What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?

As if…we’re dishing it all out!  

Last week we attended an international home furnishings showcase in Las Vegas.  The show offers a global selection of diverse and innovative trends in every product category. Held at the World Market Center in Downtown Las Vegas, the market features leading furniture lines in the industry.  One of our favorite Independent Interior Designers Janelle King of JK Design attended with us.

Here are some of our highlights:

 The 4 Queens on Freemont Street

 We stayed at the luxurious 4 Queens Hotel on Freemont Street in Downtown Las Vegas.  Your drapes and bedding may look like lasts night’s dinner, but you can’t beat that great downtown location and $5 Black Jack tables.  Freemont Street is home to the Viva Vision, the world’s largest big screen that canopy’s over the walk way below. The more than 12 million lights put on a great show every night. Talk about life size images!

Four hands

As for those of you who love Four Hands may have figured out, they do not offer all their products on fourhands.com.  Well do we have exciting news for you!  We now have the hook-up to their online warehouse database.  When you come visit us, this access will be yours as well!  You can sit in our beautiful showroom and peruse through their pages of amazing furniture frames, light fixtures and accessories. We are so excited about this and know you will too when you come in and check it out!

 Sushi Ruko

Suski Ruko was just the start of our culinary tour of Vegas.  Spicy tuna, Shrimp Tempura with Asparagus and California Rolls...need I say more?  The best, I dare say, was the Tuna Sashimi.  Raw tuna draped over a bed of sticky rice, dipped in soy sauce with wasabi…can I get a YUM!  It practically melted in my mouth. Oneof the finest culinary experiences I’ve had to date...wow…I find myself salivating just tying this.

Surya

Flat Weave, and loop pile, and shag…oh my!!  The flat weaves are making a move at Surya.  These rugs are more popular than ever.  And the newest thing in flat weaves? Layering.  You layer your fabrics right?  Ever thought of layering your rugs?  This is a popular trend in floor accessories.  Throw down a flat weave with a texture of your choice and lay your favorite piled rug on top.  Experiment with angles or try a larger flat weave that will show on all sides.  We can’t wait to try this out at ACI and in your space!

Antonio Ballatore

 While wandering around HStudio's showroom in Building A we made a celebrity discovery.  Antonio Ballatore!  Winner of HGTV’s Design Star and his new popular show, The Antonio Treatment. We couldn’t resist and asked for a picture.  He couldn't have been nicer.  I think we all have a new celebrity crush.  The Design Star is now following us on Twitter.  Yes, you heard me right!

Outer Limits

On day two we stumbled across quite an amazing discovery at Outer Limits.  This 2-piece sectional is 69” deep by 77”wide.  Let me put this into words we can call understand, 16 small children could sit on this one pieces for and watch movie on Friday night; the crazy cat lady and her 100 cats could all have their own space to stretch out on; the 6 members of the small Kansas town of Freeport could lie side by side and take a nap.  Still not big enough for you?  Not to worry!  Larger than life Ottomans are available to you as well.  Aside from its gigantic stature, this 5’9” x 6’5” was also created with function in mind.  Turned on its side, it can fit though any standard sized door.  It stays in one sturdy piece, from our showroom to your home.  We love this piece! It would be a great alternative to typical media furniture, and is sure to have all your friends talking. 

Well that’s all folks.  Hope you followed us during market on Facebook and Twitter.  If not, don’t miss out again.  Follow us today!

Still want to know more?  Come by the studio, we’d love to talk to you!

 Here are a few pieces we purchased at market this year. Look for these and more coming soon to ACI!

Neocon 2011

NeoCon is North America's largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors hosting over 700 showrooms and exhibitors.  NeoCon is three days of pure energy, new thinking, new resources, and new products. Over 40,000 architects and designers discover thousands of innovative products and resources for corporate, hospitality, healthcare, retail, government, and institutional and residential interiors.

Neocon was held Monday, June 13 thru Wednesday, June 15 at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, IL.  Our own Brent Dorrah attended the show this year. 

Here are a few vendors and products we found interesting:

Highway Series by Segis

Highway is a modular system of narrow and wide ribbons of upholstered seating which undulate to form seats and armrests creating large central or terminal curved lines. Highway enhances an environments’ quality with its particular play of shapes: the basic composition creates results never seen before, the alternation of curves and horizontal planes offer a marked visual impact. The broadness and versatility of the collection allow limitless compositions.

Taken from: Segis

 Orbit by Fluid Concepts

Orbit is a revolution in workstation design. Orbit workstations conform to how people actually work by providing single location access to a user’s work area In one continuous ergonomic circumference.

Taken from: Fluid Concepts

Ditto by 3form

Play with structure, shape and light with Ditto, a revolutionary new modular product by 3form. Ditto uses cross-shaped pieces designed to work together to create customizable partitions, wall features, art pieces—all in a box. Ditto features the high design flexibility of 3form Varia Ecoresin and the low impact of 40% pre-consumer recycled content.

Taken from: 3form

Bianca by Bradley Hughes

Bradley Hughes offers a line of accent tables that can be customized to suit your specifications. Their table bases are made from hand-forged iron and hand-crafted wood, and all are available in our exclusive line of Bradley Hughes signature finishes. The table top materials can be chosen from a diverse array of exotic materials, including concrete, acid mirror, colored glass, starfire glass, metals and wood. The flexibility to mix and match tops and bottoms make their accent tables unique and versatile. 

Taken from: Bradley Hughes

Ballara by Global

Ballara is a collection of single and modular seating units that incorporate lounge, table and power components. From the classic club to the more contemporary open armed seating and bench, Ballara units can gang together to incorporate an infinite number of lounge seating scenarios. Optional power modules and tablet surfaces that mount outside or in between seats can accommodate various work and collaborative solutions.

Taken from: Global 

10 Things You Might Not Know About ACI Design Studio



1. ACI stands for Abode Commercial Interiors.When ABODE Home closed in 2010, a void was created in Wichita (and the mid west) for contemporary and transitional furniture. We also discovered that Interior Designers and Architects were looking for a place to source quality home and commercial furnishings for their clients. So, in the fall of 2010 we relocated to 1425 E. Douglas and became ACI Design Studio to meet the needs of our residential, commercial and trade customers. 
2. ACI is 1 of 6 Companies under the Transition Group. TG is an umbrella company created in 1997, and is composed of six separate divisions; Furniture Options, Furniture Options Events, Marriott ExecuStay Midwest, Corporate Amenities, ABODE Venue, and ACI Design Studio. Transitions Group is a $21 million company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas with offices in Kansas City, Des Moines, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Dallas, Houston, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.
3. GM Brent Dorrah has been with the Transitions group for 20 years, working nearly every facet of the company and continues to learn each day. Brent's style and creativity can be seen in the products he sources for ACI. He has completed projects including administrative and executive offices, lobbies, lounges, automotive dealerships, restaurants, bars and cafés, financial institutions and the list goes on. Brent’s design acumen and dedication to “the project”, makes him the perfect person to head up our commercial, trade and residential interior furniture division.
4. We sell furnishings, not just furniture.  We have a wide variety of furniture options that will meet the needs of almost any project, but we have so much more than that!  In our showroom and catalogs you will find a variety of light fixtures, wall hangings, wall art, rugs, pillows, unique office supplies and tons of accessories ie. table art, vases, silk plants, etc.  If you’re just starting a project or looking for that finishing touch, ACI can help!
5. We offer design services.  Choosing the best furnishing for your space goes hand in hand with the design of your space.   With a team of experienced and educated designers, ACI understands how furniture and accessories best function in a space.    Already have a designed space?  ACI can still help you choose the best pieces! ACI also partners with many local designers and would love to match you up.
6. We have exclusive vendor rights for the Wichita area.  ACI has exclusive rights to several vendors for the Midwest area including BDI and Evolve. 
   1. BDI offers uniquely designed and extremely good quality home theater furniture, office furniture & home furnishings.
   2. Evolve is a complete systems furnishings provider that leads the industry in sustainable products.
   3. Calligaris is an Italian Home Design company whose products are designed for everyday use with an eye to satisfying the living needs of today's homes.
   4. Lazar specializes in home furnishings with over 25 years in creating fashionable homes with limitless choices.
7. We furnish outdoors too. Looking to furnish your outdoors this summer, but didn’t think to look here?  At ACI we aim to furnish all spaces including your outdoors.  Outdoor rooms are often leftover or forgotten.   We offer many unique lines not found at most outdoor furniture suppliers. 
8. Not everything we sell is expensive.  At ACI we put quality first.  All the pieces you find in our lines will be top quality and graded for your needs.  This makes some of our items more expensive then our competitors.  What you may not know is that we sell well below list price.  We have lines that range in price and can work within your budget to furnish your space.
9. Traditional products can be found here too.  ACI Design Studio offers unique modern lines not found in the Wichita and Midwest areas.  What you many not know is that ACI offers many traditional furniture and furnishings lines as well.  While you won’t find many of these lines on our showroom floor, we have many catalogs and online options for you to choose from.
10. All of our showroom items are available for immediate purchase.  At ACI we stock our showroom with pieces we find unique and most appealing to our clients.  All items on our showroom are priced and available for immediate purchase.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for in our showroom, we have more!  What is shown in our showroom is just a fraction of what ACI has to offer.  Come pay us a visit, we’d love to get to know you and your project!