Augmented Reality Will Fundamentally Change the Rug Industry
Augmented Reality from the New York Times
Just after Rug News andDesign wrote about Augmented Reality, on page 15, the New York Times announced a new...
byREVEAL XRC Labs Presentation
At XRC Labs' 2nd cohort presentations, an amazingly simple idea for a pop-up kiosk yielded, in test markets of one month, $6,000 per square...
Furnishr XRC Labs presentation
At XRC Labs' 2nd cohort presentations, Furnishr stood out because they curated design, focused on a prototype customer, and offered completed work—a completely designed one-day...
RETAILING: YORKWALL.COM
Visiting a wallcovering producer whose main machine is from 1899 is not much different than visiting a hand knotted rug manufacturer. Both entail small production runs, highly skilled craftspeople, a large design studio, and constraints on design, size, and colors.
And the Winner Is… Modern Nature Design
The Focus Group this month was made up of salespeople from both sides of the street at ABC Carpet & Home in Manhattan. And...
And The Winner Is… The Donny Osmond Home Escape collection by KAS
We filled a room with twelve graphic designers, architects, spec writers, and a few design interns, and handed out the May 2016 Rug News andDesign magazine to see the reactions to the Lifestyle Bold Rug Décor article.
And The Winner Is… Prestige Mills
The Focus Group: a gathering of designers and photographers based in Los Angeles. They looked at the February 2016 Lifestyle pictures. The February theme was ECLECTIC.
And The Winner Is…
Mac McCormick had some friends over — 14 of them — and one picked up the December copy of Rug News andDesign. They were...
XRC Labs — XRC Demoday Presentations
XRC Demoday Presentations
January 14, 2016
The rug industry is hoping to enter the 20th century, so why does Rug News andDesign look at companies seeking...
XRCLabs — Erin Cho
On November 19, 2015 Erin Cho conducted a workshop for XRCLabs accelerator participants by my notes called "Innovation of Meaning, Design and Brand" in...