DESIGN LIFE – MAY 2019

DESIGN LIFE – MAY 2019

DESIGN LIFE – MAY 2019
    One of the highlights at this years @icff_official was sitting on a panel with 3 gorgeous and talented women while discussing all things modern with Cheryl Eisen, Ivonne Ronderos and Monique Valeris of Elle Decor

    For over 30 years, ICFF has built a solid reputation as 
    North America’s platform for global design.

      ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) anchors an international celebration on a par with the Milan Furniture Fair and Stockholm Design Week, with hundreds of thousands of attendees and designers from across the globe converging on the city’s five boroughs in mid-May each year.

      This year’s show took place at the Javits Center right next door to Manhattan’s new tourist attraction, The Hudson Yards. Although it is far more convenient to take public transportation to the west side neighborhood

      highlights

      • Conveniently located right next to a new subway station (7)
      • Fast and friendly check-in even with the large crowds
      • Wide aisles and easy to find booth numbers
      • Stellar panel discussions and guest speakers
      • Artistic and authentic product offerings
      • FLAVOR PAPER and their originality and longevity
      • OLIVER JAMES LIGHTING and their cool science illuminations
      • 1,800,000 square feet of climate controlled atmosphere – hot days outside but refreshingly cool inside

      lowlights

      • Limited furniture at the Furniture Fair . . .
      • NYCxDESIGN Awards & ICFF Opening Party not at the Hudson Yards
      • No obvious new and exciting collection of – f u r n i t u r e – but lots of genius lighting. #iclf

      Hundreds and hundreds of exhibitors from over 60 countries come to ICFF each year to showcase the newest and coolest of what’s next for interior design. ICFF attracts more than 38,000 design enthusiasts from across the globe.

        Anne Kyyrö Quinn’s sculptural approach has pioneered a new genre of interior textiles based on three-dimensional structure rather than smooth surface ornamentation.
          Resembling artworks more than conventional fabrics, the contemporary creations produced by the Anne Kyyrö Quinn studio are not textiles as you once knew them. Cut, sewn and finished by hand, their unique choice of luxury natural fabrics are crafted into interior textiles designed to blend timelessly with any setting.
            Eny Lee Parker currently resides and works in Savannah, Georgia.
              Oliver James’ lighting collection is inspired by the relationship between natural science and mathematics. The final pieces are mathematical nano designs elevated to human size.
                  Zimmer and Rohde introduced Travers Design Director, Allison Block (right) standing with
                  Editor and Chief of Aspire Magazine Amy Sneider
                    RUG ART along with Zimmer and Rohde had a private photoshoot for prominent designing women in the design industry. VANESSA ROME, JASMINE LAM, SIGAL SASSON
                      Always Unique – Always Original – Allison Eden launched her new fashion brand at Bloomingdales Department Store – touting color and pattern at her lively preview party right in the middle of the Bloomies sales floor.
                        Hudson Yards, is the largest private real estate development to date in North America, quite literally changing the landscape of New York City and the culinary world. Milos Hudson Yards, features an open kitchen, private dining rooms, walls of glass overlooking the Hudson River, and a spectacular outdoor terrace. I was excited to kick off design week with a Press Luncheon at this cleverly designed restaurant.
                            Nicolette Naumann, VP of AMBIENTE / Messe Frankfurt and GITA PR hosted a stylish luncheon in celebration of the worlds leading trade fair for consumer goods. Members of the Press, Designers, and Influencers met at the fancy new Milos Restaurant located at 20 Hudson Yards in the private room along with a private chef and dozens of friendly waiters who re-filled your water glass and wine glass every time you took a sip. I was so thirsty that day.

                              Rio Hamilton

                              Rio Hamilton is a business development professional with vast marketing and sales experience.He specializes in brand promotion for the luxury interior design and lifestyle industries. Rio works with companies, individuals and groups on concentrated brand identity and elevation. He has a popular website that chronicles "the who's who" at design and fashion events throughout greater New York.

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