When Dwayne Berbick, Peter Clarke, Heather Pinnock, Peta-Gaye Simpson, Cecil Foster, and Steven Livingston dispense advice, we listen! After all, they are experts in affordable housing, water resources, lighting, real estate development, and home renovation. The six presenters and Jamaica Observer Design Week conceptualiser Novia McDonald-Whyte had a captive audience of interior designers, industry professionals, and stakeholders from different sectors at the Design Week Ja 2025 launch at S Hotel, Kingston on Sunday, October 5.

“Design Week was created to showcase the beauty of our island. We all know it’s beautiful, and of course, we look forward to turning keys and understanding what’s going on. But we wanted to showcase the individuals who are actually making those interiors beautiful. And, of course, the painters, the electricians, the artisans, every single person,” said McDonald-Whyte.

Design Week, now in its eighth year, celebrates the incredible impact of design on people’s lives. This year’s theme, ‘Creative Resilience’, promises a fresh perspective with Conversations In Designs scheduled for ARC Manufacturing, Appliance Traders, Ashley Furniture Homestore, Spaces, Pinnacle Montego Bay, and H&L Rapid True Value.

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Staged to Sell FurnitureLand and Karmen’s Kollection CEO Carmen Brown (right) and Devon House Development Limited Chair Jean Anderson raised Cipriani Prosecco and Bellini toasts to eight years of #DesignWeekJa.Garfield Robinson

Creature Comforts Spaces Jamaica Marketing Officer Toni Hibbert and Mystique Integrated Services Chairman & CEO Valon Thorpe enjoyed the presentations from the comfort of the Spaces Jamaica Arcadia three-piece sectional.Garfield Robinson

Nifty Neutrals Onya’s Kloset principal and #DesignWeekJa habituée Onia Chambers was design-chic in neutrals from her boutique. Garfield Robinson

Page Turners Perusing the 2025 Design Week Style Observer were presenters (from left) Cecil Foster, Peta-Gaye Simpson, Dwayne Berbick, Heather Pinnock, Steven Livingston, and Peter Clarke. Garfield Robinson

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Brownie Points …for Cozy Home by Sham founder and CEO Shamika Hemmings-Gordon who was early to the party!Garfield Robinson

#Sweet8 Jamaica Observer Media Group Managing Director Dominic Beaubrun and his HR consultant wife Angelique shared the spotlight with the Future Bakery Design Week Ja eighth anniversary three-tiered cake. Garfield Robinson