It’s that time of year again, when the fantastic showrooms in the Decoration & Design Building open up their doors to show off the latest and greatest in the design world. This month May 16, the building will host hundreds of guests (designers, media, industry professionals) in their day-long event with lots of newly interior design info.

Here are some of the highlights:

9:30-10:30AM, WSJ magazine Editor-in-Chief Deborah Needleman will deliver the keynote address to kick off the day's events, Astra 14th floor.

11:00-11:45AM, Lorin Marsh, Suite 720, Bedmaking Event. STE. 720; Agostino, Marrying Business with the Art of Design with Charles Pavarini III. STE. 1502; Lutron, "Hiding Technology” CEU. STE. 138.

12:00-12:45PM, Baroncelli, Lighting Design for Commercial Spaces with Hilli Wuerz of Rockwell Group. STE. 1507; Fortuny, DESIGN LOVES ART TALK: Murray Moss and Susan de Menil. STE. 1632.

12:00-12:45PM, Pierre Frey, Visit Pierre Frey for the official reception to celebrate the collaborative launch of Hutton Home. STE. 1611; Robert Allen | Beacon Hill, Trends in Outdoor Living with New York Cottages & Gardens Editor-in-Chief Kendell Cronstrom and Editorial Director DJ Carey. Light fare and refreshments served. STE. 301

1:30 to 3:00PM, Schumacher, Designing for a Sophisticated Child. Join designer Lulu DK and Susan North, Schumacher’s Senior Vice President of Design & Creative Director, for a panel discussion. STE. 832.

2:00-2:45PM, Walters Wicker, Social Media Marketing Made Simple. STE. 538; Leron, Pillow Talk with Scandia Down, light refreshments served. STE. 1521.

2:30-3:15PM, Stark Wallcoverings, Design: Concept to Execution with Wallcoverings. Artist Anya Larkin. STE. 1002.

3:00-3:45PM, Baroncelli, Lighting Design for Residential Spaces. STE. 1507; Maya Romanoff, "Dialog with Designers". Meet NEW YORK SPACES Editor in Chief Jason Kontos. STE. 922.

3:30-5:00PM, Crestron, How to Incorporate Technology into Your Design. Cocktail reception and drawing for a FREE tabletop docking station for iPad to follow the presentation. STE. 407.

4:00-6:00PM, Lewis Mittman, Uptown/Downtown: A Toast to Beekman Place by Skip Rumley with INTERIORS Magazine. STE. 903

5:00-7:00PM, Lorin Marsh, David Scott's Outside the Box new release booksigning and cocktail reception. STE. 720.

17th Floor Block Party (All guest received a chance to win a new IPAD 3), and open house event will host throughout the building. (Check the DDB Spring Market Newsletter for more info).