Designers and consumers are thinking more these days about healthy products.

As the world’s most international furniture event, IMM Cologne always looks forward, and always with a nod to the recent past. New ideas, trends and movements are explored, of course, built on inspiration from recent materials and design fairs. The result for furniture producers: A fantastic way to connect concepts from last year’s Interzum and SICAM fairs with furniture now on the market from around the world. Here’s an overview of the event:

Suppliers and specifiers will have a chance to meet at the Decorative Surfaces Conference at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California, December 3-5, 2019.

Greg Kooistra, Watson’s vice president of product and operations, recently spoke about Watson’s push for transparency in materials.

A big concern for many wood finishing companies is saving material. Generally when purchasing a spray gun, the transfer efficiency of the gun is a major consideration.

It seems like just yesterday I was holding a brand new piece of Cognac melamine in my hand and beaming with pride as I showed it off to a room full of closet designers. We all knew in that moment that we were looking at the future of the custom storage industry.

What’s the difference between “book match” and “sequence match?” What is raw veneer? Can I apply a wood veneer to materials other than wood? What’s the difference between backing materials?

Wood and other eco-friendly materials will reach the mark by 2015, according to a report.