Nate Berkus to Open Keynote Series At AmericasMart

Furniture World News Desk on 4/26/2017

AmericasMart® LIVE premieres July 11, 2017 in Atlanta with a cast of globally celebrated thought leaders in a new multimedia Market experience connecting today’s cultural icons and lifestyle experts with AmericasMart’s large and growing international community of buyers and sellers. Celebrity interior designer Nate Berkus kicks off a series of must-see keynote events that are the highlight of the July 2017 Market programming. Together with digital media visionary Erik Qualman, Berkus will help make AmericasMart LIVE the source for up-to-the-minute access to new-and-next ideas in a time of unprecedented retail disruption. Additional keynotes and speakers will be announced closer to the Market.

Programming includes:

Berkus in “Nate Berkus By Design, A Conversation about Finding Your Signature Style, and Thriving in Today’s Design World” on Thursday, July 13.

Having started his eponymous design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, at the age of 24, Berkus’ design philosophy remains the same as it was 20 years ago: your home should tell your story, what you love collected and assembled in one place. This philosophy continues to shape every design project, product collection and television makeover, from the “Oprah Winfrey Show” to his new his new show on TLC, “Nate and Jeremiah By Design.” In a rapidly changing design landscape, where does evolution and innovation need to take place, and what stays the same? In this keynote, Berkus will discuss the philosophy that catapulted his success, how to find your signature style, and why we can and should disrupt conventional design in order to flourish.

Qualman in “Disruptive Innovation” on Friday, July 14.
What technologies are emerging? Merging? How do I harness the power of Socialnomics? Qualman explores which innovative trends are cutting edge and which are bleeding edge to ensure your organization is not only on the correct path, but ahead of the curve. Most importantly, he explores how to infuse more disruption and innovation into your business.

The can’t-miss keynotes are part of comprehensive AmericasMart LIVE programming that informs and educates retailers and designers about the trends and innovations they need to grow their businesses. Experts from across the design universe – Brian Patrick Flynn, Carley Knobloch, Jenny Heinzen York and Patti Carpenter – present live show reports and interviews with tastemakers airing between demos, thought leader presentations, and spotlight videos featuring product, retailers, showrooms and trends broadcast throughout the AmericasMart campus and on its digital and social networks.

The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market runs Tuesday, July 11 – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 (Temporaries Thursday, July 13 – Monday, July 17) with The Atlanta International Area Rug Market is Wednesday, July 12 – Sunday, July 16, 2017. For more information, visit www.AmericasMart.com/July.

ABOUT AMERICASMART: AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 16 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and as many as 70 countries discovering product in more than 1,500 showrooms and more than 3,500 temporary exhibiting companies. ICON HONORS, the home and gift industry’s most celebrated recognition program, is produced and staged annually by AmericasMart.

Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visit www.AmericasMart.com.