Global Furniture Showcase

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This video goes into the incredible Shanghai Design Center to interview the center's CEO and several leading European design houses to get their take on how well traditional Chinese furniture goes with contemporary European designs. Emphasis is placed on the "architecture" of furniture being important, stressing that good lines in furniture of all types make for good companions when decorating the same room. It's possible to take a local vernacular style and wed it with clean, shapely contemporary furnishings to create a rich effect.

NeoCon 2010

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The folks at Interior Design magazine have an inside track to getting the scoops from residential and commercial design manufacturers on the latest furnishings, textiles, lighting, and decor systems. NeoCon, the Chicago Merchandise Mart's annual preview of all-things new to the market, is a great place to spot trends in everything from materials and colors to new configurations for old standbys like seating. Let's see Interior Design's product picks from North America's largest design expo.

Decorating for the Senses

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Let's hear from the ladies at 22 Bond Street, the LA-based furnishings store, about how they view decorating as a way to engage all the senses. They also put a special emphasis on sexy and sustainable, and this video shows you more about how they practice what they preach.

Venetian Gallery Renovation

Seldom have we seen a video that is both artistic and informational concerning the renovation and reconstruction of a building, and you're in for a treat. The site is a project by noted Japanese architect Tadao Ando, restoring Punta della Dogana in Venice, Italy. The video is time lapses of work captured from January 2008 through March 2009. Some project stats:

• 120 workers on average
• Contractor: Dottor Group
• Total of 300,000 project hours
• Site logistics and materials transported by water - 80% of the building's walls bordered the Venice Lagoon
• A temporary port was set up with barges
• Over 2,000 trips from shore carried over 10,000 tons of various building materials