Terry Crews at ICFF Terry Crews returned to the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) last week at New York’s Javits Center, this time to promote his latest creation for modern furniture manufacturer Bernhardt Design. In his debut collection for Bernhardt, the former pro football linebacker-turned-actor (The Expendables, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) offered unique pieces for the home and hospitality markets. He followed it with Elevation, a system of benches and tabl

MJ Caselden at ICFF Magnetic Sound set up one of its immersive “sound installations” last week at New York’s Javits Center, where the Brooklyn-based firm made its first appearance at the annual high-end luxury ICFF furniture fair since it was founded in 2014 by MJ Caselden. Electronic musician, Caselden--also Magnetic Sound’s “creative technologist”--has fused innovative technology with traditional stringed instrument design in devising what he calls “sound-generating install

Kristjana S Williams at her ICFF booth Collage artist/designer Kristjana S Williams came to her first high-end luxury ICFF furniture fair at New York’s Javits Center last week partially by way of gas balloon and much of the rest of it via Coldplay. Indeed the London-based Icelandic native referenced the balloon travel of 1956 epic adventure movie Around the World in 80 Days for her fanciful six- and 12-inch globe designs—which feature gas balloons among other objects dotting

Transylvanian "Black Spider Table" at ICFF Romanian residential and commercial custom-made furniture and signage manufacturer Graphtec brought a few eyecatching items from its new Real Transylvania Collection to the annual ICFF high-end luxury ICFF furniture fair this week at New York’s Javits Center. “It’s all about marketing,” said Graphtec executive director Stelica Bei, stating the obvious while pointing to the nifty Black Spider Table--a wooden disc with a laser-engraved