That’s right, Design Public is hiring! We’re looking to add to our famous Customer Service group, and we’ve just posted a job description.

We’re looking for a team member who is passionate about service and helping people. And this is a remote position, so you can live anywhere and still enjoy the fun! Sound interesting? Know someone who might fit the bill? Let us know!

Jenny Sauer currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. She divides her time between her business and teaching as an adjunct instructor in fashion design at the University of Cincinnati. She loves designer chairs, open spaces, natural materials and anything mid-century modern in design. She spent several years designing apparel for Abercrombie & Fitch and the Stride Rite brand.

We recently had the opportunity to ask her about her new company, three sheets 2 the wind.

What was your goal in starting three sheets? Why did you start the company?

“I started this company for several different reasons. I had never felt very at home in the corporate environment. The amount of time and creative energy wasted always frustrated me. At the same time my personal interests began to shift from fashion design into interiors and textiles. I made a goal for myself to have a business going by the time I was thirty. A few months before my thirtieth birthday I quit my job and moved from Chicago to Cincinnati to work for myself full time. Basically, I was looking for a different quality of life. I wanted the freedom to design whatever was inspiring me.

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Josh Spear blogged Urbana Design today.

Sina met Derek Chen, the founder and designer behind Urbana, at a talk at the California College of Arts and Crafts here in San Francisco. He’s our peeps, largely because his studio is on the same block as Sina’s apartment where we started the company. He was kind enough to loan us his vases and trays for a photoshoot and to display in our DOWNTOWN booth.

People LOVED them. Press LOVED them. I think it’s the colors — they look like candy.

The most common question: “how does he do the color?” The answer: fabric, set underneath a resin. The second most common question: ‘Urbana is Derek’s hometown in Illinois.

See more Urbana.

Not too long ago it was almost sacrilegious to even consider using wallpaper in your home if you wanted your minimalist, turtleneck-wearing friends to continue taking you seriously; nonetheless, if one thing was clear at ICFF last week it’s that wallpaper is making a comeback in a BIG way. One of our favorite designers, Madeleine Rogers of Mibo, has created a new line of bold, contemporary, wallpapers to compliment her existing range of Mibo lighting. The prints — inspired by British seaside resorts — recall a time of simplicity and style that pairs equally well with traditional and modern interiors. Check ‘em out.

P.S. Check out today’s Boston Globe for a write-up and photo gallery featuring Mibo, Vessel and other noteworthy designers at ICFF.

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