David Kohler and Laura Bielecki at Armani Restaurante January 2013

I had a wonderful and impromptu dinner this evening at the luxurious Armani Restaurante hotel with an array of Dubai’s design elite. Special guest and man of the night being Mr. David Kohler, president of the world renowned kitchen & bathroom plumbing empire. Mr. Kohler was elected President and COO of the company in 2009 and has pushed to make some great leaps with the family owned US based company. Kohler is excitedly anticipating the opening of the largest Kohler showroom in the Middle East in Dubai at the end of March. Yours truly will be on location for the opening to report.

David Kohler. I think the companies tag line also fits its charming president…

For any one who has lived in the dark for the past 20 years, Kohler is a mid-high end plumbing company. They specialize in everything kitchen and bath plumbing related items for residential and commercial bathrooms from faucets to toilets and bathtubs.

On another note, Restaurante has to be one of the finest Dubai restaurants I have been to yet. It is simple and quiet with clean detailing and a large but incredibly comfortable environment.The food was simply exquisite and the ladies desert of a giant pearl with gold leaf was remarkable and truly one of a kind.

~ Laura of Arabia ~

Invitation for Interior Designers in Dubai to meet Cheryl Durst, Vice President & CEO of the IIDA (International Interior Design Association)

For more information or to RSVP as an Interior Designer for the event please message me via my blog or my commenting below and be sure to bring your business cards.

See you there!

~Laura of Arabia~

World Luxury Expo Series Middle East

I just got back from a fantastic evening at the 2013 Dubai World Luxury Expo held at the Burj Al Arab. The 3 day exclusive invite only event which began this evening is filled with luxury brands to dazzle our life. Luxury in Dubai is defined according to this event along with many of the UAE’s elite as a combination of brands such as:

Hastens beds with a new introduction of an exclusive Hotel range of luxury mattresses targeted at the unique, customer driven, 5 star hotel market. Not to mention a classic range of residential products that can make you melt into a blissful nights sleep.

Steinway handcrafted music hall quality pianos (1,000 max. made per year) along with its counterpart Crystal Rocked Pianos an exclusive and luxury collection of Swarovski clad instruments.

Bentley motors rolled up with their luxury lineup.

Cantonnet & Cantonnet rocked their bling earrings

The London Robe Company strutted some superior masculine chic men’s suits with the launch of their Knightsbridge Collection, blazers and robes worthy of the Playboy mansion,

Pro Art Gallery Dubai flaunted some Miro and Dali originals as if they were just another item in the collection with pieces equally as fascinating and distinguished.

Another list for my readers and fans to help me add to my ever expanding portfolio…

Modenus – the international designspotting website – is in the process of culminating a top 100 Interior Design Blog list curated by YOU!

If you are a Luxury Interiors fan I would certainly love your vote! So how can you curate the list? See below:

HOW TO VOTE:

1. Click this link and look for your fav design blogs (like moi: Luxury Interiors)
2. Click on the little hand next to the blog name and sign in with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn etc.
3. Then VOTE by clicking on the hand one more time