designboom ICFF mart 2005 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

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designboom ICFF mart 05
idea, exhibition design and graphics by birgit lohmann and massimo mini / designboom.
sponsored by ICFF


in a few minutes the mart will open ...


the mart attracted thousands of visitors a day.




booth 380
ICFF / international contemporary furniture fair
jacob k. javits convention center, NYC
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designsouvenirs -
bring loved ones at home a contemporary gift from
NY's ICFF - the US's largest design event.

as part of the cultural program of the ICFF,
designboom hosted a group exhibition of international
design professionals, some that you are already
acquainted with and some others that deserve to be
noticed.

participating designers sold ‘design-originals’
(limited series and/or prototypes of their latest works).
ICFF visitors had the opportunity to purchase
intelligent, useful and quirky items priced from a range
of USD 10 to USD 100.

from metal to ceramics, glass to fabrics, to recycled
materials, the close to 100 beautiful objects on sale
achieved a good compromise between creativity
and production.

in this initiative, the designers were personally
presenting their wares, so the - designboom ICFF mart 05 -
was an unprecedented opportunity to meet the young
avant-garde and became familiar with their body of work.





catalogue poster (front page) with participating designers


design originals (homage to calder)





catalogue poster (back page) with ‘design originals’



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see the mart exhibition





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see the participating designers



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'this booth is the best part of the fair this year!'
barbara bloemink, curatorial director
cooper hewitt national design museum smithsonian, NY

'I bought a couple of intelligent things,
(and the designboom books and posters too).'
philipp starck, designer, paris

'I like the the ICFF (and the charming designboom mart in particular) -
it is a show of individuals and not of big brands only.'
ingo maurer, designer, munich

'woooow'
marcel wanders, designer, amsterdam

'thanks for bringing the designboom mart to ICFF 2005. 
it was a pleasure to work with you.  
the mart was the talk of the fair!'
phil robinson, senior vice president
george little management, LLC (producer and manager of the ICFF fair), NY

'fun fair, and it was the design souvenirs that pulled in the crowds'
one of many press statements








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