Events Leading Up to ICFF

View ICFF 2009 EVENTS: May 14 & 15 in a larger map

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

Press Preview: Ernesto Neto at Park Avenue Armory
10:00 am
643 Park Avenue (at 67th Street)
R.S.V.P. to Resnicow Schroeder Associates, 212-671-5167
Neto’s largest work to date, anthropodino, will fill the Armory’s vast drill hall—nearly an entire city block. Breakfast will be served. Interviews by appointment.

Magen H Gallery
6:00-8:00 p.m.
54 East 11th Street
212-947-4557
Info2@susangrantlewin.com
The exhibit will feature sculpture, furniture, and ceramics by contemporary American designers and iconic 20th-century French masters including: Forrest Myers, Terence Main, Howard Miester, François Stahly, and Pierre Székely.

THURSDAY, MAY 14

Atlas Industries
6 p.m.–10 p.m.
339 Douglass St
Gowanus, Brooklyn
718-637-3508
wright@atlaseast.com
A viewing of recent photographs by Meredith Heuer.

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Artek
2:00-5:00 p.m
Highline Terrace
848 Washington Street
Anna.vartianen@artek.fi
Introducing the 10-unit system, designed by Shigeru Ban for Artek.

B&B Italia Soho
5:30-6:30 p.m – by appointment only
138 Greene Street
amy@tracypaul.com
212-741-5459 x 11
Come preview the latest Outdoor launches from B&B Italia, including Crinoline, Ravel and new additions to Canasta

Conran Shop
6 p.m.–9 p.m., invite only
407 E 59th St
212-755-9079 x 6046
rsvp@conranusa.com
Exclusive presentation of Parrot by Starck, Motorlights by Jake Dyson, and The New Glass House by BassamFellows.

Fuorisalone: Design through the city of Milan
6:00-8:30 p.m.
50 Greene Street
(212) 353-1383
rsvp10@bdeonline.biz
This exhibition will present the history of the week long events, “fuorisalone,” that take place in Milan during Salone de Mobile through discussions by architects and designers, hand-made design pieces from the Lombardy region of Italy and video presentations.

Harry Allen Design and Gaia & Gino
6 p.m. – 10 p.m
207 Avenue A
212 529 7239 x101
rsvp@harryallendesign.com
Celebrate the launch of Harry’s new series of Block Vases for Gaia & Gino and an installation of Harry’s most recent studio creation, the Firefly lamp.

Hudson Furniture
6 p.m.–10 p.m.
433 W 14th St, 2nd Fl
212-645-7800
Celebrating natural tree forms and organic lines in original furnishings.

Ise Cultural Foundation
6 p.m.–8 p.m.
555 Broadway
212-925-1649, ise@iseny.org
Opening reception for Spatial Non-Fictions. Exhibition 5/15–6/26.

Italian Cultural Institute New York
6 p.m.–9 p.m.
686 Park Ave
info@aliantedizioni.it
Presenting Walking Through Poppies, an installation by Alessandro Loschiavo. Exhibition 5/15–5/29.

MPS
RE/BUILD
7 p.m.–12 a.m.
Gallery 1889
1066 Manhattan Ave
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
niina@materialprocess.com
A collaborative designer/manufacturer exhibition.

SUITE New York and the Museum of Arts and Design
Hans Wegner: Timeless Modern
6 p.m.–8 p.m., invite only
2 Columbus Circle
212-421-3300, dini@suiteny.com
Panel discussion on Dutch master Hans Wegner with David McFadden, Richard Wright, Knud Erik Hansen, and Michael Maharam, plus cocktails overlooking Central Park.

Tom Dixon
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Soho Mews: Penthouse E
311 West Broadway
tomdixon@smlpond.com
Smallpond presents Tom Dixon’s installation of designs from the new 2009 collection Utility.

Valcucine
7:00-10:00 p.m.
66 Crosby Street
surfacemag.com/rsvp/valcucine
212-253-5969
Join Surface Magazine and DOM NY in presenting Valcucine new all glass kitchen.