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Lee Jofa Presents Robert Brown for Holland/ Macrae Furniture

The latest addition to the furniture offerings available through Lee Jofa is a collection from Atlanta designer Robert Brown for Holland/ Macrae.

His collection bridges the gap between traditional furniture and the sleek modern and transitional styles on the market today. With so many homeowners living with antiques and looking for modern, high quality coordinates, this collection fits the bill.

An advocate for mixing old and new, Brown appreciates the history of design and strives for versatility both in his design work and through his furniture collection. Brown is often inspired by menswear, particularly masculine colors, beautiful textiles and tailoring. As for his design style, he favors a palette that is calming and inviting, and not too formal.

“I tend to use a lot of texture and neutral colors in all of my work. I like to really ‘layer’ the design,” said Brown. “I typically infuse color in small doses.”

The collection is available in Lee Jofa showrooms and through our website. Click here for more on Robert Brown.  

Robert Brown

Jennifer Powell had the opportunity to chat with Robert during Blogfest 2012 at the Lee Jofa showroom in the D&D Building in New York City, and he shared some insight about the collection. Take a look:  

 

 

Photos via Erica George Dines.

 

Blogfest 2012 Day Three

On the third and final day of Blogfest, we kept the momentum going through dark. Check out the final installment of our photo recap and be sure to visit us on Facebook to see some of the great recap posts written by the interior designers and bloggers in attendance.  

On a tour of the design studio for Kravet, Lee Jofa and Brunschwig & Fils, designers and bloggers were treated to a behind the scenes glimpse of our Kravet Carpet program, shown above.

Interior designer Lynn Byrne taking a closer look at Kravet Trimmings during the studio tour.

Next stop: The Museum of the City of New York, overlooking Central Park.

John Turner, color expert and director at Benjamin Moore, presents ColorPulse 2013, the latest color trends and inspiration from around the world.

Lee Rhodes, founder of Glassybaby, shared the inspiring story of her battle with cancer, commitment to philanthropy, and journey to become Entrepreneur of the Year one glowing candle at a time. Each attendee received a Glassybaby votive.

Designer Miles Redd, blogger and editor Marisa Marcantonio and photographer Peter Aaron discuss their roles within the industry with Interiors magazine's Michael Wollaeger.

Sponsors donated a variety of big ticket items, which were raffled off by special guest Anthony Baratta to surprised and excited attendees. Proceeds benefitted DIFFA, and Kravet matched 100%.

 For the final event of the night, The New Traditionalists sent us off in style with signature cocktails in their chic SoHo showroom.

Blogfest 2012 Day Two

Continuing the fun from the first day of Blogfest 2012, take a look at our continuing photo recap.

Tuesday morning, Kate Kelly Smith from Hearst Home Group welcomed our group to the 44th floor of Hearst Tower.

VERANDA editor in chief Dara Caponigro chatted with designers Darryl Carter and Timothy Whealon about the May/June issue.

House Beautiful editor in chief Newell Turner invited three New Wave designers (from left, Michael Herold, Jill Goldberg and Jon Call) to discuss their career paths and the "a-ha" moments they've experienced along the way.

The ELLE DECOR Modern Life Concept House, awaiting bloggers for a pre-lunch reception.

Anne Foster, Marisa Marcantonio and Suysel Cunningham at the ELLE DECOR Modern Life Concept House.

Robert Brown discussing his collection of furniture for Holland/ Macrae, on display at the Lee Jofa showroom at the D&D Building, where Traditional Home magazine hosted a Nantucket-themed luncheon.

Management consultant and author Keith Granet spoke to our group about design branding and taking your business to the next level at the Kravet showroom in the D&D Building. 

Alexa Hampton and Traditional Home editor in chief Ann Maine had the crowd in stitches talking candidly about the industry.

Designers lingered at the Kravet showroom for a chance to meet Alexa after the Traditional Home panel.

Marisa Marcantonio and Brunschwig & Fils showroom manager Andrea Brooke selecting a favorite piece to photograph for the Brunschwig Laduree Twitter contest. 

Baccarat invited designers and bloggers at Blogfest, along with guest of honor Vicente Wolf, for a "hard hat" preview of the new showroom. We sipped champagne and beautiful crystal chandeliers hung at eye level for perfect photo-ops.

Enjoying delicious food and drink from the kitchen experts at GE Monogram, our host for Tuesday's cocktail party. From left, Beth Greene, Ann Feldstein, Paula Cecere, Cary Kravet, Lisa Kravet, Jennifer Powell. 

Blogfest 2012 Day One

Blogfest 2012 was a whirlwind three day design event hosted in New York City by Kravet, Lee Jofa and Brunschwig & Fils. Along with our magazine partners and several great industry brands, we hosted more than 150 interior designers and bloggers for a series of exciting parties, panel discussions, show house tours and more.

The blog mentions have poured in, and we are overwhelmed with positive feedback from the event. We can’t possibly put into words how much each photo and kind thought means to us, so we’ve put together a photo recap showing just how much fun we had at Blogfest 2012. Today you’ll see all of the excitement from the first day, and in the days to follow you’ll see day two and day three.

Several attendees are posting recap blogs on our Facebook page so make sure to follow us there for more information about the event. If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend this year, stay in touch. We’ll be announcing details for Blogfest 2013 towards the end of this year.

Cheers!

JP

Margaret Russell welcomed bloggers to the Architectural Digest kick off party at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House.

As you can see, it was a full house!

Savant hosted our bloggers at the high-tech, high style Savant Experience Center in Soho.

Thom Filicia (center) designed the space at Savant, and joined us for the party.

Next stop was Savoir Beds. Bloggers sipped martinis, nibbled on sweets and lounged on Savoir's luxurious beds.

Check back for photos from Blogfest 2012 Day Two and Day Three!

Best of Blogfest 2012 - Social Media Contests

If you attended Blogfest this week, you know there were lots of opportunities for future collaborations with magazines. We’ve compiled all of the contests and incentives here in case you missed any of the details. All winners will receive a Best of Blogfest thumbnail logo to feature on the sidebar of your blog to call attention to your win and collaboration with a major magazine.

House Beautiful – The Aha Moment

The editors from House Beautiful want to know what inspires you, and what “aha moment” you have created in your own work. Ten winners will be chosen, and their photos will appear on House Beautiful’s Aha Inspiration Pinterest board, with links back to each individual blog.

To enter, write a blog post about your own “aha moment” inspired by the House Beautiful. You must own the rights to any images you feature in the post, and images of your own work are strongly encouraged. All posts must be published by May 29^th and please limit copy to 500 words. Once the post is live, tweet the URL to @HouseBeautiful using the hashtag #myaha. Editors will read all entries and select ten winners.

VERANDA – Memorable Rooms

Starting today through the following Wednesday (May 30^th), attendees are invited to email VERANDA’s web editor Candice Braun ([email protected]) their most memorable room of all time. It can be any room, from one they’ve seen in a magazine to their very own spaces. Along with an image of the room, describe in 75 words or less why you love the interior.

The contest will end at 5 p.m. on the 30^th  at which point our decoration director, Carolyn Englefield, will review all entries and select the top three. Those three winners will receive a copy of VERANDA’s new book, “The Houses of Veranda,” and will be featured on their Facebook page on Friday, June 1^st, at 10 a.m.

NY Spaces – Guest Blogging 

NY Spaces held a business card drawing and selected five attendees to write blog posts on the NY Spaces blog as contributors throughout the year. Congrats to the winners!

Interiors Magazine - The "Wow" Factor

Interiors magazine challenges you to peruse the current June/July issue, and find your favorite "wow" factor in each of the five featured spaces in the editorial well. Then, add one WOW of your own work or something you love. Submit your entry by posting the blog to the Interiors Facebook page.

Winning entries will receive a free one-year subscription to Interiors magazine. One "WOW" blogger will be chosen to guest blog for the magazine and be featured in Interiors' insider page in the printed magazine, as well as on the Interiors website and Facebook page.

Glassybaby

Glassybaby is inviting attendees to share their own inspiring stories on their blogs, and post a link to the Glassybaby Facebook page. Glassybaby will repost the blogs and share on their web site and social media. In addition, for the first time ever, they are inviting suggestions for Blogfest attendees to help name some of the beautiful colors that emerge from the glassblowers’ studio. Who better than a group of savvy designers and writers to tackle a fun task like this?

Kravet

In the coming weeks, we’ll be posting and reposting many of the recaps we’ve seen of Blogfest. A few of the recaps will be excerpted for the Fall issue of inspired.news, Kravet’s printed newspaper that is circulated within the industry to designers, magazine editors and showrooms across the country. We’re also inviting you to post your photos to our Blogfest Pinterest board. We’re in the process of inviting everyone to have access, but once it’s up and running you can pin away!

We hope you take advantage of these great opportunities to engage with your favorite magazines and brands. We can’t wait to see all of the posts and photos about Blogfest!