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Welcome to Design Edge
Nashville, TN
October 4-5, 2024
Design Edge is a highly curated, trade-only event featuring the best Home Furnishing and Kitchen & Bath brands in North America. The only designer event of its kind, Design Edge brings leading designer-centric manufacturers to premium markets throughout the country to connect with the region’s designers and tastemakers.
Schedule of Events
Friday, October 4, 2024
9:00 am - 5:00 pm : Design Edge Nashville Show Floor Open
9:00 am - 10:00 am: ASID Coffee & Conversations (Booth 123)
9:30 am - 10:15 am : Sandra Funk, Opening Keynote -Discussion about the structure and mindset behind her “Design Standard” enabling designers to fully step into their confidence as a designer through her wildly profitable turnkey business model. (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
10:30 am - 11:00 am : “Ask Sarah” One-on-One with Sarah Bartholomew with her partner brand L & M Custom Carpets (Booth 605)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm : THE HUMAN COLOR EXPERIENCE - ASID CEU PROGRAM - IDCEC 1.0 HSW / AIA 1.0 HSW : Candice Carter Smith (NCIDQ, NACE, Architectural & Design Representative, North Carolina/Tennessee) with Benjamin Moore explores physical and emotional responses to color that shape our color preferences. By understanding how color impacts humans on both physical and emotional levels, we are better equipped to select hues for our spaces that contribute to a desired sensibility. (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm : Design Without Limits: Unlocking the Pot of Gold beyond the Kitchen & Bath – Program by Kitchen/Bath Designers for Kitchen/Bath Designers designed to provoke designing spaces, sourcing products and knowing the luxury supplier market beyond the Kitchen/Bathroom. Hosted by Alena Capra of Principal and Founder of Alena Capra Designs and Paula Kennedy, Principal and Founder of Timeless Kitchens. (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm : Design Edge Reception sponsored by the High Point Market Authority in partnership with Luxe Interiors + Design and NKBA TN
Saturday, October 5, 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm : Design Edge Nashville Show Floor Open
9:30 am - 10:15 am : Chris Beard, John Burns Research Firm – Overview of macroeconomic conditions impacting the broader housing market accompanied by a dive deep into the implications of these conditions on the professional designer and how to target the right consumers more effectively. (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
10:30 am - 11:15 am : Patti Carpenter, Global Trends Ambassador- International Trends discussion for the U.S. Design Market. (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm : Luxe Interior + Design’s “Best of Design Edge” produced in collaboration with the Design Edge Nashville Style Squad (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm : Nashville Interior’s Business of Design Panel Discussion (Design Edge Educational Seminar Classroom- Back of Exhibit Hall D)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm : Design Edge / Nashville Interior’s Closing Reception (Lobby across from Exhibit Hall D at the Music City Center)
Floor Plan
Participating Manufacturers
