Posts by Adam Japko
DBC Is The Design Influencers Conference
The Design Bloggers Conference, often referred to by its familiar DBC acronym, launched as a digital content marketing conference for the design industry in Los Angeles in 2011. The event was created so design bloggers, the main online design influencers at the time, could meet up to enhance their personal brand building skills while participating…
Read MoreLamps Plus Invites Designers to Explore Color + Plus ™, the Custom Lighting Made Easy Program
Online shopping for colorful home furnishings has never been easier. For any tone or hue used in a room there are thousands of options in terms of shape, features, and brands. So what’s a busy designer to do with all these choices?! One solution is to use lighting to impart coordinating or contrasting color to…
Read MoreKevin O’Gara Lamps Plus DBC Scholarship WINNER
I’m Kevin O’Gara, founder and editor of the design blog Thou Swell. I’m based out of Atlanta, GA, but am currently in school at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. When I was 15 I created Thou Swell, named after the famous jazz standard and inspired by the song’s spirit and nostalgia. In just over five…
Read MoreSarah Wilson Lamps Plus DBC Scholarship WINNER
Who am I? I’m Sarah Cleopatra Wilson and I’m… So many of us define ourselves by our jobs, our interests or our relationships and so I present myself to you. I was born on St. Lucia, WI but grew up on St. Croix, USVI. My mother taught me to sew when I was in the…
Read MoreSarah Montgomery Lamps Plus DBC Scholarship WINNER
I come from an arts background, a textiles degree and a diverse career path that eventually led me to interior design. In the past ten years I have been an installation artist for retail stores, events and theater; teaching artist, and product designer in the bedding and soft home furnishings industry. Over the past several…
Read MoreMorgan Motsinger Lamps Plus DBC Scholarship WINNER
Back in the 90’s when weblogging was a squalling newborn, I was in grade school, so busy making elaborate dollhouses out of anything and everything that I didn’t have time to actually play with the Barbies. Two decades later I made the leap to start my own interior design business. As mom of three children,…
Read MoreDayna Hairston Lamps Plus DBC Scholarship WINNER
Dayna Hairston is the founder of Dayziner LLC, a boutique design agency offering design tips, home styling advice, curated product selections and virtual interior design services. Our editorial mission is to make design accessible, affordable and inspired. We accomplish this by demystifying the complexities of abstract design principles and empowering the typical homeowner or design…
Read MoreFrom the experts at Lamps Plus, featuring designs from Minka Lavery, Five designer tips for lighting
1. Lighting is about contrast, not necessarily brightness. “Good Lighting” has very little to do with how bright you can make a room. Often, we desire much less light to create a more social or serene environment even when the area to be lit is a workspace. Bad lighting can cause anxiety, headaches, and can…
Read MoreFollow Your Intuition to the Nathan Anthony Furniture x Ultrasuede® Insta-lounge
Register for an exclusive furniture giveaway and follow #nafurnitureXultrasuede Custom upholstery resource Nathan Anthony Furniture and luxury high-performance fabric Ultrasuede® team up for the first DBC Insta-lounge, open to attendees throughout the conference, just outside the main conference room doors. Stop by for a social media media break, or to catch up with new and…
Read MoreWin a Trip to High Point Market with Universal!
Universal To The Trade is an exclusive program for interior designers. But if you want to be a part of it, you’re going to have to give up a few things, namely: order minimums, long shipping times and being shopped at retail. But giving up something means getting something else in return. There are NO…
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