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pThe emMaryland Institute College of Art /em(MICA) just won an ICFF Award for their stand in the Javits Centre. The project presented is called also MICA, standing for emMaterial Inspired Concepts and Artifacts/em. The brief was to get inspiration from traditional natural materials that have been around since centuries and are therefore “proofed by history”./p

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pemDig, Shift, Make… Earthen Play/em is a natural toy kit designed by Leslie Giron and Heiji Jun, including digging tools, a storage box with a sifting screen bottom and bamboo molds, to introduce kids to play with dirt./p

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pemTwist, Push, Pull…/em by Stephanie Sevich and Pati Pogodzinski is an interactive multipurpose object, inspired by a clarinet which uses cork as a fastener./p

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pWith his project emMaking non-woven objects by Sitting/em, Sunny Chong created a felted bag by attaching a plastic bag filled with felting wool and soap to his car seat By sitting on this plastic bag during long car journeys, i.e. applying pressure to the wool fibre-soap mix by sitting on it, a felt bag was created./p

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pThe emNatural Hemp Body Pillow/em (summer and winter version) is designed by Christi Chung. Theem Jute Spool Seat/em was created by Karine Sarkissian, using a traditional technique from Scandinavia./p

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pThe emGreen Wood Rocking Stool/em by Antoine Heath is a simple yet very sweet rocking chair made from green wood (as the name suggests)./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week_10/new_york_design_week_2010_icff_mica_presents_mica_16588.asp”(more…)/a
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