Without a doubt, the most rewarding part of working with the DLN is enjoying a front-row seat to the incredible creativity of our community. We are constantly inspired by the innovation of our Members and Partners, whose every collection launch and line debut is the culmination of countless hours of ideation, design, production, and marketing—and often years of mastery.
For our second-annual Partner Showcase—now a biannual DLN publication—we bring the best of these launches to you, spotlighting our Partners’ most noteworthy new offerings, from textile lines to insurance plans (and everything in between). The Partner Showcase is a testament to the breadth of our community and to the level of expertise in every specialty the design industry touches.
For our Members, we hope this volume serves as both an inspiration and a creative directory. Keep in mind that you can communicate directly with all of our Partners through the DLN Directory—each one of them is eager to support you. In the meantime, please enjoy this Showcase. We can’t wait to see what exciting new projects grow from it!
Michael Diaz-Griffith Executive Director & COOExclusively available through ABC Stone, Borrowed Earth Collaborative celebrates our inviolable connection to nature, transforming natural materials into works of architectural art. The collection is dedicated to turning blocks, slabs, and remnants into premium surface materials, objects, and cubic elements.
Inspired by the jazz-inflected patterns of Art Deco, designer Ali Budd’s new Opia design for Artistic Tile is a demilune mosaic rendered in two colorways, each featuring five exquisite marbles plus a touch of gleaming metal. Opia Nero blends honed Nero, Arabescato, China White, Rosso Levanto, and Rosa Portogallo marbles with an accent of polished brass. In Opia Lilac, honed Dolomiti, Lilac, White Sand, Thassos, and Statuary complement a touch of polished stainless steel.
Design meets technology in Cosentino's comprehensive approach to the bath. The brand’s latest collection, C·Bath, invites innovation in the design of unique and personalized environments, featuring large format wall and floor cladding with minimal jointing, colors and textures in perfect balance, and minimalist sinks and shower trays designed with great attention to detail. Manufactured with state-of-the-art materials such as Silestone, Dekton, and Sensa, C·Bath gives a fresh look to your bathroom.
An exciting collaboration between Marmi and House of Hunt, Marmi Editions No. 1 features 12 unique mantels, each designed by Holly Hunt and carved by hand in Marmi’s traditional Italian ateliers. Led by Holly's unmistakable eye, the House of Hunt team reinterpreted classic volumes and proportions into fresh forms that feel at home in today’s interiors. Hand-sculpted from specially selected and precisely cut blocks of stone in Europe and adorned with the finest natural metals, each mantel is fabricated with care by Marmi artisans, and can be adapted seamlessly to your project.
For more than three decades, New Ravenna has been creating one-of-a-kind, handmade mosaics that are as unique as the designers and architects who commission them. Using a vast palette of colors and materials, New Ravenna’s master mosaicists can bring any idea to life as a durable and artistic surface. Moon Jellies, shown here, is a bespoke mosaic in 10 colors of individually shaped and placed jewel glass. As with all New Ravenna designs, Moon Jellies can be customized in scale, color, and texture to suit the most discerning designers and homeowners around the world.
Phillip Jeffries—the leader in natural, textured, and specialty wallcoverings—is pleased to debut its Summer 2023 collection, By The Sea. Discover treasures that hint at life beneath the waves with 17 new collections instilling a sense of wonder and calm. From warm, welcoming naturals to colorful underwater scenes, these designs infuse a touch of coastal charm to any space. With its new releases, Phillip Jeffries looks forward to inspiring a more beautiful world, one wall at a time.
Patchwork, designed by Piero Lissoni for Salvatori, is an ecofriendly wall finish that honors sustainability and the harmony between humankind and nature. A simple yet sophisticated puzzle, Patchwork is composed of small squares of natural stone sourced from manufacturing offcuts from the brand’s most iconic wall textures, including Bamboo and Spaghetti. With a wide array of options for customization, including variations in color and texture, Patchwork allows for an arrangement catered to your specific tastes.
The latest addition to Armani / Casa's Refined Structures collection, this new wallpaper line mimics threedimensional shapes and complicated motifs through the use of sophisticated vinyl. References range from 19th-century boiserie to silk moiré textiles, bamboo stalks, and more. Discover the collection in showrooms and online now.
Artemest, the online destination for contemporary Italian craftsmanship and design, has invited Dimorestudio to take over Artemest Galleria at 518 West 19th Street in New York. The exhibition, WEST CHELSEA, features an exclusive capsule collection of one-of-a-kind furniture pieces designed by Dimorestudio and sold exclusively on Artemest, as well as a curated selection of iconic design pieces hand-picked from Artemest by the Milan-based studio. American culture from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s, referenced through cinematic realism such as Billy Wilder’s The Apartment and Colin Higgins’s Nine to Five, served as inspiration for the exhibition.
In 1947, Brown Jordan founder Robert Brown tapped designer Walter Lamb to produce a collection that ingeniously repurposed bronze and brass piping and cotton rope salvaged from the sunken ships of Pearl Harbor. Celebrated for its graceful, free-flowing curves, the Walter Lamb Bronze collection became an icon of midcentury modern design. In 2019, it got an update using imaginative, contemporary materials. This year, Brown Jordan celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Walter Lamb collection.
Composed of understated upholstered pieces that can be combined in different ways, the PERRY seating system heralds a new way of designing living spaces. Designed by Antonio Citterio, the PERRY sofa is assembled from irregular-shaped modules for a more dynamic flow and casual appearance. Soft shapes—generously padded in goose down—and sophisticated tailoring details—including piping outlining the silhouettes—are just some of the distinctive features of this unconventional design. Discover the endless possibilities offered by the PERRY sectional sofa at Flexform Los Angeles, 308 N Robertson Blvd, or San Francisco, 145 Rhode Island Street.
Introducing the new Soffi Swivel Chair, designed by Gabriel Tan exclusively for DWR. Inspired by inflatable furniture of the 1960s and ’70s, Soffi’s sinuous silhouette embraces you in total softness. “I wanted to design something soft and voluminous that gives an emotional feeling of comfort and protection,” says Tan. Available now at DWR.
One of the great American handcrafted furniture brands, DESIRON presents architectural modern design accented with customizable finishes for the highest level of quality and exclusivity. The brand’s latest collaborative collection, Workshop/APD for DESIRON, explores asymmetry and balance in sculptural forms composed of sleek metals and stone, specialty woods, and lush upholstery. Experience DESIRON at the New York showroom within the New York Design Center.
For the new Hero chair and armchair, Giorgetti continues its long collaboration with Italian architect Carlo Colombo, who devised a sculptural wonder that spotlights Giorgetti's mastery of cabinetry and craftsmanship. Twenty vertical metal slats covered in wood make up the chair’s sculptural base, over which the curved, elegant seat appears almost suspended. Experience Hero and other extraordinary pieces at the new Giorgetti Atelier on Fifth Ave in New York, where Italian-made tradition meets boundary-pushing innovation.
The latest addition to JANUS et Cie’s versatile Matisse Teak collection, the elegant chaise lounge adjusts to four positions for customized comfort. As ideal poolside as on hotel rooftops, Matisse Teak offers exceptional durability with remarkable water and decay resistance in a warm mocha-hued mesh finish.
Apacheta: Loro Piana Interiors’s new project by Cristián
Mohaded
For Loro Piana Interiors’s latest collection, the brand tapped Argentinian designer Cristián Mohaded, who conceived a biomorphic furniture collection in which diverse materials, high-quality craftsmanship, and tactile sensations merge to create unexpected harmonies. The Apacheta sofa, armchair, bench, poufs, and side and low tables feature superlative fabrics from Loro Piana Interiors, hand-chiseled oak, and ceramic details in shades inspired by Argentina’s richly-hued lagoons.
Debuting at Milano Design Week 2023, Apacheta is now available through Loro Piana Interiors. Apacheta is now available through Loro Piana Interiors.
Inspired by the majestic architecture and colorful riads of Marrakesh, the Yves Table from McKinnon & Harris brings aspects of Moroccan living stateside and delivers an eclectic accent to complement the brand’s existing collections. Following a trip to Morocco, co-founder and CEO Will Massie set the company’s designers to work on an object that would reflect the creativity and joie de vivre he had experienced in North Africa—a venture resulting in the Yves Table. Breezy arabesques give character to the hand-crafted, high-performance aluminum side table. Twenty-one color finishes, two arch styles, and options for a seamless top or inset stone offer customization, so that clients experience each Yves Table as personal and meaningful.
Quintessentially oomph, the brand's new Wave Collection represents form, function, and—most importantly—flair. The Bedford Bed, a standout of the line, is expertly crafted by master upholsterers to deliver its personal take on high quality furniture, which always includes a touch of whimsy. Oomph can’t wait to see how DLN designers customize the Wave pieces to suit their clients’ styles.
Introducing Perennials and Sutherland by Bannenberg and Rowell, a series of new outdoor furniture and luxury performance textiles designed by the UK-based superyacht design firm. Oceana, shown here, is an outdoor furniture line influenced by Jon Bannenberg’s evocative contemporary aesthetic. With Sutherland’s premium teak and stainless steel accents, Oceana is both inspired by and built to withstand the high seas. To complement the Sutherland furniture collection, Bannenberg and Rowell have also designed a range of luxury performance, 100% solution-dyed acrylic textiles with Perennials.
Inspired by the Italian dolce vita, the DUO collection from Poltrona Frau and Ceccotti Collezioni includes luxury upholstered furniture with rounded shapes and exquisite wooden pieces for the living room. All designed by Roberto Lazzeroni, the objects encapsulate the knowledge, craftsmanship, and integrity of two companies dedicated to Made-In-Italy excellence, achieving an enduring collection that is romantic and charming.
Plastic-based foams combined with fire-retardant chemicals are widely used throughout the upholstered furniture industry. Certain levels of these chemicals can be damaging to the environment and human health. Working with industry experts, Soane Britain has developed a foam alternative, free from fire-retardant chemicals, combining natural latex, coconut coir and wool—as seen in its Crillon and Opera collections.
Carefully crafted, thoughtfully coordinated residential commissions.
Duratherm prides itself on meeting the demands of the world’s premier architects. Staying true to its mission to make the best windows, the firm is proud to introduce a new product feature that means it can do even more. Learn more about clad-exterior products that can serve your project needs by reaching out to the Duratherm team.
JennAir breaks the luxury appliance industry mold through differentiated aesthetics, disruptive tech, and quiet performance. The high-end appliance brand offers two distinct designs: RISE™, a traditional form with brass accents and diamondetched handles, and NOIR™, a modern and minimalist concept with detailed lace textures and sculpted handles. JennAir also offers ultra-customizable luxury column refrigeration, available in over 250 configurations, which houses signature Obsidian interiors with ecliptic lighting and trinity cooling.
For more than 35 years, Rusk’s first-class team of contractors and project managers has solved problems for renowned architects and designers by listening carefully and finding a way to build long lasting quality that makes us all look good. The New York City-based firm has lent its expertise to condos, co-ops, penthouses, and townhouses. If you have a project requiring an expert’s touch, reach out today.
“Once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you will forever look up.”
~ LEONARDO DA VINCI
Design teams know it's critical to define project scope both early and accurately to affirm quality, schedule, and budget. Sebastian’s qualified construction management team excels at meeting these goals through constructability review, cost estimation, BIM, and value engineering. Alongside clients and design professionals, its pre-construction specialists go to work with no contractual obligation to the client, ensuring that construction starts on a solid foundation.
With offices in New York City, the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Miami, West Palm Beach, Westchester County, Connecticut, the Rockies, and London, Taconic Builders provides comprehensive construction management services from pre-construction planning and design development through post-project maintenance and property management. Specializing in extraordinary private residences across the country, Taconic maintains a keen focus on quality and enhancing clients’ lifestyles.
The latest addition to Chilewich's collection of durable, distinctive, and easy-to-clean Shag floor mats is tufted in colorful stripes inspired by the rainbow of LGBTQ identities. Debuting in five versatile sizes, Pride Stripe mats are made in the USA to thrive indoors and out. In support of LGBTQ communities, Chilewich is proud to donate $25,000 to the Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ youth.
Clarence House, known for its pursuit of the richest and most nuanced hues, presents the Kaleidoscope trimming collection. Crafted from high-quality fibers, these versatile trimmings are anything but basic. The balance of matte and shine pairs with both tailored and casual spaces, while the supple touch allows easy movement for turning, folding, and shaping. It’s the perfect collection for adding a beautiful finishing touch to your designs.
Discover the Donghia Difference, where innovation meets design, in this collection of richly sophisticated patterns, dimension, and textures that are ready to perform in any environment. Named for Angelo Donghia's Lake Hill farm in Connecticut, the collection invites you to create an atmosphere of modern elegance anywhere. The look and feel is luxe residential, yet with solutiondyed acrylic and polypropylene constructions, it adds style to spaces both indoors and out.
A harmony of sight and sound, a novel pairing of notation and textile—with its new custom musical rugs, Erden translates the consonance of musical notation into a new medium. Lustrous, hand-spun alpaca and polished inlays are strategically placed to evoke a musical ode at prima vista. Within the rugs, the movement of musical composition becomes an organic design, one that is both visually pleasing and compellingly euphonious, a rug elevated to a personalized piece of art.
Renowned for painterly carpets inspired by watercolors, Fort Street Studio continues to innovate its hand-knotted floor coverings with the Thai Silk Collection. One of the latest designs from the series, Links embodies the dual influences of jewelry and fashion. Fort Street Studio based the rug’s interlocking pattern on the links of gold chain necklaces, and the end border’s design derives from a fur-cuffed skirt. Available now, the runner is executed in four weaving styles employing luminous, hand-reeled Thai silk.
Holland & Sherry challenged its in-house creatives, along with independent designers, to capture the spirit of London’s Carnaby Street through an array of original textiles. The brand’s vertical manufacturing across fabric, wallcovering, and rugs leads to distinctive, one-of-a-kind designs—a characteristic forever synonymous with Carnaby.
Introducing the Larsen 2023 collection, an exploration into the artistry of textiles through a lens of timeless modernity. Distinctive graphics, yarns, and natural fibers combine in a sophisticated palette to create a textural landscape. Available now through your local Cowtan & Tout Showroom.
Introducing the Debut Morris & Co. Collection Designed For Indoor and Outdoor Use
Outdoor-Performance is a versatile range that returns historic fabric designs to the place that originally inspired them: nature and the outdoors. Complete with signature Morris & Co. patterns, Outdoor-Performance unites the threads of beauty and utility in 19th-century designer William Morris’s creative life.
Bringing together the most iconic elements of Ralph Lauren Home, the signature fabric and wallcovering collection is a true expression of Ralph Lauren’s heritage and enduring style. Masterfully crafted at the finest mills throughout the world, designs span iconic Ralph Lauren sensibilities—from classic blue and white pairings to beloved florals with complementary ticking stripes and paisleys to luxurious neutral textures and weaves.
In celebration of the Braquenié bicentennial, Pierre Frey pays homage to the quintessence of French style with the Anniversaire 1823–2023 collection. The line presents authentic reproductions developed from documents in the Maison’s archives, along with artifacts from the Château de Versailles, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and Musée de la Toile de Jouy. Other standout pieces reinterpret these historic sources through a vast, adaptable collection of fabrics, wallcoverings, and rugs that demonstrates the brand’s supernatural ability to use the past to enrich contemporary design currents.
Inspired by the majestic, towering cliffs of the natural Grecian coastlines, Rosemary brings you textural neutrals and cerulean shades of the Aegean Sea. Starting with a focus on providing a Rosemary experience for outdoor spaces, the collection is filled with breezy sheers and soft, practical indoor/outdoor textiles. The Aegean Collection fuses the essence of old and new and is designed to inspire comfortable and luxurious outdoor spaces.
Launched at Salone del Mobile, Rubelli’s latest collaboration with Ginori 1735 for DOMUS, the brand's first home collection, celebrates a shared design history. Both Ginori and Rubelli enjoyed a prolific and creative relationship with Gio Ponti, who created collections for both brands. Now Rubelli, the 134-year-old Venetian company, has reinterpreted the Oriente Italiano collection, along with some other Ginori inspirations, into sumptuous jacquards in a range of rich hues.
Stain Resistant. Easy to Clean. High-End Performance. Lush textures abound in the Koa performance rug. Braided Soumak weaving combines with high pile shag for coziness and character alike. Made of 100% STARK Performance
Acrylic, this beautiful rug combines quintessential elegance with a powerhouse fiber built for everyday living. Discover new performance styles at your local showroom or online.
Flexible. Beautiful. Reliable. Lutron’s Palladiom shading system redefines natural light in the home. Curated fabrics allow you to meet a space’s aesthetic and performance demands, and a choice between wired and battery power ensures seamless integration, whether installed during or after construction.
Remains Lighting is adding Italian glass shades to its permanent collection. Familiar forms are renewed across a range of styles with a fresh assortment of glass shades, custom blown in Italy exclusively for Remains. Available for purchase summer 2023. Contact your account manager for advanced pricing and information.
Refined style meets classic English design in Vaughan’s new product introductions for Spring/Summer 2023. The latest collection comprises both indoor and outdoor lighting, a new mirror, and returning to the Vaughan range, the much-anticipated kilim rug line. The Marlow Wall Light shown here was inspired by the glamor of the 1940s, updated with modern details.
Poggenpohl’s exclusive Contour aluminum frame outlines the cabinet front profile with absolute precision, delivering a modern accent for contemporary kitchen designs. Master artisans craft and finish each cabinet by hand, and clients can select from more than 30 cabinet front styles, featuring real aluminum edging, and four anodized aluminum tones, including black, bronze, aluminum, and stainless steel. Exclusive, customized cabinetry is available now through Poggenpohl.
The elegance of the early 20th century, elevated with modern-day refinement. With its intricate, hand-chiseled patterns and luxurious finishes, van Cronenburg’s new collection of spouts, tap handles, and faucets emanates timeless sophistication, making it a perfect detail for high-end design projects.
A natural showstopper carved from a hand-selected block of highly figured Prunella marble, Alatri projects modern elegance on a stunning scale. Hand-finished details include a flat band at the base and a gently eased lip.
Did you know water is the #1 source of non-weather-related property damage? That’s why Chubb looks for ways to do more for clients, like providing resources to protect homes from interior water damage caused by leaking or bursting pipes or appliances. Chubb subsidiary StreamLabs, Inc. offers smarthome-enabled water monitoring, leak detection, and water shut-off devices and systems for residential and commercial properties, so you can monitor your home and prevent issues from happening in the first place. Because Chubb has your back long before you need to file a claim. To connect with an agent, please contact Chelsea.Conrad@chubb.com.
With more than three times the deals of its top competitor, Financo | Raymond James is the market leader in home furnishings mergers and acquisitions. Its collaborative, knowledge-based approach to M&A and strategic advisory services have attracted standout design brands—including Design Within Reach, YDesign Group | Lumens, The Citizenry, and Hunter Douglas—who seek them out to make business-altering strategy designs from behind the scenes. With Financo | Raymond James, design powerhouses shape the future of their own brands— and the industry.
This is the event that means business — but it's fun, too! Inspiration abounds every spring and fall as High Point Market comes alive with showroom after showroom of meticulous design, expansive educational opportunities, and endless networking opportunities — along with all the resources you need to move your business forward. Whether you're coming for the tens of thousands of new product introductions or the critical connections your business needs you to make, it's all here. Which new product, collection, or brand will capture your eye this Fall Market? Which industry influencer will help push your business to new levels? Join us October 14 – 18 to find out!
Hindman is a leading fine art auction house connecting cities nationwide to the global art market. Upcoming design auctions include The Collected Home auction on June 14, which features property from an interior decorated by David Collins; the European Furniture and Decorative Arts auctions on June 29 and July 19; and the Never Too Much fine art and design auction on July 27. With 16 locations throughout the United States, Hindman welcomes collectors to bid in-person in its salerooms or online via the Digital Bid Room.
Kaplowitz Group is a multi-disciplinary firm providing legal and business strategy exclusively to the A&D and home decor sectors. Under the leadership of Seth Kaplowitz, the firm empowers clients to maximize profitability, efficiency, and growth by providing actionable advice designed to facilitate success. With a wealth of experience and deep understanding of the legal, financial, and business landscapes, KG adds value to the DLN community. Reach out today for a no-charge informational call.
Material Bank is offering an even speedier, newly designed digital experience for designers and architects. The new website is faster, more intuitive, and uber-inspirational, supporting you so that you can focus on supporting clients. Once you log on, accessible digital tools help you manage projects more effectively and sample products across categories—including textiles, flooring, surfaces, wallcoverings, paint, glass, and metal, all accessed quickly and free of charge. Simply select the products you want to arrive in one box overnight. Then, you keep what works and send back the rest. Get what you need, when you need it, where you need it, with the new Material Bank.
Excursions: October 26 — 29, 2023
This October, DLN Members and Partners will reunite for our annual Design Leadership Summit in one of the world's most vibrant cities for art, design, food, and culture. Directly following the Summit, join the DLN in Oaxaca and San Miguel de Allende for more spectacular tours, relationshipbuilding opportunities, and enthralling experiences. Registration is now open!
