Icosa pendant light, Rose Menuez; Satsuma light, Jonas Damon
Noho Design District launches its first design presentations alongside the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and New York Design Week, running from May 15-18 2010.
Event organiser Sight Unseen has brought together design brands, local businesses and retailers, emerging and established designers to open pop-up stores, exhibitions, open studios and much more. ARTS THREAD looks at a few of the opportunities open to visitors.
Areaware: the New York based manufacturer marks its fifth birthday by exhibiting a series of designs produced over this period, including new pieces from designers Harry Allen, Jonas Damon, David Weeks, Jason Miller, Ross Menuez, Kiel Mead, Patrick Townsend, Rich Brilliant Willing and Tobias Wong.
Himmeli chandelier, Paul Loebach; Excel Floor Lamp, Rich Brilliant Willing; Agnes table candelabra, Lindsey Adelman
Roll & Hill Launch: Roll & Hill is a new lighting manufacturer, launching this year at ICFF and in the Noho Design District. The first collection includes pieces by founder Jason Miller, as well as Lindsey Adelman, Paul Loebach, Rich Brilliant Willing, Sarah Cihat & Michael Miller and Partners & Spade.
Billy Reid: the American clothing shop celebrates the week by focusing on sustainability through craft. A bespoke bar has been created by Long Island City–based glassblower Andrew O. Hughes and to sit at the bar – reworked salvaged school chairs by Brothers Dressler, the Toronto-based woodworker twins.
School chairs, Brothers Dressler at Billy Reid; Seating by Paul Leonard at Daryl K
Daryl K: fashion designer Daryl Kerrigan’s boutique is showing work by three New York–based artists; painter Charles Lahti, Brooklyn woodworker Paul Leonard and multimedia artist Marlo Pascual.
Japan Premium Beef: part art gallery, part retailer of Washugyu beef, the store presents an exhibition of the work of Sam Baron, art director at Benetton design research centre Fabrica. New work from the designer includes Japan Beef – a series of sausages made from glass.
Japan Beef, Sam Baron, Fabrica; Ehmer local sauerkraut at Partner & Spade
Partners & Spade: the studio founded by Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti is home to three installations during the week: a range of Outer-Borough foods, a news-stand of magazines and ephemera from Thurston Moore publishing, and a bicycle from DWR founder Rob Forbes’s new company Public Bikes.
The Ecstatic Peace Library news-stand; Public Bikes
The Future Perfect: The Future Perfect showcases new furniture and lighting by four upcoming designers: Paul Loebach, Alexandra Randall and Lindsey Adelman in collaboration with Nancy Callan.
Knotty Bubbles, Secred Garden series, Lindsey Adelman Studio and Nacy Callan; Rat Lamp, Alexandra Randall
Noho Next: the Noho Design District, togther with StyleFactory and Wabnitz Editions, introduces its first annual emerging talent showcase: Noho Next, featuring the work of nine up-and-coming designers, including Uhuru, Jonathan Nesci, Jonah Takagi and Gregory Buntain
Cyclone Lounger, Uhuru; American Gothic Table, Jonah Takagi
New Useless Machines at Oak and Rogan: fashion stores Oak and Rogan features an exhibition of hanging mobiles, curated by Sight Unseen and inspired by the ‘useless machines’ of Italian design legend Bruno Munari. Over the four days of the event, the Bond Street and Bowery stores will feature ceiling-hanging experimental mobiles handmade by design, art, and fashion talents, including Rogan Gregory — who will present a whole series of mobiles. Others involved include Confetti System, Tobias Wong, Mary Meyer, Joe and Bec Brittain, Jason Rosenberg, Kiel Mead, Kristin Barron, Annie Lenon, Lauren Manoogian, and Ross Menuez.
Noho Design District
Sight Unseen
Areaware
Roll & Hill
Billy Reid
Daryl K
Sam Baron
Fabrica
Partners & Spade
The Future Perfect
Uhuru
Jonah Takagi
Gregory Buntain
Oak
Rogan
