Furniture Today - April 28, 2003

Bloomingdale's looked around the design world of home furnishings this year and saw a major statement in the meshing of Asian, European and contemporary influences. "When we started to identify trends, we felt we needed a significant Asian-inspired core. And looking further we found we had a list of Asian influences on our furniture floor already," said Joe Laneve, senior vice p...

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