Your Guide to Houston’s Spring Market

Design Bonanza Brings Major Names and Top Bloggers

By Anne Lee Phillips // Apr 13, 2017

David Netto, Photo by Ron Hamad

Decorative Center Houston’s Spring Market, Modern Classics Redefined: A Tribute to Timeless Designs, brings some big names to town. Aria Stone Gallery serves up coffee and bites before Veranda contributing editor and event designer Keith Robinson‘s 10 am keynote in the ground-floor gallery, followed by a reception at Ken Kehoe showroom.

At 11:15, Vladimir Kagan’s Mark Minichiello discusses the legendary designer, and the Classic Collection designed in the 1940s, at Holly Hunt showroom.

For the afternoon keynote, L.A.-based designer and writer David Netto speaks at 2 pm discussing and signing his new book on legendary French designer François Catroux (Rizzoli), in the ground-floor gallery, joined by Pierre Frey’s Fiona West, with book signing to follow at Culp Associates.

At 12:30, House of Harper blogger Caroline Harper Knapp and designers Saba Jawda and Sarah Jawda discuss Collaborative Design in the Digital Age with PaperCity‘s Anne Lee Phillips at The Shade Store.

For other appearances, see the website for the full schedule. DCH owner Charles Cohen, in from New York, caps off the evening with a by-invitation Stars of Design and Stars on the Rise celebration, and the opening fête of Dedon showroom.

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