must-see products of 2013! Not only are we attending, but we are also providing a special insider’s glimpse of the exhibits, products and parties of Las Vegas Market!

It all starts Monday, January 28^th! To follow Mike McAllister (Managing Partner), A Kanjanakaset (Buyer), and Dwayne Lutridge (Design Consultant) LIVE at Las Vegas Market, simply “Like” our Facebook page! On January 28^th and 29^th, our team will be posting status updates, photos and video throughout the day! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to see behind-the-scenes of the design world!

Las Vegas Market is home furnishings’ total marketplace and the fastest-growing tradeshow in the world with access to more than 1,500 world-class manufacturers and fresh new resources.

Pantone, provider of professional color standards for the design industries, recently announced PANTONE® 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green, as the Color of the Year for 2013. This jewel-like hue will create a luxurious feel in an entryway, powder room, dining room or study, and bring life to a living room as an accent wall.

British designer Craig Foster has created Kurk, a flat pack desk lamp made of cork, that requires no screws or glues to assemble. Focusing on the life cycle of the product, each part of Kurk can be recycled or reused individually when it is no longer needed as a light. The sustainability and visual properties of cork make Kurk a unique, environmentally friendly alternative to standard desk lights.

Source: Contemporist

Inspired by the works of paper artists like Richard Sweeney, two young Dutch designers came up with the concept of a “one piece foldable designer chair,” and Flux was born. Made out of weatherproof polypropylene, the award winning Flux chair starts out as a giant envelope, and turns into a designer chair.