Commerce is a societal glue – it keeps people and markets functioning fluidly, allowing families, businesses, and communities to conduct their lives in monetary equilibrium.  As a strongly based mercantile global society, places of commerce offer designers an opportunity to celebrate the types of spaces and activities are key to sustaining healthy economies, their cities, and people’s purchasing patterns. Hospitality, restaurants, and retail environments all offer the chance to push the design envelop, where design, interior design, lighting, and fashion can come together in dramatic ways. We welcome the opportunity to support owners and patrons of these environments to come together.