Pentagon Design has a great "Touching" Exhibition concept for presenting paint textures for Tikkurila Paints. Life sized farm animals - in high gloss, magnetic, and more... much better than paint chips!
Top secret sneak peek at the awesome new StrangeCo/Friends With You - Wish Come True blind box toy contest... that involves stickers! and Secret Maps! (That are adorable graphically of course)
Herman Miller's new Airia desk and media cabinet were made by Kaiju Studios that did the I/O Desk Organizer we loved so much... they were practically designed for each other!
RS Barcelona's foosball tables and coat hangers! Check out the beautiful glossy metal tables i found at Conran and ICFF... priceless expressions and hand poses... also there's a mystery table i need your help with!
Joey Roth's Garden Geta ~ we first covered these woody flip flops back in april 2005, and three years later i finally get to see them in person! Gorgeous... the pair is cut from the same slice of wood!
Artek celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Iconic Stool 60 by constructing an installation of hundreds of them in Gansevoort Square... so tempting to climb up on them. See the pics of it up close!
Tina Tsang of Undergrowth Design gives tea parties that needed edge, while maintaining the dainty details... gorgeous handmade tea set with legs wearing golden shoes to grasp.
I found the Egg Soldier Eggcups by Reiko Kaneko at the ICFF designboom mart! And they are even more adorable and ready to wage war on your bread egg soldiers in person!
Design Glut at ICFF ~ their products are even more amazing in person - from the Hookmaker and Crude Ring... to the new slow food tray and smoking gun! I think i want them all...
esquire recently asked some of the world's most influential fashion designers to recreate some of the magazine's most iconic covers. the project was initiated to celebrate the magazine's 75 anniversary.
The New Jawbone is here... and no, its not the Jawbone 2... but the new little jawbone, rather! Finally! Small enough to not take over your face... and has new "noise ASSASSINATION" technology...
Vitamin's I.V. Plant Pot is now available for purchase! (After years of waiting...) ~ and it looks sweet! Another self watering pot to make your life easier!
Departures - a new artwork created especially for wallpaper.com - will also house the debut of Langlands & Bell’s stunning brand new work Virtual World, a subtle and dynamic animation exploring the ceaseless flow of media, data and information that surrounds us.
Oooh db clay has new super eco friendly designer wallets... in collection 3.1 there is a sweet grey on black version of their classic stampage print. [Code: notcot20 gets you 20% off]
Mixko expands their line of Bone China rings ~ from an updated skull and barbie/ken inspired heads to 1D multi faceted diamond rings... check out the new collection!
Hanno the Gorilla ~ by David Weeks for Areaware... this little woody posable gorilla is perfect for all ages, and is another ICFF launch i can't wait to see! Check out some of his great poses!
Hands on review with Activate Drinks ~ really a packaging close up of these "vitamin drinks" where the vitamins are in the cap until you release them into the water, and then it changes colors... see my video!
Addictive game of the morning... Pixel Jams - Dino Run! Its so cute, and i can't stop playing... who knew racing away from extinction could be so adorably addictive.
ICFF maddness ~ here's my crazy list of events, roundup of links to lists of more events, and i'll probably update this as i find more that interests me... also - if you go to one we miss, take pics and share!
ICFF previews ~ Kundalini's Atomium and Abyss lamps will be on display at the Water & Air exhibition in NY next week! These lamps are breathtaking in context... see the pics!
Povl Kjær's Rocking Sheep are once again part of the Danish Crafts Collection and will be at ICFF again... but now in hot pink! (and black and brown and grey)
Perhaps one of the most intense murals i've seen.... an extensive look of evolution and back.... that tiny strip on the very bottom is how far the mural spans...
"First Paperless Architecture Book EVER: Piel" was what the email subject line read, and while skeptical, i was actually impressed with this digital book that even lets you jump right to google map views of the locations.