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May 19, 2008

ICFF 2008: Highlights from the NY furniture fair

by Ali Kriscenski

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Inhabitat is at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in NYC, and we’ve been scouring the show all weekend for the hottest sustainable design finds. We’ve had a great time catching up with some of our all time favorite designers, and discovering a bounty of fresh ideas from this year’s new innovators. We’ve been most inspired by the work coming out of students and recent grads from the CCA (California College of the Arts) Eco-chair competition, as well as BVDcollective’s Waste Not collection made from recycled materials. Trends we’ve noticed so far include intricate lasercut lighting, lasercut aluminum tables (does the world need any more of these, really?), and eco-friendly children’s furniture. We will be bringing coverage on all of the exciting designs we’ve found from this four day design extravaganza, so keep it tuned here for the best sustainable design coverage from ICFF.

Check out our photo gallery of ICFF 2008 >

Here are our highlights so far…

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ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiBVD Waste Not lamp made from recycled plastic knives

Iannone Cork Mosaic Deery CabinetEco furniture designer Iannone always impresses us - this year his cork deer cabinet was our favorite

Brian Schmitt boothBrian Schmitt’s bamboo lamps are another longtime Inhabitat favorite

Sunglass lamps + little modelThis was ridiculous, but we had to mention it: lamps made from sunglasses! (unfortunately not recycled…)

$42000 Dollar Table - logs coated in pure silverAnother example of sheer ridiculousness - a $42000 silver coated table. All we can ask is ‘Why?’

Paul Donald + Soccer Ball BagInhabitat friend and green design retailer Paul Donald (Branch) models a recycled soccer ball bag

ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiOZ Low Chair by Cate&Nelson - we love the simply gorgeous idea behind this multi-colored felt ‘flip’ design

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ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiBotanist Blank Canvas series - eight distinguished designers created a new version of Orange22’s indoor-outdoor, eco-friendly Botanist furniture, and raised money for the chairty of their choice in the process.

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Newspaper chair from CCA booth - you can stash your magazines inside the chair for storage and added structural stability

ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiGorgeous plyboo table from Test Collective

ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiDavid Trubridge’s beautiful ‘Spiral Islands’ booth

ICFF New York 2008, Design Week New York 2008, Inhabitat New York Design Week 2008, Inhabitat ICFF 2008, Inhabitat International Furniture Fair 2008, Javits Center ICFF 2008, sustainable design NYC, Iglooplay Brooklyn, California College of the Arts ICFF, student design ICFF 2008, BVDcollective recycled materials, repurposed materials, Jill Fehrenbacher, Mike Chino, Jason Sahler, Ali KriscenskiLight Sculpture by Nori Morimoto- Morimoto uses locally-sourced, sustainable woods to craft these intricate light sculptures

Bookshelf by blankblankReclaimed lumber bookshelf by BlankBlank

Modern Dose Owly McowlDid we start some sort of owl trend, Moderndose.com? What gives with all the owls everywhere all of a sudden? Not that we’d ever complain about excessive owliness

If you want to see more of our photos, check out our continually updated gallery of ICFF 2008 >

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4 Responses to “ICFF 2008: Highlights from the NY furniture fair”

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spheretrending Says:
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May 20th, 2008 at 8:09 am

Great review! Love the Flip Chair and the Spririt Islands booth! Great shots!
~ Mandi @ Sphere Trending

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Inhabitat » ICFF 2008: Inflatable Garbage Chair by Nick Demarco Says:
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

[…] College of the Arts student Nick DeMarco exhibited his ‘XS Chair’ at ICFF this week. Industrial plastic sheeting filled with Oakland’s excess garbage and recyclables […]

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ModGeek99 Says:
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June 10th, 2008 at 11:14 am

Absolutely adore the Botanist Blank Canvas pieces. I understand they\\\\\\\’re in limited release but will soon be available?

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August 15th, 2008 at 11:04 am

Excelent, excelent, excelent everything.

I most have at least one Inflatable garbage chair.

http://www.kmpfurniture.com

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