ICFF 2019 Is Around the Corner!

In less than a month, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) opens its doors to showcase the latest and greatest in design for its 31st edition of the show. We’re excited because this is also the fifth year that we’re bringing the Milk Stand popup shop back to the show floor! ICFF 2019 takes place this May 19-22, 2019 at the Javits Center. Register to attend here.

Nardi Spa

The show will be the cornerstone event of NYCxDESIGN week and there are lots to put on your radar. With over 900 exhibitors arriving from across the globe, there’s no shortage of amazing designs to check out. Here are some things you shouldn’t miss:

CF+D

ICFF Talks always brings a wealth of information and this year’s speakers include Italian architect Piero Lissoni, interior architect Lauren Rottet, and Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture + Design. See the full schedule of talks here.

Barkiture

Ross Gardam

The ICFF Contract pavilion is new this year and will showcase lighting, furniture, flooring, wall coverings, seating, and materials by designers of commercial spaces. Participants will include Arper, Bernhardt Design, Blå Station, Humanscale, Kartell, Loftwall, Materia, Poppin, and Scandinavian Spaces. You can be sure we’ll be posting our favorites over on @designmilkworks.

Poppin

MOJOW

Explore global design without leaving the city. ICFF will have special pavilions dedicated to regional design, including The British European Design Group, Luxe France, Interiors of Spain, The Italian Trade Commission, Brazil, Romania, Austria, Norway, Scandinavia Poland, and a special Ventura New York – The Dutch Edition presentation.

Abbatte

Finally, it’ll take you a while but take a walk through every aisle of the show floor to check out emerging designers + established brands’ latest collections – we do it every year! ;)

Woven Concepts x Jaime Derringer

Register for ICFF here.

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A Tiny Flat in Budapest That’s Not Broken Down into Rooms

With just 35-square-meters (approx. 377-square-feet) to work with, MÁS maximized every inch of this Budapest flat. Interior walls were removed to open the space up into one room so that it feels larger. Now that it’s not broken up into tiny rooms, The Zero-Room Apartment has a main space that serves as the kitchen, dining room, living room, and bedroom.

In order to reduce clutter, most of the functions are hidden away. The kitchen, closet, and bed reside behind doors that open or slide away when not in use in order to leave the space looking clean.

Most of the surfaces are an aged metal which can easily feel cold. To balance it out, they incorporated books, textiles, and a long, hanging planter above the kitchen table/island.

A Murphy bed folds up between bookshelves leaving the middle of the room empty during the day.

Photos: David Kis Photography

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Patricia Urquiola Designs a Sofa for Moroso Inspired by Japanese Stones

Fresh off its launch at Salone del Mobile, the Gogan sofa takes a fresh approach with seating design. Its curvy, oversized components reference Japanese stones that become smooth over time thanks to the wind and water. Designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso, the plush, irregular shape appears solid yet comfortable to lie on, perfectly positioned to hold its form much like a rock sculpture.

The seat slightly inclines towards the back for added comfort allowing the back cushion to remain low.

Abutments join the seat cushions with the back before running underneath the sofa for its structure, giving it the appearance that it’s floating.

The direction-free bouclé fabric is based on a 70’s fabric found in the Moroso textile archive which gives it a river rocklook.

Photos: Alessandro Paderni

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The blu Marble Livestreams Heavenly Perspective of Earth From Space

Artist Sebastian Errazuriz’s latest public artwork installation transcends the description of monumental with an effort and scale deserving of the epithet of planetary. blu Marble is a 20-foot LED installation capturing a macro view of our planet created using data from NASA satellites as part of a new campaign, ‘Pledge World by Blu’.

Conceptual sketches of blu Marble by Sebastian Errazuriz.

The project cites the 50th anniversary of the first lunar walk and the renowned picture “Blue Marble” photo of Earth captured by the Apollo 17 crew from outer space as inspiration. blu Marble pays homage to the iconic picture using contemporary display technology to raise awareness about our global connections and responsibilities.

blu Marble is a reminder of our miraculously fragile existence. It places our very existence in perspective at a global level – as a tiny spec in space – beckoning us to live fully with an awareness and mindfulness of our limited time on this vulnerable and beautiful planet.

The image of Earth was created using satellite data normally used to monitor daily variations of vegetation, ozone, aerosols, clouds, and reflectivity across the planet. The audience passing by the installation at night sees a partially dark Earth with clusters of light and, in contrast, meteorological conditions during the day. Photo by Charles Roussel.

“blu Marble” is unveiled by Sebastian Errazuriz and Pledge World by blu on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in New York. (Charles Sykes/AP Images for blu)

Displayed in cooperation with the New Museum, the blu Marble transformed the Manhattan skyline for a single night using a custom-created LED screen and software designed by Errazuriz to scrape, then merge the live imagery from a NASA satellite into a slow progressive feed of Earth as seen from space.

The result is a fleeting and flowing portrait of a planet not much different than that described by Carl Sagan, who famously remarked our lives were all unfolding upon “a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark…underscor[ing] our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”

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Lee Broom’s Landmark Exhibition Park Life

One of the UK’s leading product designers, Lee Broom, has created a significant landmark exhibition with Park Life. The 4,000 square foot installation – Broom’s largest yet – is set in an underground car park in Sydney, Australia, directly below Space Furniture’s flagship showroom.

By transforming the industrial space into an interpretation of a traditional 18th century pleasure garden, Park Life takes guests on a journey through hidden passages with 16 vignettes that showcase the brand’s lighting, furniture, and accessories in an entirely new way. This modernist take gives the guest a sense of escapism, amusement, and drama – all of which Broom is known for.

Lee Broom commented, “I am delighted to return to Australia to present this exciting exhibition with Space Furniture and visit Singapore for the first time during Singapore Design Week. Australia has been a big supporter of my work for many years and it is an honour to create such a significant installation to showcase my collection in Sydney.”

Park Life also debuts a new version of Broom’s award-winning Eclipse lights, this time in a polished gold finish. A sculptural silhouette with a mobile-like quality, Eclipse features mirror-polished gold and acrylic discs that interact with one another for a warm illumination. It will be available as a single pendant, a chandelier, and a table lamp.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/lee-brooms-landmark-exhibition-park-life/