Editor’s Pick: Capital Remodel + Garden Show Featuring Vern Yip

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Vern Yip told Metro Weekly in 2018 in a cover story interview. “Similarly, if something just functions and it’s not aesthetically pleasing, it’s also a failure.”The interview coincided with Yip’s appearance at the fall 2018 Capital Home Show presented by Marketplace Events.

The Trading Spaces-minted celebrity designer and HGTV star went on to suggest that everything he does professionally — each design and remodeling project he takes on, whether in private practice or on TV, and every Vern Yip-branded home decor and lighting product he markets — is ultimately guided by a core design maxim of form follows function.To Yip, design is of secondary importance — a project’s intended use or purpose should be the main concern, which in turn will inform the design, and be enhanced by it.A characteristically pragmatic, problem-solving approach to design along with a consistently clean and refined sense of style have contributed greatly to Yip’s enduring popularity over the last two decades.

As one token of his fame, Diet Pepsi introduced a limited-edition signature Vern Yip can a decade ago, making him the first — and still the only — interior designer so honored.Yip remains a regular presence in multiple shows, both new and recurring, airing on TLC and HGTV.

But this weekend, the McLean native will return to the Dulles Expo Center for another home show presented by Marketplace — the Capital Remodel + Garden Show.