May 28, 2015

AmericasMart to honor founder with White Party

AmericasMart will celebrate the unique aesthetic of its chairman and founder, famed architect and developer John C. Portman Jr., with a design exhibition and party in honor of his signature paint color, Portman White SW-PW240, during The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market in July. The color, available by request at all Sherwin-Williams stores, is a simple white with two dashes of red.

A common theme throughout Portman’s body of work, the signature color is frequently requested from Atlanta-area Sherwin-Williams stores by designers and architects looking to emulate the visionary’s distinct style, asking for “Portman’s White.” Now available through the store’s color database, designers across the nation can pay homage to Portman by requesting his Portman White at any Sherwin-Williams retail location.

The Portman White Vignette Gallery will be unveiled at the July Market, featuring seven acclaimed interior designers: Brian Patrick Flynn, Michelle Workman, Stan Topol, Michel Boyd, Niki Papadopoulos, Melanie Turner and Kerry Howard. Each designer started with a blank 10-by-10-foot vignette painted Portman White, access to the vast array of products from AmericasMart showrooms, and the charge to use their personal design aesthetics to pay tribute to the Chairman’s work in a high-impact way.

Design and trend authority REstyleSource also will merchandise Portman White-inspired displays in the lobbies of Buildings 1 and 2. The Building 1 lobby display will feature key trends in home and design products. The Building 2 lobby display will showcase the best-of-the-best in entertaining, outdoor and lifestyle merchandise.

AmericasMart proudly presents the Portman White Vignette Gallery in collaboration with “Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles” magazine, Sherwin-Williams and REstyleSource. The Portman White Vignette Gallery is located in Building 1, Floor 14, space 14-D-1. It will be available for viewing throughout Market, and will continue to be on display in the months thereafter.  A White Party, open to all Market attendees, celebrating the participating interior designers and Portman’s legacy will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2015.

For more information about John C. Portman, Jr., visit http://www.portmanholdings.com/board-members/john-portman.

For more information AmericasMart, visit www.AmericasMart.com, or follow @AmericasMartATL or @AtlantaApparel.