CCA stole the show with innovative furniture as one of four design schools selected to exhibit work at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York this past May.

With over 25,000 attendees, ICFF is one of the world's most prestigious design events and the premier showcase for contemporary design in North America.

Each year ICFF invites the world's leading design schools to participate in an industry leader–juried competition. This year's other selected design schools were Savannah College of Art and Design, the School of Visual Arts, and Yale University.

Nick DeMarco's XS Chair received special attention in the New York Times (also pictured in several links below).

The New York Times, I.D. magazine, Inhabitat, treehugger.com, and Home Furnishing News magazine, and other established media sources covered the 2008 ICFF.

Both the Furniture and Industrial Design programs were presented at the CCA booth. The Furniture project represented the outcomes of the Bevara Design House / Walmart.com–sponsored studio that was run by faculty member Oblio Jenkins in the fall 2007 semester. That interdisciplinary furniture studio addressed the theme "sustainable design for mass production."

After researching the complex issues associated with sustainability and the wide range of locally available production technologies, students worked with Bevara Design House and Wal-Mart to develop relevant designs with market potential.

CCA's Industrial Design Program coordinated two projects, which also were featured at the booth: Glass+, a collaboration with the Glass Program, and the Kitchen Sink, a joint effort with the Ceramics Program.

The students worked individually and in teams to design and develop a wide range of products for the home, from cocktail sets to kitchen sinks, using such real-world production techniques as blow-molded glass and slip-cast ceramics.

For more information, visit ICFF online.

Related links:

The New York Times
I.D. magazine
Inhabitat
Treehugger.com
Home Furnishing News magazine