As you open the doors at KBIS, walk through the entry hallway at ISH and exit your taxi at Salonė de Mobile, your mind is laser-focused on discovering exciting products you will bring back to your showroom. Sure you will bump into many industry friends and share a thought or two but your primary reason for braving the monster buildings with countless aisles is to uncover new merchandise to excite your design hungry clients.
When I open the ballroom door and enter the 2022 DPHA conference, the booths catch my eye but I am looking for familiar industry wide faces and those new personalities that i do not know. The DPHA conference is all about the decorative plumbing and hardware, period. It presents me with the opportunity to see new products from decorative plumbing and hardware focused vendors, industry relevant education sessions and opportunities to interact with the people that manage and own DPHA businesses.