Event Schedule

What does it mean to live a well-dressed life? Today, style extends far beyond the wardrobe—it shapes the homes we create, the tables we gather around, and the experiences we curate. Join celebrated designer Ken Fulk and ELLE DECOR Editorial Director Stellene Volandes for a conversation exploring the enduring relationship between fashion and interiors, where craftsmanship, materiality, and a strong point of view define both.
Ken will share how the energy of the runway, timeless couture, and the world’s most stylish tastemakers continue to inspire his creative process, including his latest collection for Sutherland x Perennials. Together, Ken and Stellene will discuss the parallels between dressing a person and dressing a home, the return of expressive, layered interiors, and why the most memorable spaces, like the most iconic wardrobes, are built to evolve, tell a story, and stand the test of time.

The conversation will explore the many parallels between luxury fashion and high-end interiors. From craftsmanship and materiality to color, texture, timeless design, and the growing influence of “quiet luxury,” we’ll discuss how both industries create aspirational experiences through exceptional materials, storytelling, and meticulous attention to detail. We’ll also examine how trends, innovation, and heritage continue to shape the future of luxury.

Harriet Mays Powell, Editor in Chief of Palm Beach Cottages & Gardens, explores how today’s leading designers create interiors that are both beautifully restrained yet richly layered, discussing the different approaches to minimalism from New York to South Florida and the influence of climate, architecture, and lifestyle on design.

What distinguishes British and American interiors, and what can each tradition learn from the other? To mark the launch of Homes & Gardens Anthology, Bernie de Le Cuona joins leading designers from the UK and US, alongside the magazine’s editors, to explore contrasting approaches to scale, colour, comfort, formality and craftsmanship. The discussion considers how ideas now travel in both directions across the Atlantic, creating interiors that are increasingly difficult – and perhaps unnecessary – to define by nationality alone.

Never before have homeowners had access to so much inspiration. From social media and AI-generated interiors to virtually limitless customization, today’s clients arrive with more ideas—and more expectations—than ever before. Yet an abundance of choice can lead to decision fatigue rather than better design. For designers, the challenge is to edit possibility into point of view. This conversation explores how bold gestures, personal details, craftsmanship and intentional customization can transform an overwhelming range of options into interiors that feel cohesive, characterful and unmistakably individual.

Whether a monthly meet up for sharing ideas and support for one another’s work or a WhatsApp text group to send rapid fire opinions to trusted confidantes – be a fly on the wall to hear one of our industry’s longest running roundtables.

Join designers Young Huh, Chloe Redmond Warner, and Barrie Benson as they spill the tea with Homes & Gardens, Anthology – US Editor Benjamin Reynaert. Learn how their talents and intelligence impact their work and how friendships make us all stronger.

Join acclaimed designer Claudia Afshar in conversation with Modern Luxury Editor-in-Chief Phebe Wahl for an exploration of movement, form and designing with intention. Drawing on Afshar’s early training as a former classical dancer, the discussion will consider how discipline, proportion and perspective continue to shape her interiors, creative process and philosophy of thoughtful living.
As Claudia Afshar Design evolves into a global luxury design house, the conversation will explore the vision behind the brand’s expansion beyond exceptional interiors to a complete way of living. Guided by a simple philosophy, the art of living beautifully, every space, object, collaboration, and experience is thoughtfully designed to enrich daily life through beauty, craftsmanship, and emotional connection.
The conversation will also introduce Afshar’s debut collection with Baker, unveiled for the first time at What’s New, What’s Next, with a reception to follow.

What defines West Coast design today? From an effortless connection to the landscape to a relaxed yet highly considered approach to living, California has cultivated a distinct design language all its own. Join ELLE DECOR Design Editor Stephen Wallis and renowned designer Thomas Lavin for a conversation exploring the philosophies, influences, and cultural shifts that continue to shape the region’s creative identity. Together, they’ll discuss how geography, architecture, lifestyle, and craftsmanship inform the spaces designers create—and what East and West Coast design can learn from one another.

AI is reshaping the design industry at a dizzying pace—from changing how designers work and run their firms to transforming the way clients approach the design process. As AI-savvy clients arrive with ChatGPT-generated ideas, images and expectations, designers are also figuring out how these tools can fit into their own creative and business workflows. Join Business of Home’s Fred Nicolaus for a candid conversation with Blair Moore of Moore House Design, Alex Dunham of Workshop/APD and Sarah Robertson of Studio Dearborn about how AI is changing the game. The panelists will share real-world experiences, practical insights and thoughtful perspectives on using AI in their businesses, working with increasingly AI-fluent clients and navigating the opportunities—and challenges—that come with a rapidly evolving industry.

Join Business of Home editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen as she grills designers Michel Smith Boyd, Stephanie Sabbe and Benjamin Johnston about today’s most controversial design trends and business practices. The stories will be honest, the advice actionable, and the laughs guaranteed.

Every memorable room eventually arrives at the same question: What’s the paint color? Join Benjamin Moore and LUXE Interiors + Design for a conversation with Editorial Executive Director Kathryn Givens, designers Elizabeth Bennett, Mallory Robins, Christina Kim, and Tina Ramchandani alongside professional painters Bill Alpaugh and Jonatan Correa. Together, they’ll explore the designer–painter partnership, where creative vision meets technical expertise, and why the best interiors are defined as much by execution as they are by inspiration. Guests are also invited to explore Benjamin Moore showroom experiences throughout the day, from live watercolor portraits to thoughtfully curated moments that celebrate color, craftsmanship, and the enduring role of paint in great design.

Join Wexler Gallery for a 30-minute conversation between acclaimed design curator and writer Daniella Ohad and artist Richard Haining as part of the New York Design Center’s What’s New, What’s Next programming. Together, they will explore Haining’s practice of transforming reclaimed wood into sculptural lighting and furniture, discussing material history, craftsmanship, sustainability, and the evolving relationship between art and collectible design. The talk will conclude with audience questions and a reception in the gallery.

As House Beautiful celebrates 130 years of inspiring American homes, join acclaimed designers Young Huh, Corey Damen Jenkins, and David Phoenix for a conversation lead by Senior Editor at Large, Alyssa Longobucco, on the enduring appeal of classic design—and how they’re redefining it for today. From beloved historical influences to bold contemporary interpretations, these designers will explore what “new traditional” really means, sharing the trends they’d happily revive, the ones they’re ready to leave in the past, and the timeless principles that continue to shape exceptional interiors. In celebration of the launch of their new collections, discover how honoring tradition can inspire homes that feel both deeply rooted and unmistakably fresh.

What makes a home truly timeless? In this intimate conversation hosted by VERANDA’s Ellen McGauley with designer Nathan Turner, audiences will go behind the scenes of Nathan’s new oceanfront home at Rincon Point – a project rooted in enduring craftsmanship, effortless California living, and a seamless connection between indoors and out.
Inspired by VERANDA’s Forever Home editorial franchise, the panel will explore the principles of lasting design: investing in quality over trends, creating spaces that evolve with those who live in them, and thoughtfully integrating architecture, interiors, furnishings, and landscape. As outdoor living becomes one of the most important – and most lived-in – areas of the home, the conversation will examine how beautifully conceived exterior spaces enhance daily life and create a true sense of place.
Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, the home illustrates how outdoor spaces can become natural extensions of the way we live, entertain, and connect with nature. The panel will also explore why Brown Jordan was selected for the project – from its legacy of craftsmanship and enduring quality to its timeless aesthetic and ability to perform beautifully in a coastal environment – making it the ideal partner for creating an outdoor living experience as lasting as the home itself.

Wellness is now top of mind for many homeowners with clients requesting high-design fitness areas, rejuvenating spas, and rooms crafted to optimize rest and recovery. Join Jill Sieracki, executive managing editor of Galerie magazine, and designer Ghislaine Viñas as they explore how a culture focused on optimizing health has influenced interiors.

The Language of Luxury: An evening with Rosemary Hallgarten and Rush Jenkins, moderated by Jill Cohen. There is a kind of literacy that lives in the hands. Rosemary Hallgarten and Rush Jenkins have spent their careers developing it. It’s an instinct for material that goes beyond what reads well in a photograph and toward what holds meaning over time: weight, warmth, the way a surface ages, the difference between luxury that announces itself and luxury that simply is. Moderated by Jill Cohen, this conversation goes inside the minds of two designers who have made the pursuit of excellence a way of thinking, not just a method of specifying. The event marks two debuts. Rush Jenkins celebrates the launch of Natural Luxury (Vendome Press), the new WRJ Design monograph, with a book signing to follow the panel. Rosemary Hallgarten introduces her first wallcovering collection; an expansion that feels less like a new category than a natural arrival. Guests are invited to stay for cocktails and conversation, hosted by Sandow Books. Presented in partnership with LUXE and Sandow Books at the Rosemary Hallgarten showroom.

The idea of the American home is shifting rapidly, driven by changing lifestyles, new expectations around privacy and flexibility as well as a growing emphasis on wellness and connection to the outdoors. But are architects and designers truly evolving with these changes? Amuneal invites leading voices in residential design to examine where the industry is adapting, and where it may still be relying on outdated assumptions, offering a candid look at what today’s homes need to succeed.

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