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We got in late this afternoon, but just enough time to check out the Brits and the Japanese at the Javits Center. Many more images after the jump... descriptions to follow shortly. UPDATE: descriptions added.
Catherine Hammerton's textiles and wallpaper decoupage & applique were fresh & elegant.
Wallpaper detail.
Catherine Hammerton.
Ianonne:Sanderson Signature 2.0 sideboard with a fly in the cutout.
Close-up.
Oregon Scientific was showing some new clocks designed by Stefano Giovannoni.
These mesmerizing pendant lamps by Isamu Tokizono sparkled thanks to a surprisingly simple slit plastic design.
Isamu Tokizono.
Wata Design Studio inflatable bowls.
Although it looked like it, Chris Duffy's floor lamp was neither. It's a glowing canvas you hang on the wall.
An unmistakably Monacca table.
Peggy Bamford's versatile pleated textiles.
Tracy Kendall's die cut typographic wallpaper.
Tracy Kendall with her three dimensional wallpaper made of puzzle pieces.
more!!!!!
And often enough, the British were the friendliest of the exhibitors, happy and enthusiastic about their work and thrilled to discuss it. The same could not be said for many of the rest: bitchy, snooty, and generally unpleasant (perhaps it was my student sticker - although people seem to forget I could very easily be a client within months).