Stationary Show and ICFF
Yesterday I spent the day walking the ICFF Show. It was pretty good. I saw a lot of my old favorites and was pleasantly surprised to make some new friends and favorites.
I did make a stop at the Stationary show to do a quick run through and check out fellow designer and blogger, Jennifer Ramos of Made by Girl She was crazy cool and her cards were amazing.
My favorite of the ICFF was Bottega Montana The amazing woodwork and craftmanship was out of this world. The moment I buy my house and have a lavish budget to redecorate I am copping one of his tables. It needs to tools to assemble, they are like puzzle pieces that fit securely into place. it is truly brilliant design. I loved the stools as well in the bright stained colors. However my all time favorite were the skateboards. This dude and his brother are so hot that Shephard Faiery of OBEY designed their logo and the decks look bananas with the graphic white logo playing against the wood. The work is truly amazing and the guys was cool as sh&^, we must of rapped for a good 20 minutes. (Which is an eternity at a show when you are not making a purchase, lol)
It was also cool to see Diane Ruengsom who I had met while speaking at her class at FIT. She had some beautiful organic woodworking. Her line is eco, most of it repurposed wood. However the beauty was in the shapes and the organic feel of her line. I especially like the tea light holder.
You can check out more of my favorites on my flickr set.
