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Surface Design Guide

Part 3

Carefully chosen products, engineered for precise performance standards, can stretch design budgets significantly without compromising the objective.

From the intriguing world of fashion, surface design professionals divine what colors, textures and patterns the future holds. It is a relative art. “Trend colors are developed in conjunction with other materials used in interior design, including fabrics, carpet, etc.

Surface Design Guide 2009

Part 1

Surface design is informed by the same forces of fashion that guide style across many disciplines. Although the connection between office furniture and women’s handbags may not be obvious, they share a common lineage of thought.

HGTV's Environmentally Friendly Design

Renew, Reuse & Redesign

The maestro of HGTV’s hit design series “reDesign,” Kenneth Brown is an intuitive and innovative designer.

Custom Flooring Designs

Digital Inkjet Flooring Perfected

Advances in digital printing technology are the new frontier of décor printing. Bipan-Astrid, a subsidiary of the Italian industrial Gruppo Frati, has taken innovation further by applying patent pending inkjet technology to digitally print décor designs directly onto the surfaces of individual HDF flooring planks.

Manufacturing IKEA Style

It takes commitment for an individual to build a piece of furniture, even if all the necessary lumber, hardware and clearly drawn instructions are provided in a flat packed box.

WOW! Hi-Tech System Controls for Pop-up TVs

The homeowner had no intention of spending a little extra money. All he wanted was a pop-up television that could disappear into a cabinet. The installer didn't push. But what he did next helped close the sale of an upgrade that eventually led to a long line of lucrative referrals.

The Composite Five-Piece Door is Coming

The classic five-piece cabinet door, with cope and stick or mortise and tenon joinery, has been around forever. With a raised or flat panel, this door style in solid hardwood is the staple of custom woodworkers and mass producers alike.