Posted by josh in Design Blog on 02 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Cross Fertilization

In my last design blog I talked about the potential for artisan made furniture to function as a kind of probe or avant garde for the broader world of industrial design. I can think of no better example of this sort of thing than the work of Rich Tannen. Rich, who teaches Furniture at Rochester Institute of...
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Posted by josh in Design Blog on 01 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Where we are today

Most everyone is familiar with the most famous line of the 1967 film, “The Graduate”. The young character played by Dustin Hoffman, home from college and confused about his future, is cornered by a friend of his parents. In a conspiratorial tone he offers advice about the future, whispering one...
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Posted by josh in Design Blog on 01 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

A New Feature

Welcome to Design Blog, a new feature of the PhilaIFS website. This space will be a home for the thoughts of the show director and the reactions of exhibitors, attendees and the on-line followers of the show. We are now just a little over two months out from the show and today I started to feel the swell of...
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