Oshibe by Tomomi Sayuda - Never seen this before: when you put eggs on stamens, Oshibe plays tender ambient sounds and lights up.
LZF lamps: veneer floral lamps
umbra
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) won an ICFF Award for their booth. The project presented is called also MICA, standing for Material Inspired Concepts and Artifacts. The brief was to get inspiration from traditional natural materials that have been around since centuries and are therefore "proofed by history".
kerf: environmentally friendly plywood laminate
qlocktwo
german design: Elisa Stozyk
Amy Helfand
um project
amuneal
MIO: they also make pop up bicycle baskets (that don't pop back down) and tyvek jackets
air division
A for Areaware?
Areaware: mumblejumble
Innit: back, acalpulco powder coated steel frames and vinyl cord chairs
design house stockholm: sponge umbrella stand
design house stockholm: box light
design house stockholm: this light bulb is actually tiiiny!
Peter Sandbacks
stern shaukelbett rocking bed.
faktura
UK designer daisuke hiraiwa with stainles steel dish pads cloud lamp
haime hayon!
Czeck firm Verreum ?
'Moving Mondrian' by Vladimir Amos : "Made of Corian and placed on rubber wheels, the whole unit as well as some of its drawers allows for mobility – contrary to the rather static appearance of Mondrian’s paintings."
Treasury Table' by Lucie Koldova for PROGRESS CZ: "translucent glass top reveals drawers of varying sizes, all atop aluminum legs."
studio Olgoj Chorchoj ?
red shelf being cut off is from Spain, a bookshelf called wisdom tree
Objecti: won ICFF Editors Award for New Designer. lamps hanging in right photo one are made from red FELT!, left is the aerialist series
helps circulate air in a room
heman miller booth
kikkerland: won acessories award, ultra flat wall clock
kikkerland samurai sword umbrella
robin egg blue is the new black?
tom dixon
Peter Stathis & Virtual Studio
ribbon lamp, time for some arts and crafts at home
the Egro Ergo "a revolutionary seating concept combining the benefits of dynamic sitting with a bold contemporary design." I wish I tried it out..
I don't understand textiles, but this one is coooool! - Anne Kyyrö Quinn.
maike and maaike for Council; "swarm"
black + blum high and dry joseph and joseph dishrack.
Tokyo - Qurz inc. nice products made from bamboo
mattress lamp!
Ben Huggins from UK: flat pack table
Door stopper book ends
Design KLYK
modular tetris shelving
Peter Stathis + Virtual studio: Ikebana flat LED table lamp (360 rotation!)- Lighting award
the red seat comes off
this man knows my coworker!
RockPaperRobot magnetic floating table
IDEA international or boskke
IDEA international
red! on white!
I'm not a fan of having pantone on EVERYTHING.
myungseo kang: studions: accordion book lamps and bench
myungseo kang: studions: accordion book lamps and bench
I'm not sure if you can notice from the photos, but there is a lot of wood and natural materials. I think there was a focus on returning to the honesty of materials and using them in that manner. Tiny details also become super important so it is no longer about what a product can do and looks like, but what it feels like as well. (or perhaps it has always been that) Plus, there are companies who are out there focusing on improving materials (ie. 3form) to improve products, and I really think that can go far. Materials matter!
And although nowadays the machine is the artisan, they seem to be finding a balance with each other. Manufactured products are being produced with crafted details. What's old is new and new is old!
I wonder if this insight is just because I'm taking my first steps into a world of appreciation for design and manufacture whereas in the "real world" mass produced furniture for the middle income family would never notice, understand, or appreciate the difference in detail or design.
what I missed: designs from Naoto Fukasawa, Alvar Alto, Subterra cork tables, tiny figurines from Marcel Wanders, the Lunar cradle, Jonathan Adler...
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Next time I won't tire myself out before attending!
link: Czech glassworks at ICFF, MICA- core77
