ICFF 2009

ICFF 2009 was smaller than last year, surely due to the economy, but there was no shortage of imaginative, thoughtful designs. Indeed, the amount of sustainable design at the show was greater than ever, and the pieces showed a great deal of both creativity and maturity. Below, here are 11 green designs, from floors to [...]

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It’s been a week since ICFF 2009 started, and I’m still blown away by the range of thoughtful, creative pieces were on display. Nowhere was that more evident than in the many Boston (actually, I stretched this to include all of Massachusetts) designers that were there. Needham-based Varier USA‘s booth – part of the larger [...]

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At Pomagranate Gallery on Greene Street in Soho guests were treated to a dynamic installation that featured a carefully choreographed wall of light. This is Focal Shift. Ocular patterns sculpted with motorized fins and accented with modulated brightness.  The exhibit served as a brilliant test of what can be done with the use of Jake [...]

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ICFF has come and gone but the show left both a lasting impression and a stack of press material to digest.  Never fear for due diligence shall prevail and a complete rundown of this year’s hits is on the way. In the meantime, check out some of the designers we met there: Designer Jake Dyson [...]

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What a weekend. In a flurry of two not-quite-long-enough runs through the Javits Center, we visited just about every booth at ICFF 2009. On top of that, we ended up going to six parties – five on Saturday alone. Hence the sea of press materials on my sofa. Needless to say, recovery – and jumping [...]

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