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.

Getting excited about going to NEW YORK!

I'm getting really excited about ICFF! It is now 12 days until I jet off to New York City with Hana Moss! We are really lucky because we have found a really cool looking place to stay in the East Village with AirBnb,  I haven't been back to New York since i finished my placement with Diane Von Furstenberg in their printed textiles department over two years ago! I'm getting excited to go back to some of our favourite places such as Piano's and Max Fish Bar!

At ICFF I am showing with BEDG, we are group of British designers who are representing British Interior design in the USA. I have been really lucky that the chamber of commerce has supported me by giving me a grant to cover the cost of the stand!

It has been a massive challenge to work out the best way to dress my large 3m by 1.5m stand, but with a lot of research and to scale drawings I think I have now cracked it.... (pictures will follow to show once the stand has been set up)

Now its just the case of working out how much baggage Virgin Atlantic will let me take and how best to pack to make sure everything stays a pristine as when I packed them as well as keeping under the weight limit and being able to carry and transport things once I get to New York!