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EDITOR’S NOTE Future Focused By the time you read this, 2013 will have already begun, so: Happy New Year! But in truth, as I’m writing this, it’s still 2012—surely you didn’t think we put this magazine together in a week, did you?—and I’m thinking about all the things that need to be done before I leave for the holidays. Even without this first issue of the year hanging over my head, the last few weeks have been extraordinarily busy not only for me, but also for editors on sister brands, one of whom exclaimed on a few occasions,“I expected December to be quiet.” My email has seen a flurry of activity with companies announcing new products and new hires. And this morning, as I drove to work through furious winds and rain pelting the Tri-State area sideways, a radio announcer for a business program flew through a list of mergers and acquisitions. Just last night, I posted a story on Mohawk Industries’ acquisition of the Marazzi Group. SIgns of recovery? Perhaps. As I prepared this issue, a sense of optimism, however tempered, seemed a recurring theme. The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity released by Harvard University’s Remodeling Futures Program predicts an acceleration in remodeling spending through the first half of 2013. In fact, “Our leading indicator is calling for double-digit growth,” said Kermit Baker, program director and senior research fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. “I think that’s possible absent any of the other problems I talked about.” The problems he was referring to include, of course, the fiscal cliff, which at press time, we just jumped off. Hopefully, the break will bring about sanity in our government officials, and talks will resume. In any case, read more of Baker’s insights on the housing market and remodeling industry in Focus on page 18. January/February is also the issue where we devote our Trends column to color forecasting (page 20) for the new year. Because predictions are usually done a few years in advance, I am always curious about how unforeseen events, such as, oh, a dive off a fiscal cliff or a serious storm like Sandy, will affect their accuracy and our affinity for certain colors. But perhaps not surprisingly, some forecasters pointed to nature and climate change as factors informing their 2013 predictions: “All the environmental disturbance in our world has made the sky and water become turbulent places,” said Leslie Harrington, executive director of Color Association of the United States (CAUS). The continuing need for self-expression was also cited as a key driver and, interestingly enough, may make ubiquitous color trends and combinations a thing of the past, especially as “people become more confident making their own choices,” said Kate Smith, president of color consultancy Sensational Color, . 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of KBB - January/February 2013

KBB - January/February 2013
Contents
Online Contents
Editorial
Show Director’s Note
KBIS Special Section
Web Savvy
Focus
Trends
Products
Design Feature: A Touch of Glass
Design Feature: Glam Rock
Practice
Ad Index
Favorites

KBB - January/February 2013