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Material Matters: ICFF, New York City

For both vendors and buyers New York's ICFF is quite simply THE international show to be at. Shortly into the fair I had a bit of an 'ahha' moment. It suddenly struck me how important materials are to a designer. Give the average Joe a piece of Velcro, a plastic bottle or a bunch of quarters and ask him to make something and well, I think we all know what the outcome would be. But give these same materials to a good designer and magic happens . . .

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