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 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF)
May 15-18, 2010, New York City, USA |
International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2010 |
 What's a good idea without a material expression? And what's a problem without a material solution? Not much, when it comes to the design industry. That's why there's no greater resource for ever-inquisitive designers and designer-watchers than Materials Matter. GLM's annual joint venture with Material ConneXion, Inc., Materials Matter always delighted, amazes, and surprises even the most up-to-date practitioners with its showcase of next-generation materials and innovative production tools. Materials on display this year will include polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials, and natural material derivatives; processes shown in detail will range from injection molding to rapid prototyping and more. Given that Material ConneXion is dedicated to putting designers and manufacturers together with new technologies and new production processes, it is constantly updating its resource libraries on three continents – libraries that at any one time contain as many as 4,000 materials from a wide array of fields and disciplines. Materials do matter because, as Material ConneXion demonstrates time and time again, creative solutions result from serendipity and cross-fertilization.
During the Fair's four days, 145,000 net square feet (14,500 net square meters) of the Javits Center will bustle with more than 24,000 interior designers, architects, retailers, designers, manufacturers, representatives, distributors, and developers. Members of the general public are welcome on Tuesday, May 18 when the ICFF is open to all comers.
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More than 500 exhibitors will display contemporary furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bath for residential and commercial interiors. This assemblage of national and international exhibitors affords the chance to experience the most selective scope of the globe's finest, most creative, individual, and original avant-garde home and contract products – handily and temptingly showcased in one venue.
The ICFF welcomes representatives from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, U.S., and Vietnam.
Contingents will also make the annual quest to this celebrated design hub: Argentina-Fundacion Exportar, Austrian Trade Commission, British European Design Group (BEDG), Czech Selection 2010 (Czech Republic), Furniture Association of Portugal, Furniture New York, The Furniture Society (U.S.), German Design Council, IDSA New York (Industrial Designers Society of America), Inside Norway, Interiors from Spain, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and Thai Trade Center (Thailand). |
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