Unity in Design event taking place in High Point
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 15, 2010
HIGH POINT —
The second annual Unity in Design event is taking place here Feb. 18 to 20, featuring a variety of educational workshops and networking events for designers.
Sponsored by the High Point Design Center, an umbrella organization for several design organizations and showrooms that cater to designers, the event also will allow attendees to shop in showrooms from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 18 to 19.
On Feb. 20, a trade show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ballroom of the International Home Furnishings Center, featuring more than 30 vendors of furniture, fabrics, flooring, kitchen and bath, art and lighting products for the residential and commercial markets.
“We are very proud to have organized an event that will give attendees a lot of bang for their buck,” said Shannon Hamed, event chair for the High Point Design Center.
“Our goal is to make more and more designers aware of the amazing resources available to them, not only during the High Point market, but throughout the year.”
Educational seminars include presentations on wood furniture, the applications of natural stone, and entrepreneurship.
Shuttle service will be available to showrooms, seminars and networking events. Most will take place in the Hamilton-Wrenn district, Market Square and the IHFC.
The agenda is online at http://www.highpointdesigncenter.com/speakers_agenda.htm.
Participants in the trade show include Art for Everyday, Barn Wood Classics, Best Tile, Carolina Glass & Mirror, Chanzie Blinds, Classic Moving & Storage, Conrad Grebel, Criterion Sales Group, Daltile Corp., Dan Lurie Associates, Domus Ventures America, Eykon, Forbo Flooring Systems, Hansgrohe, hepdirect, Instyle Charlotte, Jenn-Air, Lotus Arts, Scott Thomas, Shaw Contract Group, The Studio, Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth Directional and Carter, Walker Zanger, Woodleaf Studios and Wilkinson Supply.
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