25 Ideas from Crans Baldwin

Seems to be the topic of the day – “Ideas to Navigate through Change and Challenge” is the subject of Baldwin’s talk on Thursday at 2 at the Atrium at the Dallas Design Center.  When this topic just keeps cropping up (like the seminar I was in last week at the Spring Thing at the Decorative Center), why should you listen to this guy?  For one, he’s the president of Bergamo fabrics, for two, they now own Donghia.  At a time when some of the biggest fabric companies are just a little iffy (Scalamandre, anyone?), he obviously has something to say.  A few years ago, there were quite a few mergers and acquisitions going on the very exclusive (and incestual) designer fabric world, I predicted then that Bergamo would be one of the ones left standing.  I’m still betting on them, and I’m going to count to make sure there are really 25 good ideas.