Event Recaps

Susan Childress, Dakota Jackson, Margaret Dixon at De Sousa Hughes. Last week De Sousa Hughes hosted a couture cocktail event to celebrate design icon Dakota Jackson’s new collection now available at the De Sousa Hughes showroom in San Francisco. The event was packed with renown designers, architects, and industry professionals who all came to meet Dakota [...] (more...)

Decorati hosted a panel with manufacturer partner Robert Allen at the Atlanta Design Center on online social networking.  Over 120 designers attended.  The panelists included left to right moderator Clinton Smith, Editorial Director, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, me, Shane Reilly, Decorati Founder, Jennifer Boles, author of The Peak of Chic blog, and Stephanie Frost, Director of [...] (more...)

Schumacher showroom in the Pacific Design Center co-hosted an event with Decorati about the influence of design bloggers. Panelists (left to right): designer and blogger Mark Cutler (http://markcutlerdesign.blogspot.com/ and http://pointclickhome.com ), designer and blogger Megan Arquette (http://beachbungalow8.blogspot.com/), designer and Decorati Founder Shane Reilly (http://access.decorati.com and http://shane.decorati.com), designer and Decorati Blogger Tim Corrigan (http://access.decorati.com/author/timothy/), fifth generation, digitally-savvy, Schumacher [...] (more...)

Lighting designer Kevin Kolanowski of Fuse Lighting provided these examples of successful high-speed projects he completed.  (…) Read the rest of Examples of High Speed: Fuse Lighting © shane for Shane’s Studio, 2009.     (more...)

   Thomas Lavin, a leading voice in interior design today and who runs a showroom in the Pacific Design Center by the same name, co-hosted an event with Decorati called “High-Speed Luxury Project in Today’s Economy.” Panelists included (left to right): Kevin Kolanowski of Fuse Lighting, designer Melissa Palazzo of Pal + Smith, Shane Reilly of Decorati, and [...] (more...)

De Sousa Hughes Showroom at the SFDC hosted a panel discussion with Decorati and Western Interiors & Design magazine about “You as a Brand.”  The panelists from left to right were: PR guru Alisa Carroll, fabulous, colorful designer Jay Jeffers, elegant Decorati manufacturer partner Rosemary Hallgarten,  Western Interiors & Design Editor-In-Chief and panel moderator Michael Wollaeger, and me, Shane [...] (more...)

It was a luxury to be able to listen to designer Roger Thomas present his work on the Wynn Hotels.  Thomas is the true definition of artist-designer… he draws, he creates, he has an eye for seeing the possibility in objects and for creating solutions.  The best part was he seems to have incredibly short [...] (more...)

As the online media partner for Design San Francisco week, Decorati proudly displayed a table with demo computers in the Galleria.  If you missed us yesterday - come back today we’ll be there 9-12 PM.(…) Read the rest of Day 1 at Design San Francisco © shane for Shane’s Studio, 2009.     (more...)

Decorati long ago spotted a trend in the rise of design blogs and began hosting panels to discuss the influence of bloggers on the interior design market around the country (next location: Decorati partner Schumacher Showroom at the PDC during West Week).  While there are many blogs that simply recylce information, the best blogs offer unique perspectives [...] (more...)

Decorati and domino magazine teamed up for a panel discussion at the D&D Bulding in NY.  The panelists, pictured above left to right:  Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Founder of Vivre, Dakota Jackson, Founder of Dakota Jackson Inc., Cecilia Pagkalinawan, VP of Marketing, Frette, and myself, Founder of Decorati. In front of a packed audience of over 100 designers, we discussed [...] (more...)

In celebration of our recent launch with industry leader Donghia, Donghia and Decorati partnered to host a panel discussion called “You as A Brand” at the Decorative Center in Houston. Panelists included (left to right above) myself, Founder of Decorati, Lauren Rottet, principal of the prestigious international design firm Rottet Studio, Laurran Claridge, Features Editor [...] (more...)

Agostino Antiques hosted a Decorati panel for the DCOTA’s fall market week on how the Internet is changing interior design. We were delighted to have Cecil Hayes, design star and AD100 member, and Eloise Kubli, famed designer and ASID member, join me in a roundtable discussion on this hot topic. Here we are, seated at [...] (more...)

J. Batchelor, the well-regarded, multi-line contemporary showroom in the Dania, Florida design center (the DCOTA), invited me to present my experience with high speed design during the Fall Market week. (…) Read the rest of J. Batchelor Showroom Event in Dania, Florida (DCOTA) © shane for Shane’s Studio, 2008.     (more...)

Decorati teamed up with Western Interiors to promote the new Christopher Peacock showroom in the San Francisco Design Center. Above: Christopher Peacock, the star of the show, and Jennifer Matthews and Michael Wollaeger of Western Interiors.(…) Read the rest of In the Kitchen with Christopher Peacock and Western Interiors © shane for Shane’s Studio, 2008.     [...] (more...)

Decorati stopped by to check out the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, where 70 of the top antique boutiques showcased their latest luxury finds from around the world. Decorati partner Iliad Antik had a lovely booth displaying Murano sconces c. 1940, and an Art Deco secretaire from 1929.     (more...)

Top design bloggers (from left to right) Michael Devine from The Devine Life, Marisa Marcantonio from StyleBeat, Ronda Carman from All the Best, Grace Bonney from Design Sponge, and Decorati CEO Shane Reilly from the Decorati Access spoke at the Jerry Pair showroom in New York on Thursday afternoon. The bloggers discussed the influence of [...] (more...)

Check out Decorati’s top 5 Take-Away Tips from our esteemed designer panelists at the High-Speed Luxury Project panel in the Holland & Sherry showroom at the D&D in New York. Left to right: Robert Passal, Alexa Hampton, Matthew White, Alan Tanksley, and Decorati CEO Shane Reilly. DECORATI’S TOP 5 TAKE-AWAYS     (more...)

. On Wednesday, October 15th, Architectural Digest held the 2nd Annual Open Auditions at the D&D building in New York. Bright and early, hundreds of designers and architects lined up around the block awaiting their chance to appear in the pages of the venerable shelter publication. Now that the crowds are gone, we had a chance [...] (more...)

Last week Decorati attended Design Chicago, the Merchandise Mart Design Center’s Fall Market, a two-day industry event celebrating the latest trends in interior design.  We had the pleasure of listening to an insightful talk from successful designer, Celerie Kemble.  Celerie with her fabrics - in front is Bleecker, in Twilight.     (more...)

A group of San Francisco designers got a treat when Olivier Nourry of Creations Metaphores came from France to the Brunschwig & Fils showroom for a private showing of one his lines: Verel del Belval.     (more...)