Veeco Salon Furniture + Design will open a state-of-the-art production center in suburban Chicago, with a new Design and Engineering Center for its customers, and bringing salon and school owners into the design process.

PPG Paints brand unveiled its 2017 Color of the Year: Violet Verbena, a grayed-off, moody purple with a chameleon-like presence.

Configura offers four points to consider when vetting a configuration tool.

Office space design application maker Configura has released CET Designer 7.0 with major additions and new features that will benefit the contract furniture designer, including the ability for users to reduce rendering times, choose among more generic products to enhance drawings, and take the designed experience to the next level with stairs, multiple floors and 3D text.

Configura launches its CET Designer Virtual Viewer Extension that lets users “walk around” in a drawing in full-screen mode using gaming controls.

iskn, a French company, developed the Slate, which allows designers to digitize their drawings.

A young team at Showplace Wood Products developed and launched a new brand of frameless cabinets and storage systems lines, ShowplaceEVO.

Personal workspace is probably the most quickly evolving space in the home. Here are a few tips on how to make that space beautiful as well as functional.

I’ve got a soft spot for modern styling but despite the beauty of these homes, this year’s Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour got me thinking about the difficulty many homeowners face trying to maintain a modern look that’s also functional.