Sometimes we get the feeling no one really wants us here in Leipzig.
Not that we are complaining - or at least not when avoiding our company means sending us to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair and New York City.
From May 14th until May 19th your (smow)blog team will bring you all the important stories, new products and general lunacy from Vitra, Kartell, Magis, Tom Dixon and all the other exhibitors at North America's premier designer furniture trade fair. And not just from the official exhibition. As you would expect the (smow)blog team will also be out and about "off-ICFF". Aside from casting our critical eye over the new(ish) Droog store in SoHo or the new Moooi presence at B&B Italia's Manhattan store, we will also be on the look out for the newest, freshest and most innovative design and product development the US has to offer.
And as if that wasn't enough we guarantee at least one post on the subject of post-colonialism in contemporary US design.
We can't wait
The only slight downer on the whole expedition is that we will now miss the ever excellent (pop up new music festival and forum here in Leipzig. Especially annoying is that we will miss the Art Brut concert on 16.05 - although in it's place we do admittedly have Tablefights in Chelsea.
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