Furnishings World Information Desk on
9/2/2025
The Excessive Level Market Authority’s Range Advocacy Alliance (DAA) has introduced recipients for its Range Advocacy Alliance Awards, to be celebrated at a presentation ceremony and mixer held at JH Adams Inn on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 5pm.
Varaluz/Varaluz Casa will obtain the Open Arms Award, awarded for inclusivity and hospitality in the direction of all showroom guests no matter race, gender or orientation. This award additionally acknowledges the Excessive Level Market exhibitor’s dedication to supporting variety by way of its employment practices and advertising initiatives.
Enterprise coach and inside decorator Monique Nicole will obtain the Mentorship Award, which honors trade leaders who share their information to foster success for established and next-generation professionals. This award acknowledges her historical past of providing steering, help and mentorship to rising designers from underrepresented backgrounds.
The Design Besties, Whitney Atkinson, Rhobin DelaCruz, Lori Johnson, and Nikki Watson, will obtain the Social Duty Award, honoring trade leaders or corporations who advocate variety past the Excessive Level Market commerce present expertise. The award spotlights people who drive neighborhood, innovation and distinctive views throughout the trade.
“Every Market season, many in our trade search to progress in reflecting the various views, design and folks that it serves,” says DuVäl Reynolds, founder and principal designer of DuVäl Design and DAA committee chair. “This fall, we are able to’t wait to honor the leaders who actively attempt towards this objective inside the dwelling furnishings neighborhood at massive.”
“The DAA awards have fun the people and organizations which guarantee a welcoming and provoking expertise at Excessive Level Market,” says Tammy Covington, HPMA president and CEO. “HPMA is proud to help the DAA’s dedication to cultivating fairness and illustration all through the trade, and to recognizing the trailblazers.”
The DAA Mixer begins at 5pm and the Awards Presentation begins at 5:45pm. JH Adams Inn is positioned at 1108 N. Foremost Road. This occasion is open to all Fall Market move holders. Free parking is out there onsite. To make the most of Market transportation, please name 336-887-RIDE.
This occasion is made attainable by the beneficiant help of a number of trade sponsors. Silver Degree sponsors embody Rock Home Farm Household of Manufacturers and Fabricut. Bronze Degree sponsors embody Benjamin Johnston Design, Chaddock, Rowe, Verellen, and Victoria at Residence. Associates of DAA sponsors embody Kravet and Phillips Assortment.
The DAA was established in 2022 to advance, enhance and help variety, fairness and inclusion (DEI) inside the dwelling furnishings sector. With 13 founding members, the group is managed by the social innovation agency Change Typically. The DAA mission assertion displays a dedication to broaden illustration of the BIPOC neighborhood and to facilitate the implementation of equitable insurance policies and practices all through the trade and its management.
Extra details about DAA could also be discovered at www.highpointmarket.org/DiversityAdvocacyAlliance.
Concerning the Excessive Level Market Authority
The Excessive Level Market Authority is the official sponsor and organizer of the Excessive Level Market in Excessive Level, N.C. That includes an in depth number of exhibitors spanning each class, fashion and value level, and attracting tens of hundreds of tourists from greater than 100 nations twice annually, Excessive Level Market is the driving drive of the house furnishings trade. For extra data, go to highpointmarket.org.
