The wallpaper designed by Tracy Kendall catches the eye at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Passages from A Midsummer Nights Dream have been printed in different fonts, cut into strips and hand-sewn onto a wallpaper backing.
Cara McCarty admires Tracy Kendalls wallpaper. “What I like about this is its really a piece of conceptual art, says the curatorial director of the Smithsonians Cooper-Hewett National Design Museum.
Visitors check out Yves Behars prototype sofa for HBF: a minimalist curve cloaked in cloud-white lambs wool and equipped with a built-in desk that slides along the front on a track underneath the sofa. The C Collection was conceived as office furniture a place where employees could lounge in comfort, brainstorm ideas, take notes and work on their laptops.
At the Pablo booth, fair-goers rotate a magnetized aluminum arm of LED lamps along a steel block base, instantly shifting the 18 lights with seamless ease. The magnetic design means light can be directed down over a desk, bounced up off the ceiling or even shined sideways onto a wall for ambient illumination all from a piece no thicker than a ruler.