Icff/ New York Design Week
New York Design Week
For the last five years TreeHugger has visited the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City, looking to find the best in sustainable design, new materials, new ways of dealing with small spaces and meeting people working on the cutting edge of green design. This year we also visit WantedDesign.
Featured Stories in Icff/ New York Design Week
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Young designers impress at ICFF
Between the Designboom Mart, the Bernhardt Design exhibitors and the student work, young designers give ICFF its spark.
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Prefab lifeguard and comfort stations on New York beaches will open by Memorial Day
They have done in five months what normally times four years, in a process that should be a model for how it's done.
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Old is new again with Russel Wright and Mel Smilow as we add another R to our list: Reissue
Classic Mid-Century modern designs are back at ICFF.
Tag: Icff/ New York Design Week
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How does the Trapeze Lamp actually work?
It's all in the really slick conductive ball joint, which lets it rotate completely around and around.
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Young designers impress at ICFF
Between the Designboom Mart, the Bernhardt Design exhibitors and the student work, young designers give ICFF its spark.
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The milk crate gets a makeover by Combo Colab
They turn the classic box into a modular furniture system at the Design Mart at ICFF
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Prefab lifeguard and comfort stations on New York beaches will open by Memorial Day
They have done in five months what normally times four years, in a process that should be a model for how it's done.
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Weaver steals show at ICFF
Sitting in the middle of the vast space, he demonstrates the traditional art of African weaving
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Old is new again with Russel Wright and Mel Smilow as we add another R to our list: Reissue
Classic Mid-Century modern designs are back at ICFF.
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Flat-packs from Parsons are designed for shipping
They all fit in standard UPS boxes or tubes
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NY Design/ ICFF Preview: Patty Johnson
The peripatetic international designer explains it all in Core77
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What's new at NY Design Week and ICFF: DesignX on 3D Printing
Get an education in 3D printing right on the ICFF showroom floor
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Cricket Table from Folditure Folds Flat In Seconds
Add Folditure chairs, and you have an entire dining room suite takes up the space of a coat in your closet
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Living Room Set Is Made from Repurposed Industrial Materials
A small design show featured chairs, a table and more made from old industrial materials.
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Sweeping Up After New York Design Week
It takes a while to absorb everything from New York Design Week; Here are a few more highlights
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WantedDesign Outshines ICFF in New York Design Week
It wasn't exactly counterculture, but Wanted Design was just a bit edgier.
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Owl Smartlight Lets You Adjust Everything From Intensity to Color Temperature
Fishtnk designs a lamp that you control with your smartphone or tablet.
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Architects at ICFF: Building furniture instead of Buildings
In these tough times, more and more architects are turning to furniture design. Here are a few we saw at ICFF
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A Growing Trend: Vertical Gardens For Your Home
They vary from the very clever but simple, like the Urbio, to hydroponic systems like the Live Screen
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Beach Sofa Folds Into A Steamer Trunk
Lounge in style in transformer furniture designed in 1879.
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Perennial Wood Lasts At Least 25 Years Without Toxic Chemical Treatment
The answer to the problem of pressure treated lumber is vinegar.
