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Bend Goods’s<\/a> founder Gaurav Nanda says his Cafe chair is inspired by the \u201csimple linear shapes\u201d of the iron and wood seats found in French coffee shops. The new piece embodies all the qualities that the Los Angeles company has become known for: distinctively modern design and easy, stackable storage.<\/p>\n Made from stainless steel and rendered in eye-popping colors like Peachy Pink, the indoor-outdoor chair is \u201ca practical place to sit,\u201d notes<\/span> Nanda, who was formerly an automotive sculptor for General Motors and has presented at ICFF every year since 2011. It’s also pleasing to look at.<\/p>\n When clients expressed a desire for exterior lighting, Brendan Ravenhill<\/a> listened. And now the outdoor Ada sconce<\/a> will be the star of the Los Angeles\u2013based maker\u2019s booth at ICFF.<\/p>\n Available in three sizes and three standard finishes, plus a limited-production corten steel version<\/a> that debuts at the fair, the stunning fixture \u201cspeaks to our design perspective,\u201d Ravenhill says. The sconce is complemented by the Hood family of lighting, which also makes its grand entrance here.<\/p>\n \u201cWe strive to create narrative through an exploration of material, physics and craft, and both of these pieces do just that,\u201d Ravenhill adds.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Brecht Gander<\/p><\/div>\n Print media may be going by the wayside, but that didn\u2019t deter Brecht Gander, founder and principal designer of Birnam Wood Studio<\/a>, in Queens, New York, from making an object that\u2019s an \u201cobvious anachronism,\u201d he says. The goal was to shift viewers\u2019 focus away from the function to the more luxurious \u201caspects of the design \u2014 the materiality, the formal play, the elegance or inventiveness or unexpectedness.\u201d<\/p>\n Combining sophisticated manufacturing processes like thermoforming with highly skilled workmanship, these small-batch-produced creations feel one of a kind, thanks to their handmade aesthetic.<\/p>\n For Nick and Rachel Cope, Oceania<\/a> \u2014 the Brooklyn-based couple\u2019s latest collection for their firm Calico Wallpaper<\/a> \u2014 represents \u201cthe fluidity of the ocean\u201d and the changing states of water.<\/p>\n \u201cWe began with a series of watercolor washes that we then scattered with salt,\u201d they explain. \u201cThe salt dissolves to leave crystalline traces that capture the soft texture of the seawater.\u201d<\/p>\n After taking off a year to pursue other projects, the Copes return to ICFF \u201cwith our biggest installation yet,\u201d including Cope, their new line of textiles.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Estudio Persona<\/p><\/div>\n Created especially for ICFF, the O stool<\/a> \u201cevolved from the natural juxtaposition of how we think about space and sculptural materials in contrast to the soft lines of nature,\u201d say Uruguay-born designers Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young.<\/p>\n Like much of Estudio Persona<\/a>\u2019s Art Deco\u2013inspired output, the collection, and the blackened steel stool in particular, \u201clooks for light in darkness and for softness in harsh steel and glass.\u201d This year marks the Los Angeles company\u2019s debut at ICFF.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Alberto Ramos<\/p><\/div>\n Labrica<\/a> cofounder Ricardo Velasquez conceived of the Tito drink table and side table<\/a> after playing with different screw-fitting shapes. Like rook chess pieces, they resemble castle turrets and come in a natural wood finish or an inky black stain.<\/p>\n The Tito tables appear with other works from the Oakland Park, Florida company\u2019s Guatemala-inspired collection, including the Capirucho stool and side table<\/a>, made of conacaste wood with colorful bands.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Orley Shabahang<\/p><\/div>\n For Persian founder Bahram Shabahang, the intrepid designs of his rug company’s Shag collection were a chance to reimagine the old ones in a previously unexplored texture.<\/p>\n Like all of Orley Shabahang<\/a>\u2019s products, they are made from pure wool, but these particular pieces are cut higher, so they require a different knot structure in order to achieve the right texture and volume.<\/p>\n \u201cShag was designed to be eclectic and to show off the different ways a shag carpet could function,\u201d Shabahang says. \u201cIt\u2019s like a chef providing a complement of dishes.\u201d<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Symbol Audio<\/p><\/div>\n An ICFF veteran \u2014 the Nyack, New York company participated in 2012, the year of its launch, and in 2013 \u2014 Symbol Audio<\/a> takes a thoughtful, handcrafted approach to furniture for speakers and phonographs.<\/p>\n Its latest addition, the Unison record stand<\/a>, comes in three sizes and features record-shop-style bins for easy digging, with more storage below. The cabinet section offers extra room for personal gear, ventilation and cable management. It can also be removed to store up to 130 more records.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of 100xbtr<\/p><\/div>\n As an homage to the shingle-style architecture he grew up with in Swansea, Massachusetts, an hour south of Boston, 100xbtr<\/a> founder and creative director Brendan Sowersby designed a credenza, called Kragsyde<\/a>, that feels as contemporary as it does regional.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most interesting part of this piece is the way the texture\u2019s shadow changes as you walk by,\u201d he says. \u201cSometimes, parts of it look almost flat, but then they pop out as you walk farther.\u201d<\/p>\n For his third year at ICFF \u2014 the Los Angeles studio participated in 2013 and 2014 \u2014 100xbtr will also show their versatile Tri stools, bottle vases, Contemporary Pinch lounge and Raise float tables.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Allied Maker<\/p><\/div>\n Lanette and Ryden Rizzo, the couple behind the buzzy New York lighting studio Allied Maker<\/a>, tapped six local artisans \u2014 including Fort Standard<\/a>, Jeff Martin Joinery<\/a> and Slash Objects<\/a> \u2014 to create a large totem luminaire.<\/p>\n Riffing on the idea of sacred objects, they sought to honor the \u201cexquisite connection the artisans carry with their materials,\u201d such as metal and alabaster, while bolstering their mission of supporting American craftsmanship. They view this booth as a chance to show \u201cart objects that also happen to be lighting\u201d while having a little fun in the process.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Fort Standard<\/p><\/div>\n The white Carrera and green Prato marble of the Florence Baptistery, one of the oldest churches in the Italian city, inspired this collection of marble vessels, says Fort Standard<\/a> founder Gregory Buntain.<\/p>\n And while \u201cthe idea of laminating stacked pieces of stone to create larger forms was nothing new,\u201d the Brooklyn designer\u2019s excitement came from \u201ccreating thin stone walls for hollow vessels, as it\u2019s essentially mini architecture, building functional forms ring by ring,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Each striking piece will be made to order, similar to the Relief Stone credenza<\/a> from the Qualities of Material collection, which will also be on view in the Collective display.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Jeff Martin<\/p><\/div>\n Like \u201cglaciers hurled into outer space,\u201d says Vancouver-based Jeff Martin<\/a>, these mesmerizing vessels, made with a glassblowing mold assembled from discarded scraps of cork, are at their most intriguing in natural daylight. \u201cThe inside looks like you swam underwater and are seeing the water\u2019s reflection from below,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n Martin looks forward to seeing Fort Standard\u2019s expansion on their Qualities of Material and Allied Maker\u2019s \u201ctalismanic\u201d totems. \u201cThis year,\u201d he says, \u201cthe satellite pavilion is called Collective Concept. It is really about design research, process and physics.\u201d<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Charlie Schuck, Israel Veintidos and Matthew Kroenig<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe Coexist collection<\/a> came out of a fascination with the way parts interact with one another \u2014 how materials with very different natural properties can be formed and brought together into one coherent piece,\u201d says Slash Objects<\/a>\u2019s Brooklyn-based founder Arielle Assouline-Lichten.<\/p>\n Inspired by golden cubes of pyrite, which create a tension between \u201cperfect geometry and the roughness of the earth,\u201d the designer says she toyed with the idea of bringing marble and brass together in a variety of glamorous furniture.<\/p>\n \u201cThe natural beauty of the stone is interrupted or elongated by the introduction of the brass,\u201d she adds, noting furniture pieces whose cubes pierce a thick slab of marble or hold a brass-framed mirror. \u201cCentral to this collection is the way the pieces intersect and are held in place \u2014 each material is integral to the whole.\u201d<\/p>\n \t
\nBrendan Ravenhill Studio\u2019s Ada Sconce<\/a>
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\nBirnam Wood Studio\u2019s Mag Rack Solo<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nCalico Wallpaper\u2019s Oceania<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nEstudio Persona\u2019s O Stool<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nLabrica\u2019s Tito Tables<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nOrley Shabahang\u2019s Shag Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nSymbol Audio\u2019s Unison Record Stand<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n100xbtr\u2019s Kragsyde Credenza<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAllied Maker<\/a>\u2019s Totem Luminaires<\/h2>\n
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\nFort Standard<\/a>\u2019s Stacked Stone Vessels<\/h2>\n
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\nJeff Martin Joinery\u2019s Excavated Vessels<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nSlash Objects\u2019s Coexist Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n
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