Rules generally seen in the home furnishings industry. It's all about the turn of a chair leg, the fabric on the sofa, color lights.
At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, looks matter, too. But the real focus here is the ideas: about the materials and technology, about what to do furniture, and even about how we should live.
The best annual displays in modern design, which concluded in late May, carrying more than 500 exhibitors from around the world to New York. They show the new offerings will begin making their way to stores in the coming months.
What we found
High technology: Some companies, such as Herman Miller, focused on high technology. The light from the light leaves, an Yves Behar-designed LED desk lamp, dimming and change in tone with punch fingertips, thanks to the touch pad on the bottom ($ 525, www.hermanmiller.com).
Old and new material appeared: Oso Industries showed tables, console tables and dressing tinted, polished concrete ($ 1400 - $ 1850, osoindustries.com). Kinetic trove debut patterned wallpaper is made from blow-ups and computer-manipulated photographs of flowers ($ 125 for 25 - by 38-inch sheets, troveline.com).
Rugs: They were bigger than before, with new offerings from more than two dozen companies. Among them: Amy Helfand, a clear-colored creations combine elements from hiking maps and flora and fauna of the Appalachian Trail (prices start from $ 100 per square foot, amyhelfand.com), and Rugged Art, which shows the limited edition art -rug ($ 80 per square foot, ruggedart.com) a funky pattern out of the work group of New York and London artist.
Philadelphia textile-design firm Galbraith & Paul also introduced a line of carpet zingy, based on the patterns used in hand-blocked fabrics (prices start from $ 2000, galbraithandpaul.com).
Lighting: Lighting design was also interesting in the whole event, including Dform's laser-cut wood-veneer hanging lamp, the pieces interlock to create intricate patterns puzzlelike (prices ranging from $ 270, dformdesign.com), and Woggon's recycled-wire suspension , who has a nervous look post-industrial/Japanese (prices starting at $ 200, woggon.net).
Kitchen: At least a dozen modern kitchen Outfitters Europe shows a simple design featuring a high gloss cabinet meant to expose any greasy fingerprints, and sank almost not big enough to rinse a cup of coffee.
Versatility pieces
This is one of the largest categories in the fair.
An exhibition sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America showed some younger members' creativity in a coffee table that can fold up into a sofa fabric (akemitanaka.com) and bright steel-and-plywood seat restaurant with curved rack in the lower back, designed to keep the bag lady (www.mesvevardar.com).
And there is the latest offering from Meritalia designer Gaetano Pesce story, who was feted last year with the awards and the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The latest is a modular system of a velvet couch that consists of rectangular blocks and, in an array of jewel tones, which clip together to form different seating configurations (prices start from $ 789, meritalia.it).
We also have taken the family dinner table cleverly introduced by Ducduc, which launched a high-end line of modern children's furniture and baby fair last year.
Panel on the table fold from dry-erase board on one side to walnut on the other, and slide out to reveal storage beneath, to sweep the toys and crayons when it's dinner. Old storage bench with a specially designed, removable booster seats are also available ($ 8500 for six seat table, ducducnyc.com).
For kookiest multitasking, though, we chose to go to the Dutch Tub, wood-fired hot tub made of lightweight polyester and available in several candy colors ($ 6000, dutchtub.com). Starting a fire in the bathtub's stainless steel heating system, and you can cook your dinner on it in a special pan that comes with it.
Sustainable Design
New York Institute of Technology showed that student-designed furniture for the house of the sun.
New York's Parsons School of Design in collaboration with a Swedish design school to show plans and models for environmentally conscious printing residence.
And all events, large and small companies touted their products use minimal packaging, low-volatile organic compounds over, and sustainably harvested wood.
Wallpaper and textile producers Design Tex promoted a new line of bamboo fabric of British designer Jocelyn Warner. 3form company introduced a product called 100 Percent, made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and intended for architectural applications.
Two Philadelphia companies are part of the contingent of sustainable design. Mio, whose products can be found at national retailers like Target, shows a new spin-aluminum pendant lamp, table decorating kit modular cork, and a new design for 3-D, wall panels, made from recycled paper (mioculture.com).
SMC Furniture displayed some of the 30-piece collection of furniture made from reclaimed wood (prices start from $ 400, spacemfrs.com).
For the SMC, there has been an unexpected downside to the growing embrace of sustainability and consumer interest in designs that reuse old goods.
According to SMC's Brandon Phillips, reclaimed wood has become so sought-after that reclamation companies sending prices through the roof. "Ten years ago," he said, "You can pull this timber out of the trash."
source: www.azcentral.com
At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, looks matter, too. But the real focus here is the ideas: about the materials and technology, about what to do furniture, and even about how we should live.
The best annual displays in modern design, which concluded in late May, carrying more than 500 exhibitors from around the world to New York. They show the new offerings will begin making their way to stores in the coming months.
What we found
High technology: Some companies, such as Herman Miller, focused on high technology. The light from the light leaves, an Yves Behar-designed LED desk lamp, dimming and change in tone with punch fingertips, thanks to the touch pad on the bottom ($ 525, www.hermanmiller.com).
Old and new material appeared: Oso Industries showed tables, console tables and dressing tinted, polished concrete ($ 1400 - $ 1850, osoindustries.com). Kinetic trove debut patterned wallpaper is made from blow-ups and computer-manipulated photographs of flowers ($ 125 for 25 - by 38-inch sheets, troveline.com).
Rugs: They were bigger than before, with new offerings from more than two dozen companies. Among them: Amy Helfand, a clear-colored creations combine elements from hiking maps and flora and fauna of the Appalachian Trail (prices start from $ 100 per square foot, amyhelfand.com), and Rugged Art, which shows the limited edition art -rug ($ 80 per square foot, ruggedart.com) a funky pattern out of the work group of New York and London artist.
Philadelphia textile-design firm Galbraith & Paul also introduced a line of carpet zingy, based on the patterns used in hand-blocked fabrics (prices start from $ 2000, galbraithandpaul.com).
Lighting: Lighting design was also interesting in the whole event, including Dform's laser-cut wood-veneer hanging lamp, the pieces interlock to create intricate patterns puzzlelike (prices ranging from $ 270, dformdesign.com), and Woggon's recycled-wire suspension , who has a nervous look post-industrial/Japanese (prices starting at $ 200, woggon.net).
Kitchen: At least a dozen modern kitchen Outfitters Europe shows a simple design featuring a high gloss cabinet meant to expose any greasy fingerprints, and sank almost not big enough to rinse a cup of coffee.
Versatility pieces
This is one of the largest categories in the fair.
An exhibition sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America showed some younger members' creativity in a coffee table that can fold up into a sofa fabric (akemitanaka.com) and bright steel-and-plywood seat restaurant with curved rack in the lower back, designed to keep the bag lady (www.mesvevardar.com).
And there is the latest offering from Meritalia designer Gaetano Pesce story, who was feted last year with the awards and the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The latest is a modular system of a velvet couch that consists of rectangular blocks and, in an array of jewel tones, which clip together to form different seating configurations (prices start from $ 789, meritalia.it).
We also have taken the family dinner table cleverly introduced by Ducduc, which launched a high-end line of modern children's furniture and baby fair last year.
Panel on the table fold from dry-erase board on one side to walnut on the other, and slide out to reveal storage beneath, to sweep the toys and crayons when it's dinner. Old storage bench with a specially designed, removable booster seats are also available ($ 8500 for six seat table, ducducnyc.com).
For kookiest multitasking, though, we chose to go to the Dutch Tub, wood-fired hot tub made of lightweight polyester and available in several candy colors ($ 6000, dutchtub.com). Starting a fire in the bathtub's stainless steel heating system, and you can cook your dinner on it in a special pan that comes with it.
Sustainable Design
New York Institute of Technology showed that student-designed furniture for the house of the sun.
New York's Parsons School of Design in collaboration with a Swedish design school to show plans and models for environmentally conscious printing residence.
And all events, large and small companies touted their products use minimal packaging, low-volatile organic compounds over, and sustainably harvested wood.
Wallpaper and textile producers Design Tex promoted a new line of bamboo fabric of British designer Jocelyn Warner. 3form company introduced a product called 100 Percent, made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and intended for architectural applications.
Two Philadelphia companies are part of the contingent of sustainable design. Mio, whose products can be found at national retailers like Target, shows a new spin-aluminum pendant lamp, table decorating kit modular cork, and a new design for 3-D, wall panels, made from recycled paper (mioculture.com).
SMC Furniture displayed some of the 30-piece collection of furniture made from reclaimed wood (prices start from $ 400, spacemfrs.com).
For the SMC, there has been an unexpected downside to the growing embrace of sustainability and consumer interest in designs that reuse old goods.
According to SMC's Brandon Phillips, reclaimed wood has become so sought-after that reclamation companies sending prices through the roof. "Ten years ago," he said, "You can pull this timber out of the trash."
source: www.azcentral.com
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