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D esign destination Avenue Road has opened a temporary Dallas studio in the Dallas Design District, with a nearby permanent location in the works. Avenue Road was founded by Munich native Stephen Weishaupt of Toronto's Weishaupt Design Group in 2007 and has locations in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, and Miami. The Dallas studio offers Avenue Road's highly curated collection of furniture, accessories, lighting, textiles, bespoke kitchens, and architectural products from such designers as Christophe Delcourt, Sebastian Herkner, and Yabu Pushelberg. The products are presented in immersive spaces that cultivate meaningful relationships between makers, emphasizing the authenticity of their products and materials and the stories of their creators, and design devotees. Weishaupt and team select pieces not only for aesthetics, but also for sustainability, integrity of craftsmanship, and the humanity of their makers. Included are Weisthaupt's own Immersive Design at Avenue Road T he 163-year-old British textiles manufacturer Sanderson has a veritable treasure trove of archive designs from its early collaborations with Walt Disney Studios, many dating to the '20s and '30s when Mickey Mouse was first introduced. To mark Disney's 100th anniversary, Sanderson has partnered with Disney Home to produce a charming new collection of 14 wallpapers and 12 fabrics, including designs produced in the same colorways and scale as the original hand- block printed archive documents. Others are inspired by classic Disney cartoons and movies and combined with classic Sanderson stripes or designed with an overall toile effect. One of the most delightful interpretations places archival drawings of Bambi and Thumper amid a springtime We're Charmed Man of Parts, Delcourt Collection, M2R, Pulpo, Bieke Casteleyn, Van Rossum, Zanat, and Etel. Avenue Road also has partnerships with global brands such as Italian-based Salvatori for natural stone, Tribù for Belgian furniture, and Obumex for Belgian kitchens. Art advising and procurement is also offered by 5oz., another Weishaupt brainchild intended to create a new type of highly individualized art-buying experience. Avenue Road, 1210 E. Levee St. (temporary location), avenue- road.com. Anne Lee Phillips scene of archival Sanderson florals, which was created especially for the collection and hand-painted in gouache. Disney Home X Sanderson, to the trade at Culp Associates, culpassociates.com. Rebecca Sherman A vast new Visual Comfort & Co. showroom — the largest to date — has opened in the Dallas Market Center in the 31,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Taylors Showroom. Over the summer, Visual Comfort acquired the to-the-trade Taylors, which had represented them for years. Owned by Jane Murray, who recently retired, Taylors helped build the beloved VC brand throughout the region by carrying a large selection of its lighting and building a loyal clientele of designers and trade professionals. It's one of the world's most prominent lighting companies, with collections designed by Ralph Lauren, Aerin Lauder, Alexa Hampton, Kelly Wearstler, Suzanne Kasler, Barbara Barry, Christopher Spitzmiller, John Roselli, J. Randall Powers, Michael S. Smith, Lauren Rottet, Thomas O'Brien, and more. To the trade. Visual Comfort & Co., Dallas Market Center, 2000 N. Stemmons Fwy. 1D111, visualcomfort.com/ dallas. Rebecca Sherman See the Light Tiglia table lamps by Kelly Wearstler for Visual Comfort Avenue Road Avenue Road Disney Home x Sanderson's Hundred Acre Wood wallpaper 88