While it might seem like an unlikely pairing, artist Tom Sachs joined forces with the most recognized sporting brand out there to create pieces made for a “voyage through space.”

Mars Yard Shoe (first image also)

The limited edition collection includes The Mars Yard Shoe, the Trench, The Marsfly Jacket, the Air Bag Duffel, and the Lightweight Tote. The NIKECraft collection features a mix of Sach’s do-it-yourself mentality with Nike’s worldwide brand, and what you have is a limited edition capsule collection that fuses unlikely materials with the utmost in functionality.

Lightweight Tote

Lightweight Tote

Lightweight Tote

Air Bag Duffel

Air Bag Duffel

TS Trench

TS Trench

TS Trench

TS Marsfly Jacket

TS Marsfly Jacket

TS Marsfly Jacket

Each item will be on sale at Nike 1948 London from May 18th and Dover Street Market starting May 23rd.

Another year, another ICFF. To be entirely honest, I thought last year’s show was a bit of a downer but in contrast, this year’s show seemed more upbeat, positive and there were quite a few things we absolutely loved.

I have seen oversized knits and crochet before, but Neò’s new woven collection was one of my favorites.

Plexi-Craft collaborated with designers Brandon+Bradley – a rocking chair and bench with inset cushion.

Flavor Paper’s new wallpaper including collaborations with Simon Page, Rex Ray and Mike D from the Beastie Boys.

We loved UK designer Margo Selby’s textiles.

Laurie Beckerman shows a new take on her acrylic Butterfly chair from last year.

Cube lights by Marc Trotereau

Wrapped stick lights by Pierre Ospina

A great angular chaise from Designlush

Every year, Wilsonart challenges students to create chairs using their products and this year’s chairs were pretty nifty. The winner (above) was highly conceptual – called the Torrey Chair by Kaii Tu.

Jeni Tu

This kid climbed right up on there. Funny story about this piece by Hannah Quinn is that when the convention center worker unpacked it, they were very confused and almost cut the straps because they are the same kind of straps used in packing! Good thing he asked first…

The Parsons x Carnegie booth had a great installation using Carnegie’s Xorel textile.

I love these hanging bag sconces from SkLO.

I want this rug from Warp & Weft.

The Palabritas Beach House by the Peruvian firm Metropolis focuses on ocean views with a modern, yet ’60s-inspired aesthetic. While the house’s main color is white, red accents are seen everywhere making a bold statement in contrast.

At first glance, the house appears to be a single story white box, although the entrance features an unusual gray, semi-circular wall next to the door.

One of the exterior sides has a concrete lattice panel that allows for light to pass through while still giving privacy.

Keep circling the house and you arrive at the small pool wrapped in the signature red colored tile. A curved, rectangular structure surrounds the pool almost framing the beach view when looking out or framing the house while looking in.

There’s actually a lower floor that you see once you reach the interior courtyard.

Inside you’ll find more red accents against a white backdrop.

You definitely get the feeling you might be in a Stanley Kubrick film and I love it!

Architects: Arch. Jose Orrego
Location: Palabritas Beach, Lima, Peru
Structural Engineers: Ing. Jorge Avendaño
Design Team: Arch. Anahi Bastian

Photos by Elsa Ramirez, courtesy of v2com.net.

Nendo paired with the Czech glassmakers, Lasvit, to create a collection of hand-blown glass lighting and objects. This is Nendo’s first foray into the glass world and the pieces are quite beautiful. Each piece is unique with slight variations, as that’s the unpredictability of them being hand-blown. The forms are striking, yet elegant all while remaining simple in their overall shape.

Inhale Lamp
Formed by negative air pressure during the glassblowing process, the Inhale Lamp gets its shape when you blow glass to form an air bubble and then suck the air back out.

Press Lamp
The glass tube is pressed almost together during the glassblowing process to form a tiny space. Wiring is then threaded through the space and the pinched area is what holds the light source in place.

X-Ray Vase
A series of transparent domes within a mirror coated larger glass dome creates the ultimate optical effect revealing flowers and domes.

The collection was shown during Milan Salone as part of the Still & Sparkling exhibition.

Photos by Yoneo Kawabe.

Hated having to take an elevator up to the hot 4th floor, but was happy to be greeted by this.

The Tambour Table by Michael Bambino that we featured this morning!

David Hsu’s Desk 117

Chair from the University of Pennsylvania Architecture department

Goodjoy hooking toothbrushes

Loved this smoke pillow by Studio DKS

Shapeways had some cute stuff, including these teeny tiny chairs. I wish I’d stuck my finger in the photo for scale. They were so small!

I loved this geometric hot pink bracelet and these stone rings:

And, of course, this necklace, because I probably use the word “awesome” in my vocabulary 100 times a day.

Turn Table lamps by B.Light Design – they get brighter and then dim as you spin them.

Glass rocks and paperweights by Niels Cosman Design

Design Hype’s Metro Cuffs

Jeremy Pickett’s gorgeous MORKT SAMFUNN console / audio cabinet

Domenic Fiorello’s Plant Pods

Taper candle pencil sharpener (smart!) and EVK Light by Colleen & Eric

The Cosmic Quilt by The Principals

Loved this so much…

Watch the video:

I am not a huge fan of glass dining tables, but this faceted glass table by Uto Balmora for Tonelli Design won me over. If you’ll recall, we saw similar Tonelli glass tables in person at High Point Market in the Leif Petersen showroom.

You know those desks that have the rolling tambour doors that slide open and closed to expose or hide the desk? Well, Brooklyn-based industrial designer Michael Bambino took that idea and flipped it on its head with his Tambour Table. It’s a desk/computer table that looks like your average work table. Not so…

The tabletop can be rotated to either side to reveal not only storage, but also USB connections and a power source. The notched tambour part cascades down the back of the table making it perfect to fit against a wall. Pretty genius.

I love how it hides your cables and the only one you see is the one coming out of the back leg.

Richard Blanco is a Chicago-based painter whose geometric paintings I’m completely taken with. Some of his abstract works are for sale as prints on Society6, while others remain as paintings on canvas and paper. A lot of his pieces make me feel like I’m staring in a kaleidoscope and I like it! Check out his Tumblr page for more work.

Some of his prints: