Sensuality & Survival: New Nordic Designs 2006

This year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) will be held in New York City, from May 16th to 19th, 2009. The Fair will present over 600 exhibitors from 32 different countries, and also feature some Norwegian furniture designers.

Norwegian glass art and jewelry of handmade glass at the Seamen's Church in New York from November 13th.

Two creative Norwegain designers want to tell stories from Norway and make clothes for different moods. Every Moods of Norway item has a small Norwegian detail or twist. For 2008, a small and tastefully embroidered tractor can be found on breastpockets and cuffs, bearing a number enlightening the happy wearer as to how many tractors are registered in Norway.

Does the nature and climate of a country influence the country’s furniture design? Many people believe that the ever changing seasons and the scattered population have made Norwegians an inventive and adaptive people, and that this is reflected in the Norwegian furniture design. See for yourself when Norwegian furniture designers exhibit their work at the International Contemporary Furniture Fa...