Did anyone make it to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) this week in Manhattan? It looks like there were cool things to see and I am sorry I missed being there in person.
Spool Stools in 8 colors by Jeb Jones
My good friend and dependable source, The New York Times says, “This fair showed that objects as banal as recycling containers, stepladders, fruit crates and old potatoes can have flair.” And that is just the kind of furniture I like to see! Resembling a pile of firewood, this cabinet is by Cleveland designer Mark Moskovitz:
Facecord Cabinet by Mark Moskovitz
Picking up on the knitting craze, Esque Studio from Portland, OR presented the Cozy Light, a pear shaped glass lamp wearing a nice little sweater for those chilly gray days:
Cozy Light Lamp by Esque Studio
The New York Times goes on to report: At the Javits Center, Catherine Mui, a designer based in Hong Kong, showed her GO Recycling Bin, its compartments topped with sculptures of a bottle, can and carton to assist in sorting. Adding humor and clarity to recycling, the product will be manufactured this summer and available in the US for about $60:
GO Recycle Bins by Catherine Mui
Hannu Kahonen’s Fruit Box chair, on display at a Finnish design exhibition in the meatpacking district, challenged consumers who presumably have mastered Ikea furniture to assemble their own seating from recycled planks lashed together with linen cord:
Fruit Box Chair by Hannu Kahonen
One of the fair’s most remarkable objects in this genre didn’t look like craft at all, but an ebullient work of industrial design. The Bulldozer Lounge, a stocky aluminum-composite chair lined in neoprene that resembles a caterpillar (as well as a Caterpillar), is the first production piece by Mark Goetz, a New York designer, and Efe Buluc, a designer based in Istanbul, who have been working together off and on since 1997:
Bulldozer Lounge by Mark Goetz and Efe Buluc
“We wanted it to be animated and playful,” Mr. Goetz said, adding that his 7-year-old son is bursting with pride in his accomplishment. There is nothing toylike, however, about the $12,000 price of the made-to-order chair.
Um, I’ll be shopping for something in a much lower price range. Regardless, three cheers for whimsical art and design!
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