Date: Tuesday, October 8, 4 to 6 pm, at The Rug Company

Who: Martyn Lawrence Bullard

What: LA designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the brilliant and witty designer of homes for clients with a K, dazzles with images of his projects. Martyn will show his new collection for The Rug Company, share what inspires him, and his process for managing multiple clients, product collaborations and travel. A book signing to follow. 

Street cred: Clients Kylie Jenner, Kloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Cher, Tommy Hilfiger, Ellen Pompeo, and Eva Mendes; Colony Palms Hotel, Palm Springs; Hotel California, Santa Barbara; The Sands, Indian Wells; currently designing Four Season Residences, LA, and hotels in Istanbul and Miami Beach.

Decorations: AD100, Elle Decor A List, starred in Bravo hit series Million Dollar Decorators

Published: in over 4,000 publications and books

Book: Martyn Lawrence Bullard: Design and Decoration (Rizzoli, 2016)

Collabs: The Rug Company, Ann Sacks, Schumacher, Corbett Lighting, Christofle, Haviland, Daum, as well as wallpaper with Cole & Sons, indoor/outdoor performance fabric with Perennials, outdoor furniture with Harbour Outdoor, furniture and accessories with Frontgate

Why you can’t miss: You can’t become A Million Dollar Decorator sitting at home. Learn from the best.

Where: The Rug Company, Dallas Design District, 1626 Hi Line

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

Date: Tuesday, October 8, 6:30 pm, at James Showroom

Who: Tom Scheerer (with Lisa Fine)

What: NY, Paris and Bahamas-designer Tom Scheerer may create homes around the world, but he will always be loved for his extraordinary work in Lyford Cay, including the ultra private Lyford Cay Club. His bold, graphic and incredibly chic projects include WASPY private residences in Harbour Island, Antigua, Abaco, the Hamptons, Nantucket, Maine, and Paris, and his new book includes his many far-flung homes.

Street cred: Has a degree in architecture from Cooper Union, a classic understanding of design, and suffers no fools.

Decorations: AD100, Elle Decor A 

Published: All the top mags — AD, Town & Country, House Beautiful, Elle Decor; books, Phaidon's Interiors: Greatest Rooms of the Century, and Vendome's Inspired Design: The 100 Most Important Interior Designers of the Past 100 Years

Book: Tom Scheerer: More Decorating (Vendome Press, September 2019)

Collabs: Quadrille, Urban Electric

Why you can’t miss: So old school, he doesn’t have a website (aside from a landing page for his book). A brilliant curmudgeon and brilliant designer to the core.

Where: James Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 210

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Date: Tuesday, October 8, 6:30 pm, at James Showroom

Who: Lisa Fine (with Tom Scheerer)

What: Textile designer Lisa Fine, gathers together in her new book, Near & Far: Interiors I love, the bohemian rhapsody of interiors that inspire her, from Mughal palaces to gardens of India, to a Tangier Casbah belonging to Jamie Creel, the white-washed Patmos retreat of John Stefanidis, and her own exuberantly layered homes in Dallas, NYC and Paris. Indian textiles, Turkish rugs, Greek embroideries, and Anglo-Indian furniture all echo Lisa’s collections of hand-printed textiles, carried across the globe at John Roselli, Hollywood at Home, Holland and Sherry, Tissues d’Helene, and at James Showroom in Dallas and Austin.

Street cred: Contributing editor Town & Country.

Published: The World of Interiors, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Veranda, House & Garden, Vogue, W, International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.

Book: Near & Far, Interiors I Love, with photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna (Vendome Press, October 2019).

Why you can’t miss: Soulful and rich, Lisa’s inspirations and talent knows no borders.

Where: James Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 210

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, James Showroom, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

The Dallas PaperCity Design Awards, with Dallas Design District and Dunhill Partners, at The Joule. Master of Ceremonies Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Design Awards judges in attendance David Kleinberg, Thomas Pheasant and Lee Ledbetter. TXDW speakers attending Awards: Architectural Digest editor in chief Amy Astley, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Pieter Estersohn, Lance Scott, Caleb Anderson, Carl Dellatore, Oliver Furth, Chesie Breen, Rizzoli’s Sandy Gilbert. 

6:30 pm Cocktails at The Joule

7:15 Presentation of 22 awards

7:45 More cocktails at The Joule

PaperCity Design Awards Sponsors: Dallas Design District, Dunhill Partners, The Joule, Room & Board, The Shade Store, Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Forty Five Ten

Date: Thursday, October 10, 10 to 12

Who: David Kleinberg, David Kleinberg Design Associates.

What: Illustrated talk showcasing his luscious projects

for clients around the world.

Talking points: An erudite look at top-notch design today and what it means to be a classicist. 

Street cred: A resume that includes tenure at Denning & Fourcade, Mara Palmer and 16 years at Parish-Hadley, where he was Mrs. Parish’s right-hand, and further mentored by Albert Hadley. Sigh.

Decorations: Ad100, Elle Decor A List, Interior Design’s Hall of Fame.

Published: Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Galerie, HG, Veranda, British House & Garden, and in numerous books.

Book: Traditional Now: Interiors by David Kleinberg (Monacelli Press, 2011).

Why you can’t miss: A dean of design, movie-star handsome.

Where: Allan Knight Showroom

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Allan Knight, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

Date: Thursday, October 10, 12:30-2:30, at Arteriors Showroom

Who: Editor and author Carl Dellatore moderates a panel of the next generation of designers whose projects appear in his new book, On Style: Inspiration and Advice From the New Generation of Interior Design.

What: Talk, images, and advice from three of the 50 up-and-coming that appear in the book, who are quickly conquering decorating in a new and modern way. They are Lance Scott, principal and equity partner at David Kleinberg Design Associates, NYC; Caleb Anderson, partner with Jamie Drake at Drake/Anderson, NYC; and Oliver Furth, who has his own design firm in LA. 

Street cred: Carl is author of the 2016 best seller, Interior Design Master Class. Interestingly, two of the panelists are from Texas: Caleb Anderson and Lance Scott. Make of it what you will.

Published: Carl has produced editorial content for House & Garden, Martha Stewart Living, House Beautiful, and his next book Garden Design Master Class will be published in spring 2020.

Book: On Style: Inspiration and Advice From the New Generation of Interior Design (Rizzoli, October 2019)

Why you can’t miss: The book (with 50 up and coming designers), chronicles each designer’s story and influences, their advice to achieving great style, and making it in the design world today. We hear from three of the designers in the book.

Where: Arteriors Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1413 Dragon

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Arteriors Showroom, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

Date: Thursday, October 10, 3 to 5 pm, at Jan Showers Showroom

Who: Architectural Digest editor in chief Amy Astley

What: Illustrated talk showcasing the new book Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style, followed by a book signing.
Talking points: 100 years of the best of Architectural Digest, and thus 100 years of the best in design from around the world. Where to start: culling though the rich archives of 100 years of images and words, we see the homes of David Bowie, Truman Capote, David Hockney, Michael Kors, Diana Vreeland, and Barack and Michelle Obama; the work of top designers and architects Frank Gehry, David Hicks, India Mahdavi, Peter Marino, John Fowler, Renzo Mongiardino, Oscar Niemeyer, Axel Vervoordt, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Elsie de Wolfe; and stunning images from photographers Horst P. Horst, Simon Upton, Francois Dischinger, Francois Halard, Julius Shulman, and Oberto Gili. 

Street cred: Hand-picked by Anna Wintour to take top role at AD in 2016, Amy represents a modern look at the world of design, and of magazines.  

Book: Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style (Abrams, October 2019)

Why you can’t miss: Really? Are you not going to ask best procedure to submit a project.

Where: Jan Showers Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1308 Slocum

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Jan Showers Showroom, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

“Jeffrey Bilhuber’s interiors have the all-American elegance of a latter-day Billy Baldwin.”

Hamish Bowles

Date: Thursday, October 10, 5:30-7:30, at Wells Abbott Showroom

Who: NY designer Jeffrey Bilhuber, Bilhuber & Associates

What: Cocktails and illustrated talk with images from Jeffrey’s newest book, answering design dilemmas and conundrums in true, unfiltered Jeffrey-speak, followed by a book signing, and more cocktails. The quintessential NY decorator, Jeffrey combines classic with modern, tossing irreverant and erudite observations along the way.

Street cred: Clients Anna Wintour, Iman and David Bowie, Elsa Peretti, Hubert de Givenchy, Michael Douglas, Mariska Hargitay, Veronica and Robert Pittman

Decorations: AD100, Elle Decor A List, 2019 Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York School of Interior Design.

Published: His projects have been published in more than 200 books and in every major design magazine worldwide.

Book: Everyday Decorating (Rizzoli, April 2019)

Collabs: Stark Carpet, de Gournay, Henredon, The Lacquer Company, Elson & Company

Why you can’t miss: Because he uses words like allure and pithy.

Where: Wells Abbott Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 749

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Wells Abbott Showroom, The Rug Company, The Shade Store

Date: Friday, October 11, 6:30 pm, at Made Goods Showroom

Who: A block buster Texas Design Week finale event. From Design Projects to Book: The Designer. The Architect. The Photographer. The Deal Maker. The Book Publisher.

What: From Design Project to Book: the process, the good the bad and the beautiful from industry greats who have traveled the road. On the panel: designer Cathy Kincaid and architect/designer Lee Ledbetter, both of whom have new books from Rizzoli; renowned photographer Pieter Estersohn, who has photographed design projects for numerous books; his own book is also published by Rizzoli. Deal-maker Chesie Breen, who brokered, wrote, and navigated Cathy Kincaid’s new book, as well as David Kleinberg’s book, and moderates the panel. And Rizzoli editor Sandy Gilbert Freidus, who specializes in the publication of books for interior designers with international reputations. Sandy edited the books for Cathy Kincaid and Pieter Estersohn, as well as a host of other design greats. Book signings with Cathy Kincaid, Lee Ledbetter and Pieter Estersohn to follow.

Books: Cathy Kincaid: The Well Adorned Home: Making Luxury Livable (Rizzoli, September 2019)

Lee Ledbetter: The Art of Place: Architecture and Interiors (Rizzoli, March 2019)

Pieter Estersohn: Life Along the Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family (Rizzoli, September 2018)

Why you can’t miss: If you dream of a book deal, get thee to this forum!

Where: Made Goods Showroom, Dallas Design District, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 200

TXDW Sponsors: Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Made Goods Showroom