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www.kitchenwarenews.com n JANUARY 2014 n Winter Las Vegas Market Strengthens Home Décor Offerings International Market Centers continues to add better home décor resources to the Winter 2014 Las Vegas Market, with 24 industry-leading home décor suppliers opening showrooms or temporary presentations, as of early December. The Winter 2014 Las Vegas Market will run January 26-30 at World Market Center Las Vegas. "Las Vegas Market is continuing to redefine the home décor market experience for both buyers and suppliers, attracting high-profile, as well as emerging, resources in both permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits," said Dorothy Belshaw, President of Gift & Home Décor, cocoon-shaped vessels. The pieces in the collection are a tour de force of Indian craft and capture the poetic spirit that is so deeply indicative of Aram's work. The centerpiece from the collection retails for $495, while the nut dish retails for $230. The pieces are available in January 2014. Lenox will be showing the Gorham "That's Entertainment" Hammered Collection in Showroom C-180, on the first floor of Building C. The stainless steel ice bucket from the collection retails for $100, and if you can't make it to Las Vegas for the show, you can get more information at www.lenox.com. Other highlights of the Winter 2014 International Market Centers. "This realignment and growth of home-focused resources at the Las Vegas Market is phase two of a three-year transformation strategy to position Las Vegas the leading market in the western U.S. for furniture, home décor and giftware." Michael Aram's Butterfly Ginkgo Collection will be shown in C198. The Butterfly Ginkgo Collection celebrates the representation of flora as fauna. Aram's fascination with a particular type of ginkgo tree, Ginkgo Biloba, or "Butterfly Ginkgo", which grows with a double leaf reminiscent of a butterfly's wing, gave rise to a fantasia image of the plant. Executed at the highest level of hand-craftsmanship, each piece is rendered in solid bronze with acid etched Market will include the addition of 12 leading home décor vendors to the roster of permanent showroom tenants: Curations Limited, a manufacturer of fine furniture, upholstery and accessories, opening a new 1,183-square foot space on A1; Gabby, a supplier of fine furniture including dining and occasional tables, chairs, mirrors and décor, is leasing a 4,000-square-foot showroom on B3; Glassisimo is offering one-of-a-kind furniture and home décor in a 1,679square-foot showroom on C4; Interlude Home, a premier design house and importer of accessories, furniture, lighting art, is returning to Las Vegas Market following a three-year hiatus with a 4,337square-foot space on B3; Jamie Adornably Puts the Future of Interior Design in Your Hands Adornably, a new and free home design platform driven by cutting-edge technology, is now available for iPad on iTunes. The Adornably app allows users to take pictures of their own space and then customize it with high quality, 3D photorealistic imagery of furniture that is automatically set to scale. Gone are the days of mis-measuring, mismatched furniture and heavy lifting –Adornably takes the work out of difficult design decisions, making furniture shopping a fun, stress-free experience. "We're thrilled that our technology is able to showcase virtual furniture in such a true-to-life photorealistic manner," said HOME DÉCOR KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW Marc Lebovitz, CEO of Adornably. "Adornably will set the interior designer inside all of us free and make everyone's home a design playground." The easy-to-use app takes you from design inspiration to execution in your space, your way, personalizing the home design experience like never before. Using a magazine to help automatically scale furniture, simply drop it on the floor, take a picture of your space with the magazine in it, and then add furniture from hundreds of beautiful pieces found in the app from top manufacturers such as Stanley, Vanguard and Theodore Alexander. You can even 17 Dietrich/Grace & Blake, suppliers of unique handmade vintage collectibles and Americanmade contemporary home furnishings and accessories, are opening a 1,679-squarefoot showroom on C4; Jamie Young Company is showcasing its eclectic lighting and home décor accessories in a 1,563 square-foot space on C4; JLA Home, a globally integrated provider of home furnishings, including furniture, rugs, home textiles and more, is opening a 10,414-square-foot showroom on B4; area rug manufacturer Kaleen Rugs is opening a 3,700-square-foot location on C4; Karen Robertson Collection, a designer of marine- inspired wall art and accessories, outdoor fabrics, furniture, wall coverings, decorative books and art reproductions, is opening a 731-squarefoot showroom on C4; Lo Forti Fine Prints is featuring its hand colored antique print restrikes and traditional images in a 544-square-foot showroom on C4; OLY, a design-focused lifestyle supplier of interior furnishings, furniture, artwork, lighting and accessories, is opening a new 2,557-square foot showroom on C4; and Tufan Rugs, a supplier of area rugs and pillows, is opening a 3,035-square-foot showroom on A3. In addition, several current showroom tenants, including Chandra, a leading supplier of floor coverings, rugs, decorative accessories and contemporary furniture, are planning substantial expansions for Winter Market. Chandra will expand into a 9,000-square-foot space on B3 - an increase of 110 percent; and SilkRoute, importer of antiques, hand woven rugs, furniture, and accessories from Afghanistan, Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet, is relocating into a new 8,191square foot space on A2. A wide assortment of new temporary exhibitors also are planning to showcase better home décor merchandise at the Winter 2014 Market, including seven leading suppliers who will take temporary exhibition space in the upscale c-ONE cross-category presentation. New c-ONE exhibitors include Allan Copley Designs, an industry leader in wood and metal occasional furnishings; BD Designs, a supplier of architecturally inspired glass foosball tables and pool tables and unique furniture pieces, all manufactured in Italy; FermobUSA, a supplier of fine French bistro and outdoor lounge furniture; Phylum Designs, a producer of wall art and home accents; SkLO, offering a modern expression of hand-blown Czech Bohemian crystal; Tronk Design, a supplier of timeless American hardwood furniture characterized by clean lines, sleek styling and strong features; and Trowbridge Gallery, a provider of high-quality art photographs, prints, textiles and antiques and hand-made frames; Elizabeth Lucas Company, a wholesale art company specializing in limited-edition mixed media prints; and Interior Illusions, a purveyor of gift and decorative accessories making their wholesale debut. In addition to new and expanded home décor temporary presentations on c-ONE, International Market Centers is adding two new themed temporary exhibit sections on floor C5: VERANDA will showcase outdoor lifestyle merchandise, including premium casual furnishings and living pieces thoughtfully designed by top international and domestic designers, new exhibitors include Theresa Seidel Designs, Tony Wais Design, and Laura Lee Designs; GALLERY will spotlight better home textiles resources, including bedroom ensembles and bed linens, curtains and draperies, area and accent rugs, and decorative pillows. New resources include Tessera, Angelica Barcelona, Caitlin Wilson Textiles, and Opal At Home. purchase furniture through Adornably, making it one seamless experience from inspiration to execution. "The Adornably application is a potential game-changer in the digital revolution now sweeping across almost every part of a home furnishings industry that previously offered consumers the same shopping experience for over 50 years," said Glenn Prillaman, CEO of Stanley Furniture Company. "Both suppliers and retailers should love this tool because it enables customers to fully visualize what furniture would look like in the home before the actual purchase." The MY DESIGN features in Adornably enable consumers to add to, or change and delete various furniture items within their design space whether it be their home, their office, potential real estate buys, or spaces they are helping others design. The premium visual quality that makes the virtual furniture look real helps consumers determine how the furniture matches to their space or to other furniture items, ultimately helping them make an informed purchase. Not only can consumers rotate, position and swap out the furniture within various angles of the room, they can also enter "LIVE MODE" and walk around the space while viewing the virtual piece of furniture through the app on their iPad screen. Consumers can also share their designs using Adornably. They can post designs to share them with the Adornably community or share through social media. New furniture will be added regularly. The expanded product inventory will stream directly into the app's product catalog, giving consumers access to new furniture items without having to update the app. For more information, visit www.adornably.com.