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Designers Rosanne Palazola and Katherine Hawkins

behind the bar at The New Traditionalists space at the

Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2012

The AMC cult classic Mad Men Season 5 premiered this past Sunday night, just as my friends and I were returning home from our road trip to New York to view the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. It appears the design industry is trending nostalgic for the simple lines of unplugged times, as mid-century modern classics were being served up in many a vignette. Below are some Draper-era sightings that I thought were pretty nifty. 

The New Traditionalists:

bed, side table, desk

The New Traditionalists:

modern bar keeping

Herman Miller: dinner party

Wud Furniture Design: sleek bar storage  

USM: the modular office

CF Modern: mid-century made custom 

Jonathan Adler: mad potters print mash-up

Design Within Reach: chair classics

large and small 

Stay tuned for more of my design favorites from the show ...

Share your NYIGF favorites with me!

New England Finery Magazine, Issue One, February 2011, pages 58-59

Last year I attended the New York International Gift Fair with my good friend, designer Rosanne Palazola. We stayed at her friends place in New York overnight and we walked the Javitz and the Pier on both Saturday and Sunday. I have to say it was quite the whirlwind of idea generating window shopping! I chose to feature some of my favorite items in the premiere issue of New England Finery Magazine.

This year the show falls on my son’s birthday (a big one – his 10th!), so I’m asking all of you who do attend to please post a link in the comment section and share YOUR favorite picks.

I will certainly miss the creative buzz from the event (I know there will be a lot of design bloggers in attendance) but I hope to plan an adventure-filled field trip somewhere fun in the very near future ...