What You Have Missed at ICFF 2018

The annual ICFF 2018, North America’s platform for global design, stated the newest frontier of what’s best and what’s next at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Take a look at What You Have Missed at ICFF 2018!

NYCxDESIGN Awards & ICFF Opening Party

The NYCxDESIGN Awards & Party is a highlight of NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s annual celebration of design that attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees and designers from across the globe. This year it was no different, the NYCxDESIGN Awards honored outstanding products and projects in categories that span major areas of design, from architecture to interiors, from products to accessories, from craft to technology.

Kicking off the 30th edition of ICFF 2018 at the must-attend opening Party immediately following the NYCxDESIGN Awards, it’s the Gala Party which featured an open bar, passed hors-d’oeuvres and had live entertainment.

ICFF Announces Silent Auction to End Alzheimer’s and the Education Fund Award presented by the IIDA Foundation – in Memory of Anna Hernandez of Luna Textiles

This year for the first time, ICFF 2018 hosted a silent auction during the fair which proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association and the Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Education Fund Award in memory of Anna Hernandez, the award-winning founder of Luna Textiles, who succumbed to Alzheimer’s at the age of 56. The award recognizes her distinguished career and female business owners whose firms specialize in interior design or product design. The first $5,000 raised will be used to match the Anna Hernandez-Luna Textiles Education Fund Award, given to an up and coming female designer.

This new design industry initiative involved the fair’s 900 exhibiting companies who were invited to donate the latest designs in flooring, carpets, kitchen & bath products, and art objects to be auctioned off to the ICFF 2018 audience of more than 36,000 in a 1,600 square foot pavilion where attendees bidding on items during the course of the four-day fair. After matching the Education Fund Award, the remaining proceeds from the silent auction were donated to the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research.

Booth #1719

The most exciting booth at ICFF 2018 was booth #1719, Covet Group representing brands such as BRABBU, Boca do Lobo, DelightFULL, and Essential Home.

If you didn’t the opportunity to pass by Covet Group’s booth you can always head to their website and visit the brands.

ICFF TALKS

We were able to see and learn a lot from the other experts in the industry, in the most diverse topics, such as “You’re Choosing the Right Colors…or Are You? A Look at Color through the Lens of Emotions and Big Data”, “Hospitality Trends” and “The impact of the Internet on the Interior Design Profession”.

What’s next in New York City?

Missing ICFF was a misjudgment but there’s more to come in the Big Apple this year, for example, just in the month of November there are two alluring events, The Architectural Record Innovation Conference on the 1st of the month and The Salon Art Plus Design from the 8th until the 12th.