ICFF 2006 – The Inhabitat Editors’ Choice Awards

Now that New York Design week is officially over, we are finally getting a chance to breathe and start writing non-ICFF posts again. For those of you who are tired of hearing about furniture – this is good news for you. But before we get back to business as usual, we want to wrap up design week by sharing our overall impressions of ICFF 2006.

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Word on the street was that this years trends were “playfulness” and “eco-chic” (see BusinessWeek’s writeup). While we are obviously fans of both, we find it a little ironic to see these being targeted as “design trends” of 2006, instead of just elements of good design. Of course, as it is every year, ICFF 2006 was filled with a lot of mediocre rehashings of the same old-same old that had to be waded through to get to the real gems. But there were enough inspiring moments to make walking up and down that green carpet all worth while.

Every year, ICFF gathers a bunch of design magazine editors to jury the “Editors Choice Awards.” Alas, Inhabitat editors were not included on this illustruous list, (what?!) so we are going to give out our own awards below. But first, the trends.