Miami, FL…July 10, 2018…The Miami Home Design and Remodeling
Show, South Florida’s largest and premier home improvement expo
will take place, Labor
Day Weekend, from Friday, August 31st
to Monday, September 3rd
(Labor Day) at Mana Wynwood
Convention Center, 318 NW 23rd St, Miami, 33127.
One of television’s
most recognized architects/designers, John
Gidding of TLC’s “Trading Spaces”
will be the Home Show’s featured speaker presenting, Living in Art: Decorating Through Self-Expression. Gidding will also paint an original work of
art during the first day (before and between presentations) which will be
raffled off to an audience member at his final presentation.
“I enjoy painting
ad hoc and I think it’ll be a great way of getting people to think about where
they’d put a contemporary piece in their home, as they’ll potentially win the
piece that’s right there,” comments Gidding.
Gidding will
share some takeaways for how to feel about your own “art collection”;
identify ways of making walls have a purpose in each room; introduce different
usages of art in interiors through furniture, installations, paintings,
graffiti, etc.; and discuss the role of art in Trading Spaces and why
it’s always put off as "homework."
Giddings’ seminars
take place at the Ygrene Home
Improvement Stage at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 2nd and Monday
(Labor Day), September 3rd.
What to Expect at the Miami-Wynwood
Home Show
From traditional to trendy,
there will be thousands of choices for the home, backyard and office:
furniture; fine art and décor; landscaping items, patio furniture and grills;
appliances; doors, cabinets and fixtures; flooring; home automation; wall and
window treatments; home automation; hurricane protection, pergolas, awnings and
much more. Plus, special savings exclusive to the Show.
Other Show features will
include: lifestyle and industry professional seminars and labs; and the Designer Rooms for the Stars – four
Interior Designers will each create a room vignette for a television news
journalist “client” and reveal the final design to him/her at the Home Show.
City of
Miami Ribbon Cutting and Proclamation Ceremony | Media Photo Opp
The Miami Home Design
and Remodeling Show’s move to Wynwood marks a return for the Show to the City
of Miami, where it was held for more than 30 years in the Coconut Grove
Convention Center before it was demolished. Although doors are not open to the
public until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August
31st, members of Home
Show Management along with City of Miami
Mayor Francis Suarez, City
Commissioners, representatives of Wynwood
Business Improvement District (BID) and other VIP’s will be present at a Ribbon Cutting and City of Miami
Proclamation Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. at
Mana Wynwood Convention Center. Members of the media may attend
by sending an email to Lisa Morales, [email protected].
“It is a pleasure to welcome the Home Design and Remodeling Show back
to the City of Miami. It is fitting to kick off this year’s Show at its new
home at Mana Wynwood in the heart of one of Miami’s creative epicenters,
Wynwood. This show promotes distinct creativity and design elements that
represent the very characteristics of this area’s identity, making it the
perfect venue for this design-focused event.” – Mayor Francis Suarez, City of Miami.
About John Gidding
Growing up in a family of artists in Istanbul, Turkey, John Gidding’s
first design influences were a love of traditional decorative arts and
ornamental techniques. He then completed
the modern half of his education with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University
and a Master’s degree in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of
Design. John has enjoyed combining the
best part of both aesthetic approaches with projects all around the world,
ranging from residential and institutional architecture to landscape and urban
design. Some of his favorite projects
include working on the Brooklyn Bridge Park and Union Square with award-winning
landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. He’s also worked on the campus plans for
Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, and Cornell University, and a
pavilion for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
John was working as a runway model for Armani and Gucci while getting
his graduate degree when a scout called him in for a show casting, starting off
a parallel career in television as a design expert on ABC, NBC, CNN, HGTV,
Logo, and most recently on TLC as one of the new designers on the relaunch of
"Trading Spaces”. John is a
social media influencer and is always looking for new freelance collaborations
with creators and makers while he travels the country as a keynote speaker and
emcee.
About the Home Design and Remodeling Show
For the FIFTH consecutive year, BizBash
named the Home Design and Remodeling Show as one of Miami/South Florida’s Top
100 Events and placed fourth in the Trade Shows, Expos & Conventions
category. The Miami and Fort Lauderdale Home Design and Remodeling Shows have
been South Florida’s largest and premier home improvement expos for over forty
years. Homeowners can find a diverse range of products and solutions tailored
specifically to the Florida housing market. Plus, encounter some of South
Florida’s most prominent home designers and home remodeling companies. Because
the Home Show features hundreds of superior vendors, tens of thousands of
excited homeowners attend the Home Shows, every year.
Where, When and Contact Information
Miami Home Design and Remodeling
Show
August 31 to September 3, 2018
(Labor Day Weekend)
Friday: 4:00 pm –
9:30 pm
Saturday: 12:00 pm –
9:30 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm –
9:30 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 7:30
pm
Mana Wynwood Convention Center
318 NW 23rd St, Miami, FL 33127
$10.00 adults; $1.00 children 11 and under. Online or at the Box
Office. Purchase tickets online by Thursday, August 30th and SAVE $3.00.
Photo (additional photos by request):
John Gidding of HGTV’s “Curb
Appeal” and “Designed to Sell” is the celebrity presenter at the Miami Home
Design and Remodeling Show. Photo Credit for (1) Emily Rose.
Wynwood Walls – Photo Credit Mary Beth Koeth | Wynwood BID
Media Contact: Lisa Morales, allegory pr @ gmail [dot] com | 305.667.9299
