Archive | June, 2011

The shows - ICFF, NSS & Surtex

June 13, 2011

Design is at the core of who I am and what I do, day in and day out. When I walked into the Javits Convention Center, I wasn’t there to find out what or who was the next big thing in design. I wasn’t taking notes about any of the latest technologies or who had the most impressive booth. I was there to see and experience design in my own way. The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, the National Stationery Show and Surtex were all under one roof and through my camera lens, I took it all in.

With texture, contrast, pattern, shapes and colour everywhere, I couldn’t have been any more in my element.

Links: sweet bella, ink + wit, chewing the cud, carolyn suzuki, mineheart, lzf, jonathan adler, um project, tom dixon, aimée wilder, house of hackney, llàdro, jamie harris studio llc, lzf

And here is more photos of the National Stationery Show that I took for my guest post on Poppytalk: Part 1 & Part 2.

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My first evening in New York and antiquing in Pennsylvania

June 6, 2011

Heading into New York to attend Blogfest 2011 on a warm and muggy evening, I felt so calm and relaxed. The city has started to feel so familiar to me that as soon as I took out my camera in the cab, I was at home.

Once I arrived at the hotel, I threw my bags on the floor and set off to Susan and William Brinson‘s loft as I knew there would be a gathering of some very special people I was dying to finally meet. Twitter has been a true source to so many incredible moments in my life in the last year and on this trip, being with the people I’ve gotten to know on and now offline has meant the world to me.

The next morning, the Brinsons and I, along with Jonathan, Nikole and Jamie, headed to Pennsylvania to experience their antique markets together. With fresh bagels and coffee in hand, our two hour drive away from the city turned into a day I will never forget.

The markets we ended up visiting were so full of incredible finds that you could easily get lost for hours inspecting every single piece and taking in all its history. I was in heaven.

We were even lucky enough to have found an estate sale in a big red barn where the owner’s grandson had opened up its doors to anyone willing to make a bid on whatever they could find. Needless to say, we did end up finding a few items of interest along with some family secrets I’m pretty sure they would not have wanted to be revealed to us city folk!

Back at the loft with a home cooked meal by Susan and William, surrounded by friends, I couldn’t help but think that it was the perfect way to end a perfect day.

Blogfest, Inspiration, New York, Travel • Comments { 6 }