Ingo Maurer’s SoHo space was the site for new lighting during ICFF. The Tu-Be pendant light that Maurer designed with Ron Arad featured toothpaste tubes in much profusion. There were plenty of versions of the snakelike Alizzcooper lamp in pendant, table and floor models. Some were even threatening the rats in the Seven Rats installation created in honour of the year of the rat, a time of plenty and a good time for new beginnings. All of Maurer’s new pieces are a delight to take in, but the Early Future table lamp and the Flying Future overhead are of special note. Maurer worked in conjunction with Osram to create pieces that use modules of organic light emitting diodes, a new polymer technology.
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The theme of Visual Reference Studio’s booth at ICFF was Thermosensitive Experiences. The Mississippi-based design team of Erin Hayne and Nuno Gonçalves Ferreira is behind the Swamp Collection, a series of heat-sensitive stools and lounges that integrate materials that allow the surface to change colour temporarily in response to body heat or ambient heat. Far from being a gimmicky fad option, the collection is a class act that encourages users to interact with objects in order to enjoy tactile experiences. Visual Reference Studio’s new collection includes Touch wall panels for public spaces and the Please Touch pillows that offer a smaller scale thermosensitive option. A new colourway was also presented, so that there is also the option of seeing the red material change to violet.
The mission was clear: scour every nook, cranny and aisle of the ICFF hall in the Javits Center for treasure. And among the familiar names, faces and products, finds from all over the world were indeed to be found. Sometimes an entire line was worth stopping to examine, or maybe it was just up to one piece, or the way the installation had been created. Whatever the case, the designers were usually on hand and ready to tell their many stories. There were push-pedal bins from Denmark by Standinn, inside-out soccer ball bags from Germany’s ex49 and Czech abstract vases by Maxim Velcovsky for Qubus. There was copper table by Plodes Studio, an emergency stool from D. E. Sellers Furniture and a concrete table printed with eco-friendly inks from Parvez Michel.
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