Kravet Inc.'s home furnishings line of fabrics, trims and wallpapers designed by Echo recognized by Interior Design Magazine.  Here is the notice that ran in Interior Design's "DesignWire Daily" newsletter today!

INSPIREDESIGN Design Excellence Award Winners Announced

INSPIREDESIGN, the inaugural hospitality design tradeshow hosted by Las Vegas World Market Center and sponsored by Interior Design, is in full swing this week in Sin City. Topping off the show’s events, the magazine recognized the best and brightest in new products yesterday with the show’s first annual Design Excellence Awards.

 Kravet / Echo

A panel of esteemed judges hand-picked by Interior Design's editor in chief Cindy Allen— Michael Morris and Yoshiko Sato of Morris Sato Studio; David Ashen of D-Ash Design; D.B. Kim; and Alice O’Keefe of Gensler—strolled the floor of exhibitors with discerning eyes and selected their top picks that showed excellence in any of the following categories: general design, presentation, sustainability, technology and innovation.

Nano-tex; overall product
Stacy Garcia; Fashionista Collection
Kravet; Echo Collection
Jane Hamley Wells; Para Sectional Sofa
Phillips Collection; Silver Console
Aceray; booth presentation excellence
Global Views; 3-Light Lamp
Dimension Millworks; Stealth Door
Leftbank Art; overall product
Fermob; Luxembourg Collection
Korel Design Tiles; KGRR60 Circle Tiles and 6300-2 Striped Tiles
Stimex; Desk Uno by Karim Rashid
HCI Hospitality Design; Tub
Naturemaker; Steel Art Trees
Kohler; Eco Faucet (Hybrid Energy System + Insight Sensor Technology)
McGuire; Walnut Swivel Chairs
AF Lighting; Candice Olson Collection
Home Source International; Bamboo Sheets
Mayer Fabrics; Frolic
 

We know shopping can be either an exercise in drudgery: we plod along, methodically acquiring items simply because it's necessary to sustain ourselves. Drop it all in a cart and stand in line. Overall, a dull, purely business transaction. Like buying a hammer. Or some duct tape. Or Shopping can be a joyful, blissful experience where we marvel at the choices, the colors, the arrangement, and comfortably weigh our options in a pleasant, beautiful space. All of this adds up to an overall feeling of satisfied contentment. They don't call it Retail Therapy for nothing.

One little shop in Miami has an especially delightful and inviting take on the shopping experience. Miss Peppers accessories boutique just opened in November and they were featured in Daily Candy. At Miss Pepper, you are greeted with a burst of fresh flowers, a fainting couch (you know, it can happen), a friendly boston terrier and a beautifully decorated room accented with bright funky globe chandeliers. When we saw the Daily Candy article and photo about Miss Pepper, we did a happy double take - looked closer and noticed that the wallpaper is Echo's own flower power wallpaper. They used our retro pattern in soft grey to be the backdrop of their customer's shopping experience. So not only can you find hip, new jewelry and accessories but this boutique will make you feel hip and new ... and happy!

Miss Pepper, 7308 Red Road, South Miami (305-668-8282) http://www.misspepperboutique.com/