Hasta La Ideas

Reporting by Morgan Walsh, photos by Ray Hu

One of the more beautifully displayed lines in the Discover Design section of the IH+HS, Finell is the most recent endeavor by Rebecca Finell, who’d previously founded the Boon Inc. I was immediately drawn to the sleek and minimal booth, where I discovered an array of what Finell calls “neo luxe housewares and accessories.”

JOIN, in Bubble and Facet, is a a series of triple-threat textured pieces. Singularly used as a placemat or a trivet, they can also be placed side by side, giving the illusion of a continuous table runner or matted surface. The silicone material was incredibly smooth to the touch and for those who geek out on packaging the magnetically closing box, spray-coated to mimic the silicone product inside, is almost as desirable as the piece.

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