DMDInsight Blog

Super Bowl vs. Commercial Bowl: Who Will You Be Watching?

Many of us will gather with friends and family this Sunday to watch the New Orleans Saints take on the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.�

It’s time to pull out those office pools, lay out a delicious spread of buffalo wings, chips and dip, sit back and take part in what has been called the biggest social occasion of the year.

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Starting the Day, and Year, with Celebration

Tracing its fifty year history through video interviews and delightfully kitschy takes on office design through the ages, Contract magazine paused to celebrate the interiors industry with some 800 people who attended the Interiors Awards in New York City on January 29. It was early morning breakfast event that highlighted the best interior projects in a variety of sectors like corporate, healthcare and education design.

The Fight for Authenticity

In a recent trip to MoMA, I discovered the art of Tim Burton and the world of PR have more in common than one might think...

Great Start to a New Decade

Call us superstitious but we think that a great start to 2010 is a sign of fantastic things to come. Yes, there is optimism in the air.

And we hope we didn't just jinx it.

After a very merry holiday break, DMD Insight PR team has reunited (some traveled near, others far) and hit the ground running in the New Year. We’re thrilled by the pick up our clients received in 2009, and have entered 2010 with new ideas and excitement to ensure that momentum continues.

The Ultimate Shortlist

Interior Design magazine hosted the selection of new products and projects on Dec. 3.

While the crowd was still excited about the Hall of Fame dinner from the night before, hundreds packed the theatre in the Guggenheim to celebrate the best new products and projects of 2009. The competition was stiff, too.

The toast I didn’t give.

Is disrupting a party to give a toast necessary? Not if you have a blog.

Interior Design’s Hall of Fame Celebrates 25 Years

The design industry came out in full force for the Interior Design’s Hall of Fame event at the Waldorf Astoria last night, Dec. 2. Nearly 1,200 joined in the celebration—cocktail parties, dinner and even some dancing.

As a first timer, it was exciting to see a room filled with some of the most glamorous in interior design. The Waldorf Astoria was all decked out in its holiday gear as well.

Inductees Tony Chi, tonychi and associates; Vladimir Kagan, The Vladimir Kagan Design Group; Nick Luzietti, VOA Associates; Leo Marmol & Ron Radziner, Marmol Radziner + Associates took their time at the podium and thanked their staff, families and took a few extra minutes to show us some personality.

Nick Luzietti, a crowd favorite, even managed to change costumes during his acceptance speech.

For the first time, a firm was inducted as Gensler was presented with a 25th Anniversary Special Award.

For more images and photos, visit: http://www.interiordesign.net/HoFEvent/

Check back tomorrow for a report from Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards tonight!

From Sports PR to Design and Architecture

As a recent addition to the DMD Insight team, I have joined with Rebecca Goldberg to help our clients on the public relations side of their business...

Greenbuild: The Momentum is Building

Growth. It was the buzzword at last week’s Greenbuild and as someone who attends multiple A+D events a year, it’s the first time that I’ve heard it associated with a tradeshow in 2009.

Perhaps it is the niche market, federal money, or relevance of sustainable design but Greenbuild’s numbers were up this year. The conference, which is less than a decade old, celebrated a much-quoted 30,000 visitors.

The Impossible Brief

Thinking back on how our newest masterpiece of an online advertisement came about, I guess you could say it was born out of an impossible brief.

Interview with Stephen Rustow on New Strategies for Museums

DMD chats with architect Stephen Rustow, author of the latest DMD whitepaper New Strategies for Museums: Assets, Audiences, and Alliances (http://dmdinsight.com/papers/), on the challenges and opportunities for museums in the current economic climate.

Navigating London: Designs of the North, East and West

Four days of design events in London brought more diversity than I ever could have expected from such an overdose of interiors. The events were part of London Design Festival Week, an annual September showing that introduces the world to the latest British design ideas. Of course high-end international exhibitors partake as well. Each event, 100% Design, Tent London, The Dock, Focus and Decorex all brought different ideas and voices to the table.

Weekend Project: 2 Days, 2 Nightstands

There's nothing more satisfying than the sense of accomplishment that comes from knowing you've transformed something ordinary into something amazing that exceeds all your expectations. Such is the case when I recently took on a weekend project of giving two unassuming dressers a makeover.

My Life on the ‘Dark Side’

As an editor, I always wondered how PR people worked. There are tons of crude names for PR, but ‘PR person’ was my generic catchall for someone who stood between me and the photo that I needed to go to press.

My exposure to PR came as editor of boutique DESIGN, a hospitality interior design magazine that I launched for Boutique Media Group in 2005.

As of last week, I am now working on the PR side here at DMD Insight in New York. And I’m learning that, as with most things, there’s a lot more to it than it seems.

Seeing Seymour Draw

At an AIGA event last night, we were promised to be let in on the obsessions, as well as fears, follies and successes of the legendary graphic designer and illustrator Seymour Chwast. But what they didn't advertise was the most exciting part.