High Point Market & Milan Design Week

 High Point Market Week April 21-26, 2012

I wasn't able to attend but kept up on the event through Twitter & Pinterest. These seemed to be the most contemporary pieces I could find. Trends in the industry were bold colors (esp. in pink), Ikat prints, geometric shapes, and wooden accents.

Milan Design Week April 17-22, 2012 

Around the same time as High Point was Milan Design week. Their trends featured a more colorful array of bold colors, with materials of plastic and metal. New to the exhibition was the ability to manufacture a product on-site...the metal Stamped Chair & Stamped Lamp by Tom Dixon.

Photo credits High Point Market: Cassandra Lavalle for Coco+Kelley, DesignMilk, Christian May, Apartment Therapy, Kristen Rivoli, Shay Geyer, Crystal Gentilello, Jamie Meares

Photo credits Milan Design Week:  Katie Treggiden @coadg, DesignMilk, Luminaire,  © designboom, Rain Noe @ Core77, caterina di iorgi @ Design and Style, © Etch Light - Tom Dixon

Business Cards

I already had the business card design however I had no idea there were so many options. I must have spent an entire day trying to figure out what, if any, extra detail to add to my card…spot UV, silk laminated, matte, or silk laminated with spot UV, with foil, uncoated, linen, white or frosted plastic. What about corners…1/8, 1/4 radius corners. Then there’s the weight…14, 16, or an amazing, beautiful, but costly Luxe 32pt stock.

I had ordered some sample cards from a few businesses but was overly impressed with Moo. A company based out of the UK with another office in RI. Their sample pack presentation was beautiful and really when you factor in what they offer in their pricing it’s really not that much more expensive than competitors (plus they were running a 25% off promo). 

I looked into going the cheaper route (or what I thought would be) and messing with Vista Print but they charged for everything, fee per uploaded file, backside print, etc. They did sucker me in at the checkout process when they started showing me additional products with my logo. Kudos for them for their marketing skills! I ended with 2 ink pens and then they offered me more bargains after I’d placed the order…so I bought another pen. It could have gotten out of control with t-shirts, coffee mugs, magnets, but I resisted. At least the pens will come in handy for jotting things down at the upcoming trade shows. 

So back to MOO…I placed my order on Wednesday 4/18 for 200 cards. 

They estimated I would receive it by 4/30. It shipped out yesterday 4/23, and will arrive USPS Priority 2-3 days.

Can’t wait to see them…and they arrive in a handy case…well worth every penny.  

Pendant Lights

I thought I’d touch upon a few lighting designers/products that I love and that are a little less familiar. Products are not cheap so expect to pay beaucoup bucks! In return you get original lighting products by American and International designers. The lights are a combination of handcrafted glass/machine-made with brass, and numerous other finishes that are unique in design.  If interested in knowing more about the featured products, click on the heading link for further information.

 

 

Lindsey Adelman

 5 globe branching bubble chandelier in brushed brass with one 24k gold foil globe and four clear globes

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9-globe branching bubble in brushed brass with clear and 24k gold foil clear globes.

 20 bulb Agnes chandelier in brushed brass 

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Installation with two 10 bulb Agnes chandeliers in brushed brass

Roll & Hill

Modo Chandelier, 3 Sided, 10 Globes by Jason Miller

Bluff City Collection by Jonah Takagi

Niche Modern

Hand blown modern pendant lights by Jeremy Pyles       

Bec Brittain

"Maxhedron is turned off, its mirrored surface gives it a mercurial quality, being at one present yet disappearing as it reflects its surroundings. The second phase of transformation occurs when Maxhedron is turned on -- what was a solid surface becomes translucent, and the lights become a constellation of points."

 

 

   Tom Dixon

  Copper Shade  

Beat Light Stout 

Etch Light Brass Packed