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Inspiration: DIY Ideas from ICFF
ICFF 2009

At ICFF, it's not unusual that both new products and the booths in which they're presented can spark thoughts of "I can do that" or "That would be cool to try at home". Here are some of the things th...

ICFF Trend: Felt

One of the oldest fabrics and certainly one that has a place in our heart (hours of kindergarten fun making wallets and hearts and letters), felt was all over the place at ICFF. And for good reason. ...

The Textures of ICFF 2009

more ICFF picsLike teenagers in the back seat at a drive-in, we had a bad case of the wandering hands syndrome while touring the displays of ICFF this year. We don't know which question we asked more ...

Design Glut: Candlestrip
ICFF 2009

Amidst the more serious offerings at ICFF are always a few that we love for their tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. This candlestrip from Design Glut is one of them. Responding to a challenge by curat...

New Wallpaper Collection From Madison and Grow

click for more picsWe were first introduced to Madison ad Grow's non toxic line of handprinted wallpapers at last year's ICFF. They were a brand new company started by two friends with backgrounds in...

New Use for a Broken Bowl

At one of the designboom booths we spotted this broken pitcher turned parsley holder. We thought it was on purpose, that they pitcher was actually supposed to be that shape, but when we asked the tol...

Look! AT Los Angeles Invades The Big Apple

So what's the use of being the managing editor when you can't take a little time out of the schedule to post some photos of the people you work with? This past weekend we were fortunate enough to get ...

Inspiration: Black + Blum and Hanging Your Lamps in Multiples

There were a lot of beautiful hanging lamps at ICFF. The lamps here are Big Bang and Little Bang by Black + Blum. While we love them as singles, what really upped the wow! factor for us was seeing t...

Inspiration: Titi Abiola's Needlepointed Chairs

We're always looking for ways to transform our furniture by giving it a unique spin. We love taking old pieces and refinishing them; it's one way we can do our part to recycle, and we admire that tra...

ICFF: Thelermont Hupton Off The Wall Planters

You know how we keep talking about succulents and small gardens? Well these Off the Wall Planters should be added to our Best Plant Containers for Small Spaces Post. Not only are they tiny, but beca...

ICFF Day One: 2008 Chair Project

I've been sorting through the hundreds of photos taken during my first sojourn into the cavernous Javits Convention Center (heading back today for one last round before returning to LA) and I can't b...

ICFF Day One: Eggcrate Dancer Lamp from Recolector Diseno

One of the things that we gravitated towards at ICFF was the the number of items made from re-purposed materials. What could be discarded as trash has been re-thought into new objects. One of these...

Offecct at ICFF

This year will be the first year we get to attend ICFF. This excites us for many reasons: we get to meet some of our fellow bloggers, get to hang in New York and get to see incredible design like th...