The State of Green Furnishings
A chair could change a century and perhaps a planet. Sadly, while Tokyo burns, the home-furnishings industry’s green-innovations seem to hover around the hopeful,Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. yet in seeming limbo, out-of-touch with the times, though some small visionaries are exploring one or two singular aspects of sustainability.
Asked for an honest assessment of the “State of Green and Sustainability” at New York trade show, ICFF,It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. (International Contemporary Furniture Fair), we traipsed through three very-cool satellite showrooms, one high-end showroom, and the whole ICFF show floor (at the Javits Center) before we finally heard smart talk from a visionary manufacturer. Someone is doing their homework and we loved hearing words like “biocide release,Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulb change of custody in the supply chain and resource conservation.” Our midterm grade for all the other designers who should get to their green homework: a sad C. Herewith is our first Report Card and highlights of the green and sustainable trends from ICFF 2011.
Sad Grade “C” Comments: We do know salacious sells, (and thankfully also raises consciousness).Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home. While we did see exciting trends with aspects of green consciousness, we saw less innovation than we hoped for. The prize for the most astonishing comments heard go to two shall-be-unnamed manufacturers, one a widely-acclaimed earth-oriented and “conscious business” and the other a major industrial player. When asked about the sustainability of its materials, the too-casual representative of the well-known, designer-driven brand touted for its sensitivity for the environment and zen-like consciousness of living in balance said, “Well, with the teak, we try, sometimes the source is unknown and with the horn bowl, we have no idea what animal it comes from, I think it’s a by-product.” His booth companion rep looked bored with the whole discourse, while he promised to get a better answer. (I’m waiting for it to appear in my email box.)
Less surprising, but still deeply disturbing, was the self-assured comment from one of America’s leading industrials on the material source of their plastic light fixtures. “Well, it’s a plastic that’s been used for years so that means it’s safe.” I guess she never heard of asbestos or skipped the training on MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for which her company is famous for,Although this article shows that Cree's led lighting and Philips LED product sales are not equal it is important to note that Philips LED sales opting instead for a AMPS, (A Mani-Pedi Session; for those who haven’t heard this expression before, it refers to a partially-sexist comment, “she was getting a manicure/pedicure when she should have been doing her homework”).
On a more promising and happier note, we are delighted to report on trends and highlights seen on the show floor and at Noho and Soho showroom openings.
Joinery is hot. No glue! No nails! The use is the structure!: We noticed designers everywhere by-passing the by-products of labor and materials and the less-sustainability of glue, nail or screw joinery to ingeniously craft designs which fit together naturally. From the rubber band holder by Craighton Bernman, whose changing design is also its function, seen at the “Use Me” show, the 6th produced by the American Design Club featuring 45 young American designers of “unapologetically functional objects,” to Oscar Magnus Narud’s Keel series of very macho feeling metal wedged-into-wood stools and and furningshings, (the exhibit is called “’Make Me’/ Butch Craft”) at the legendary Soho design lab Moss, and finally to Tom Dixon, who does Ikea with style plus stools at ICFF, the satisfying feeling of effortless joining is a new green trend. And it is older than time. We like the phrase “joinery as ornament” from Thos. Moser, a traditional manufacturer where the dovetail has been an everyday basic for centuries.
A chair could change a century and perhaps a planet. Sadly, while Tokyo burns, the home-furnishings industry’s green-innovations seem to hover around the hopeful,Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. yet in seeming limbo, out-of-touch with the times, though some small visionaries are exploring one or two singular aspects of sustainability.
Asked for an honest assessment of the “State of Green and Sustainability” at New York trade show, ICFF,It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. (International Contemporary Furniture Fair), we traipsed through three very-cool satellite showrooms, one high-end showroom, and the whole ICFF show floor (at the Javits Center) before we finally heard smart talk from a visionary manufacturer. Someone is doing their homework and we loved hearing words like “biocide release,Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulb change of custody in the supply chain and resource conservation.” Our midterm grade for all the other designers who should get to their green homework: a sad C. Herewith is our first Report Card and highlights of the green and sustainable trends from ICFF 2011.
Sad Grade “C” Comments: We do know salacious sells, (and thankfully also raises consciousness).Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home. While we did see exciting trends with aspects of green consciousness, we saw less innovation than we hoped for. The prize for the most astonishing comments heard go to two shall-be-unnamed manufacturers, one a widely-acclaimed earth-oriented and “conscious business” and the other a major industrial player. When asked about the sustainability of its materials, the too-casual representative of the well-known, designer-driven brand touted for its sensitivity for the environment and zen-like consciousness of living in balance said, “Well, with the teak, we try, sometimes the source is unknown and with the horn bowl, we have no idea what animal it comes from, I think it’s a by-product.” His booth companion rep looked bored with the whole discourse, while he promised to get a better answer. (I’m waiting for it to appear in my email box.)
Less surprising, but still deeply disturbing, was the self-assured comment from one of America’s leading industrials on the material source of their plastic light fixtures. “Well, it’s a plastic that’s been used for years so that means it’s safe.” I guess she never heard of asbestos or skipped the training on MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for which her company is famous for,Although this article shows that Cree's led lighting and Philips LED product sales are not equal it is important to note that Philips LED sales opting instead for a AMPS, (A Mani-Pedi Session; for those who haven’t heard this expression before, it refers to a partially-sexist comment, “she was getting a manicure/pedicure when she should have been doing her homework”).
On a more promising and happier note, we are delighted to report on trends and highlights seen on the show floor and at Noho and Soho showroom openings.
Joinery is hot. No glue! No nails! The use is the structure!: We noticed designers everywhere by-passing the by-products of labor and materials and the less-sustainability of glue, nail or screw joinery to ingeniously craft designs which fit together naturally. From the rubber band holder by Craighton Bernman, whose changing design is also its function, seen at the “Use Me” show, the 6th produced by the American Design Club featuring 45 young American designers of “unapologetically functional objects,” to Oscar Magnus Narud’s Keel series of very macho feeling metal wedged-into-wood stools and and furningshings, (the exhibit is called “’Make Me’/ Butch Craft”) at the legendary Soho design lab Moss, and finally to Tom Dixon, who does Ikea with style plus stools at ICFF, the satisfying feeling of effortless joining is a new green trend. And it is older than time. We like the phrase “joinery as ornament” from Thos. Moser, a traditional manufacturer where the dovetail has been an everyday basic for centuries.
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