Design

Swans Island

Exquisite wool blankets, and throws made by Swans Island in Maine, where raising sheep, spinning, dying and weaving are at the center of a community that creates everything by hand. (more…)

WoodNotes

Material: Paper Yarn. Process: Knitted, woven, flattened, stretched, shagged, fringed, dyed, sewn, made smooth, made rough, made durable, made soft, made beautiful.

Since 1987 Finnish Designer/Founder Ritva Puotila has taken paper yarn and created a vast array of materials and products for the home. (more…)

Local woodworkers in the San Francisco area hand rub natural finishes on walnut and oak producing flawless modern joinery using details of stainless and brass to create the simple and elegant designs of the new furniture collection by Alice Tacheny Designs that debuted at ICFF 2012. (more…)

May Furniture

May Furniture Company made it’s premiere this year at ADHS. Founded by Travis James, an accomplished artist, designer and highly skilled woodworker who has created a catalog of original minimalist pieces that are sleek in design yet warmed by their choice of beautifully finished domestic hardwoods. (more…)

O’Lampia Studio

O’Lampia Lighting Design Studio had a clean white booth that gave enough space to each of their elegant light fixtures to be admired as the beautiful art objects that they are. (more…)

Haiku Fan

The Big Ass Fan Company has been producing large volume industrial fans for over a decade. In response to customer demand they decided to produce a fan for residential use. They also decided to break with the past to design and produce a fan combining aesthetics and technology in a totally new form. (more…)

Structured Green

Structured Green builds modern solid wood furniture, making the luxury of hand-crafted building accessible to individual and large-scale clients alike. (more…)

ICFF pick | nanimarquina

Nanimarquina at ICFF 2011

Hitting the mark with great elegance once again is Nanimarquina from Barcelona, Spain, with the Losanges collection. Designed by The Bouroullec brothers, Losanges is a reinterpretation of the traditional Kilim technique. Each rug is crafted by hand and uses hand spun Afghan wool, making each rug a unique piece. Losanges combines ancient technique and modern design to make a totally original creation.
For product information visit: http://www.nanimarquina.com/en/products/rugs/losanges
Nanimarquina is committed to using natural, renewable and recyclable resources, such as wool, jute, cotton and silk and renewable energy.
Nanimarquina is a major supporter of Care and Fair the advocacy group against child labour.
For more information about this amazing company and their spectacular products visit:
http://www.nanimarquina.com

ICFF pick | molo

Design firm, molo, Vancouver, Canada brought several of their newest innovative products to exhibit for the first time in North America at ICFF 2011.

Cloud softlight floats overhead, luminous, etheral. Constructed from molo’s signature honeycomb paper lit with LED, available in four sizes.
read more at: http://luraydesign.com/furnishings/molo

Cappello lamp a delightful, delicate table lamp lit by an LED is shaded by a paper cap or “cappelo” in Italian, slides on a steel wire supported by a marble base. Cappello is inspired by the “Arco” lamp designed by the Castiglioni brothers and made by Flos. The lamp is a tribute to designers, Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and Ingo Maurer.
For more information: http://www.molostore.com.

Inigo Elizalde Rugs

Inigo Elizalde Rugs

The collection is available in three different qualities: handtufted, handknotted and hand woven wool and abaca blends. All handtufting is done in the Philippines, where Inigo
Elizalde Rugs has invigorated the local carpet and rug industry (more…)