Las Vegas Market

The market this year was actually pretty good.

One comes to expect the same product in a dozen different showrooms from a dozen different manufacturers, representing knock offs of knock offs of knock offs... I feel rather sorry for the designers because clearly there is no way to protect your designs in this shameless industry.

That said, there were some new faces with some nice products.. if not exactly innovative they were at least interesting perspectives on existing designs.

In the last 4 years I've seen some of the hugest companies slide into obscurity, and some sharp newcomers claw their way to the forefront.

I spend most of my efforts on Building B, floors 6,7 and 8 because this is where the modern and contemporary distributors are mostly to be found. Of course its also where all of my competition hang out. I make certain to cover the rest of the show too in search of the hidden gems wedged between the wedgwood and the mdf.

Its interesting to me that so much of the american market can be described in terms of their distinctively pigeon holed / themed tastes: cape cod, log cabin, baroque italian, faux classical, mission and shaker, and of course modern (by far the smallest segment of the market here in the US).

Bye for now.
M