Cool Hunting
Earlier this week the week we brought you ICFF 2006 and Beyond. As promised, here are a few more events happening this weekend, this time focusing on reader-contributed specifics.
—Icing or Cake is Fabrica's window installation displayed at both Chashama and The Apartment that asks questions about consumption.
—Bambu, maker of bamboo dinnerware and utensils shows two collections at Hautegreen, Williamsburg's eco-chic design show.
—At the ICFF, designer Thomas Carbone exhibits his "Space Chair," inspired by the 50s-era Birdcage Maserati.
—slowLab presents 13 Objects, a "Tinned Brass Collection" by Beirut designer Karen Chekerdjian at Costantino.
—Husband and wife design team Zia Priven show a scaled-down version The Troy, a chandelier made from ping-pong balls (pictured), and The Infinity, their ball chain pendant, at ICFF.
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