DesignDash Announces Meet the Makers Tour at High Point Market Spring 2026
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The Meet the Makers Tour offers designers a curated way to experience High Point Market through direct conversations with brand leaders, guided showroom visits, and shared time with peers. Instead of rushing between appointments, the day focuses on deeper understanding of how collections are conceived, built, and specified in real projects.
Reflection Questions
What would I gain from spending time understanding how products are made rather than only sourcing them?
Which brand relationships do I want to strengthen while I’m at Market?
How might a smaller, guided experience change the way I evaluate products and partnerships?
Journal Prompt
Picture yourself back home after High Point, reviewing the products and conversations that stayed with you. Which insights about craftsmanship, process, or collaboration influenced how you think about specifying pieces for clients? Write about what deeper access to makers might change in how you approach sourcing decisions going forward.
High Point, North Carolina | April 27, 2026
DesignDash will host a curated, full-day Meet the Makers Tour during High Point Market Spring 2026, offering a small group of designers the opportunity to experience Market through direct access to the people and brands shaping today’s furnishings industry.
Taking place on Monday, April 27, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, the tour invites established interior design firm owners to extend their trip beyond traditional showroom visits and spend the day inside the stories, strategy, and craftsmanship behind leading collections.
High Point Market spans a shocking number of showrooms and hours of programming, making it nearly impossible to see everything in a single visit. The Meet the Makers Tour offers a different approach for busy firm owners like you. Rather than moving quickly between appointments, participants will spend the day engaging more deeply with a curated selection of brands and creative leaders.
The experience begins with breakfast and a welcome hosted by members of the High Point Market Authority, giving attendees time to connect with fellow designers and establish shared context before entering the day’s showroom visits.
Throughout the tour, designers and brand leaders will guide attendees through their collections, discussing how pieces are conceived, what inspires their work, how products are constructed, and how their lines are specified within real-world projects. These conversations provide insight rarely available during a standard Market schedule and offer a closer look at the decision-making behind the products designers specify every day.
The group will gather for a hosted lunch before continuing afternoon showroom visits and conversations. The day concludes with an exclusive happy hour at a featured showroom to create additional time for informal discussion and professional connection.
Designed as a relationship-driven experience, the Meet the Makers Tour emphasizes access, dialogue, and peer-level exchange. Participation is intentionally limited to maintain a focused and conversational environment.
Designers interested in attending may apply through the registration link below.
Event Details
Meet the Makers Tour at High Point Market
Monday, April 27, 2026
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
High Point Market, North Carolina
Meet the Makers Registration
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