Interior Lifestyle Show 2010, Tokyo

Below are the other designers showing in the British section of the Interior Lifestyle Show 2010, Tokyo.

Japanese Matt showing at the Interior Lifestyle show, Tokyo 2-4th June 2010

I was asked to design a Japanese mat to match my interior collection to show at the Interior Lifestyle show in Japan this June.

I created the matt from my digitally printed chrysanthemum pattern and 100% wool felt for the panels and the three-dimensional flowers The flowers are created so they spring up as soon as they are un-rolled. I have used some of the same matching fabric to created the ties for when the matt is rolled.

The mat inner is made from 100% recycled wool and 100% cotton. The recycled wool mat is great for people who have allergies because dust mites cannot live in the wool. More than 55% of allergies are from dust mites in soft furnishings.

The mat is being shown along with 9 other British designers who have also designed mats to the same specifications but based on their own brands.

I have also sent 10 new wall flowers varying in sizes and designs to dress the British stand at the Interior Lifestyle show.

New Wall flowers

I have been creating some pieces especially for the Interior Lifestyle show in Japan . I have now sent out 10 flowers and my Japanese Matt for the exhibition.

Below are two new double petaled flowers, one is plain grey and green and the other with the red digital print found on the dahlia cushion and grey

Flowers now on the Rockett St George website

The wall flowers are now available to buy on the Rockett St George website. Below is a screen grab from their website, please click here to go the their wonderful site!

They had great success at the Spirt of Summer show and sold one of my favourate flower colour combinations whilst it was on the stand! 

ICFF stand photo

Ponoko mentions Lorna Syson Textiles in ICFF 2010 blog

Check out this blog by Ponoko

New York Design Week 2010: Digital Fabrication Trends at ICFF May 23

Laser cutting, digital textile printing, and CNC milling.

One of the prevailing themes at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair was an individualized sense of character for each object. It’s no surprise then that several of the smaller labels and independent designers were utilizing rapid and digital fabrication tools to create their lines. But the key was to push beyond the straight-off-the-machine look.

UK based textile designer Lorna Syson combined digital textile printing and traditional screen printing with laser-cutting for a sculptural take on florals. Although digital tools are involved in the design process, most of her designs — like her giant dahlia wall blossom — are constructed by hand.

Sisters Sael and Micol Bartolucci formed Isotrope Design just a year ago. Isotrope also takes a sculptural approach to transforming inspiration from the natural world, using CNC milling and laser engraving to create topographically influenced furniture designs.

As you can see, another prevalent theme at ICFF was an appreciation for natural materials and designs that were environmentally harmonious, both in the manufacturing process and the aesthetic. But a hint of the glamour of boom-time design was still around in the form of tasteful metallics.

My favorite booths at ICFF were the curated collections from particular regions around the world. One such display from Amaridian and Design Africa featured beautiful furnishings and decor from various design studios across the African continent. Each object had an artisan feel that communicated a sense of integrity and quality. Egg Designs (previouslymentioned on the blog) achieved this one-of-a-kind look with their Bug Modular Shelving Unit by oxidizing their laser-cut panels.

Designer and founder of travel and stationery goods company Lost Luggage, Jason Brown formed his namesake studio in the fall of 2009. Studio Jason Brown produces limited edition “objects of art for the home” that combine Brown’s love of materials with a deep admiration for ancient craft techniques. The Venezia Table Runner is made from resin discs with embedded metallic threads that link together with laser-cut steel connectors. Embossed leather carries the luxury to the felt-backed coasters.

The standout piece among Lerival’s assortment of laser-cut and powder coated stainless steel furnishings was the GEM Table by Atelier Manferdini. Floral motifs cut in a halftone pattern and rounded corners balanced the faceted shape. Click here for more of Manferdini’s mastery of laser-cut glamour.

A couple more metallic meets nature designs below. On the left: Camo Deer mirror wall lamp by Bacus Boo and Lamp is Not Light by Andre Tan; part of the Light Play exhibit from Singapore design collective 1degoff.

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Lorna Syson at ICFF 2010

Hana and I are now back in the UK after showing for the first time at the ICFF in New York.

We had a brilliant show and had such positive feedback from the event. I would like to say a massive thank you to Hana for all of her support in New York and for helping to make it such a fantastic trip!

The large leaf cushion 60 x 60cm made from laser cut 100% wool and backed with 100% cotton was a very popular cushion at the event.

I was opposite the stand of Rachel O'Neill, a lovely lighting designer from northern Ireland, her work was amazing all made out from Velcro, she has been showing at the ICFF for a number of years now and her portfolio is brilliant! 

While out in New York I was lucky enough to go to a breakfast meeting with Sir Terrance Conran at the SAKS department store on 5th Avenue. It was a brilliant couple of hours listening to his experiences about how he started in the design world by doing a degree at St Martins in textiles.

I received a copy of his new book Eco House Book which is signed for me!

When time zones play tricks on you

The highlight to the day was meeting the other designers who are showing with BEDG as well as seeing Emma who helped me put up my degree show and who was out in NYC at ICFF doing a placement with Anne Kyyro Quinn.

We were playing about with how we were planning on displaying the cushions.

After a pretty tough day we were really happy to get back and heading out for some dim sum in china town, the food in this city is amazing!

Today was also the first day that Rocket St George are showing at the Spirt of Summer show at Olympia, London. It is on until the 16th of May and they have a couple of my flowers on their stand

ICFF prep begins

After having such an amazing and busy day yesterday its not surprising we slept in late, so we went for brunch at an NYC dinner. It has been a really grey day and with a massive fire on east 14th street this morning there was a smokey smell to the east village.
We went up the 34th street to head over to the ICFF to see how the show was looking and between penn station and the Javits exhibition centre I walked past the webster apartments which is where I used to live when I was out here on my placement!

The Javits centre is HUGE, as well as ICFF there is a stationary show on called Surtex so lots of stands being set up and carpets being laid down. We found my space and spent the afternoon putting the flowers up, this means that all the walls are now done and we just need to dress the stand itself.

We then went to dinner at the Thai restaurant called Thai select, with one of the other exhibitors which was around the corner which we always used to go to on Sunday evenings when I was living at the webster, I'd been telling Hana how amazing the food was so I was really pleased that everyone's meals lived up to my memory

After dinner we walked up through times square to go to a hotel on 55th street where our host was playing a DJ set.

We love art and Williamsburg

Our first day in New York and it was brilliant, Hana and I managed to fit so much in! We first headed out on the L train to Williamsburg in Brooklyn and chatted a lovely lady called Lyn at the simple cafe, they serve their drinks out of old jam jars and it was really nice to sit out in the sun, she told us about the cool vintage shops and studios/shops around Bedford street. (We did a bit too much shopping, we loved the Catbird shop) We wanted to go for lunch at Relish as I remember it did the most amazing burgers but it was closed for filming and the camera crew wouldn't let us in!
We also managed to stumble across some interior exhibitions which are connected with New York design week at the moment. One we really liked was Voos who's tag-line is ' The largest and best selection of furniture made in NY' and it was definitely impressive.
One thing we loved was the graffiti and street art we found all over Williamsburg and the East Village.

We then headed back over to the meat packing district of Manhattan, and I showed Hana where i used to work at DVF, it was really stange to be back there, but nice to be able to enjoy the area without it being on the way to work.

We stumbled across this solo exhibit by Mr. Brainwash called Mr. Brainwash presents Icons. It was a series of large scale pieces on fine art and installations.

See a review of Mr Brain was on the OBEY website.

We then meandered our way down Bleeker street, past Magnolias and had ourselves a red velvet cupcake (really good) before heading back to our new home for this week in the east village.

In the evening we headed out to an lovely little Mexican place our hosts had recommended us called Mary Ann's, good food, huge portions, great guacamole!

We finally ended out evening at Arlene's Grocery where we saw a John Broadeur playing. We were really impressed with his music and have been playing his C.D while writing the blog, we also chatted to his wife we plays Bass for a band called Soren Well, both are obviously very talented musicians and are definitely worth checking out!

So that was out first 24hours in the Big Apple... don't think we did to bad!