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Home Products/Interior Design Resource Directories
  
Revised 10/2/07

Prepared by Mata Stevenson, Assistant Professor, Reference Department

Designer Locators  |   Product Locators

DESIGNER LOCATORS

ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Designer by Name
http://asid.org/find/Search+for+an+ASID+Designer+by+Name.htm
Search designers by name.

ASID New York Metro
http://www.asidnymetro.org/search/
Search by designer profiles.

ASID Referral Service
http://asid.org/find/ASID+Referral+Service.htm
Choose designers by type of design project.

Interior Design Directory
http://i-d-d.com/
Interior design and feng shui megasite. Directory of designers, redesigners, feng shui consultants, and design centers.

Interior Design Society
http://www3.interiordesignsociety.org/scripts/t3cgi.exe/admin/member_locate.taf
Search tool for residential interior designers, interior decorators, design-oriented home furnishings stores and their staff, design studios, and select manufacturers and distributors of design oriented products or services.

See also the Product Locators (below) with notes that they also having designer locators.

 

PRODUCT LOCATORS

These sites, run by associations, trade magazines, or commercial enterprises, typically contain directories or lists of links providing contact information for manufacturers, reps, service providers, retailers, and other resources useful for home products and interior design projects.

AHFA - American Home Furnishings Alliance - Member Resources - Suppliers Resource Guide
http://ahfa.us/resources/suppliersguide.asp
Information and links to all AHFA Supplier Division members. The database may be searched by product or by service. It also may be searched by state.

AHFA - American Home Furnishings Alliance - Member Resources - Trade Name Search
http://www.ahfa.us/ftn/ftn.asp
Listing of trade names by manufacturer. The database may also be searched by trade name.

ARCAT - Building Projects, Specs, Specwizards, CAD Details for Architects and Engineers
http://www.arcat.com/
Search the ARCAT (Architect's Catalog, Inc.) database by company name, brand name, product type, or association.

The Blue Book of Building and Construction
http://www.thebluebook.com/
General contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers working within the building and construction industry.

Building Online Directory
http://buildingonline.com/
Search engine provided by Building Online, an internet design agency for the building and home improvement industry.

Building Products and Materials by Sweets Network
http://products.construction.com
McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Network. Product catalogs, manufacturers directories, resources, and links. Search by products, projects, and people.

Building.com
http://build.com/decor/home.pl
Manufacturer directory and New Product Showcase. Lighting, plumbing, hardware, and home decor.

Buildings.com Buyers' Guide Home
http://www.buildings.com/directory/
Browse product and service listings or search by keyword

Casual Furniture Retailers
http://casualfurniture.org/dealer_locator/
Serves as a directory of casual furniture retailers with search by geographic area.

Contract Lighting Search
http://www.contractlighting.net/search.cfm
Search for manufacturers, architects, specifiers, designers, lighting reps, shows, market centers, and associations.

Contract Source Guide
http://www.contractdesignsourceguide.com/
Contract magazine's directory of product and service providers for the commercial design community working on retail, commercial, and corporate spaces.

D&WC Online Directory & Buyer's Guide
http://dwcdesignet.com/Directory/index.html
Drapery & Window Coverings Magazine product, company and organization directory.

Design Group Directory
http://mediabrains.com/client/design/bg1/search.asp
Product source guides for architectural lighting, contract furnishings, hospitality design, and the kitchen and bath business. Search through all four guides by company name and keyword.

Designguide.com
http://www.designguide.com/

Includes a directory of design professionals, a huge online product showroom for residential and commercial markets with images, and industry links to associations, design centers, magazines, etc. All have profiles and links to sites. This also has a designer locator.

Entertainment Design Industry Resources Directory
http://bg.entertainmentdesignmag.com/industry_resources
Search suppliers by company name or category.

Find Your Furniture
http://www.findyourfurniture.com/furnfind.asp
American Home Furnishings Alliance's furniture finder for consumers with links to sources.

Floor Covering Weekly Product Source Guide
http://psg.floorcoveringweekly.com/fcwframeset/psg_search.asp
Search manufacturers, distributors, sales agents, and services.

Furniture Today & Home Accents Today Buyers Guide
http://www.homeaccentstoday.com
Listing of furniture and home accents manufacturers, importers, suppliers, etc.

Furniture World MarketPlace Listings
http://www.furninfo.com/epages/default.asp
Find furniture manufacturers, suppliers, consultants, and other industry services.

Glass Factory Directory of North America and U.S. Industry Factbook
http://www.glassfactorydir.com/
Listing of the glass manufacturing locations (not artists or studios) in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Home Furnishings International Association Directory
http://www.hfia.com/sw_rr_directory.asp
Lists manufacturers' representatives in the southwest.

Home Furnishings News Online Directory
http://www.hfnonlinedirectory.com/
HFN's directory of home furnishing product suppliers, including home textiles, tabletops, furniture, floor covering and much more.

Home Lighting & Accessories Lighting Search
http://homelighting.com/locator.cfm
Search for manufacturers, parts suppliers, representatives, stores, shows, market centers, and associations.

Housewares.org
http://www.housewares.org/industry/search/default.asp
International Housewares Association directory of manufacturers, manufacturers' representatives, exporters, service providers, associations, journals.

idhonline
http://idhonline.com/
Interior Decorators' Handbook online. The New York metropolitan area's main resource guide for the interior design industry.

IESNA Manufacturers Directory
http://www.iesna.org/manufacturers/manuf_search_form.cfm
The Illuminating Engineering Lighting Society of North America's manufacturers directory.

Interior Design Buyers Guide
http://resourceguide.interiordesign.net/default.aspx?pubid=1
Interior Design magazine's online buyers guide with contact information and links. Search by category, keyword, or company.

Interiors & Sources
http://isources.hotims.com/r5/search.asp?action=search&return_by_category=y
Interiors & Sources magazine product directory and source guide with links.

International Furnishing and Design Association Find an Expert
http://ifda.com/findanexpert.php?PHPSESSID=07a835a1da2c8cfceaf829d6e6397e7a
Multiple expertise categories useful in finding an expert. Also includes designers.

International Sleep Products Association Supplies Guide
http://www.sleepproducts.org/Template.cfm?Section=Supplies_Guide&Template=/CustomSource/SuppliesGuide.cfm
The mattress manufacturing industry trade association's supplies search tool.

Unfinished Furniture Association
http://unfinishedfurniture.org/
Retailer, Sales rep, and manufacturers listings.

Wallpaper Directory
http://www.wallpaper.com/directory/

Profiles of architects, interior and product designers, retailers, and manufacturers. This also has a designer locator.

Western Home Furnishings Association Directory of Western Furniture Manufacturers and Service Providers
http://whfa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=41
The industry advocate of the independent home furnishings retailer. Site also has member and service provider directories.
 

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