New York International Gift Fair

Twice a year the Javits Center hosts the International Gift Fair—setting the stage for some of the world’s best resources for home, gift and lifestyle items. It’s a great fair for me to check out because they literally exhibit everything from handmade vases, candles, silverware, and china all the way up to large home furniture pieces.

This is really where all the wholesalers introduce new pieces to retailers allowing them to curate their stores and bring great finds to the public.  For me as a designer, it’s cool to see amazing pieces that I’ve stumbled upon in my travels or spotted at little design shops around the city. I actually came across a lot of wonderful reproduction vintage desk lamps and mesh baskets (how great would one be for storing mail!). I also saw these beautiful old canisters made from green glass with metal lids that I loved…they were aged and patinaed and just full of bumps with paint pealing off....a great authentic quality to them.

I will definitely bring up more finds from the fair in upcoming posts so stay tuned!