Ready to meet the masses at the NYIGF!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 30th, 2010
We spent all day yesterday building our booth and decorating the press center at the NY International Gift Fair. We’ll be there bright and early tomorrow for the start of the show. Find Surface Graphics in the STUDIO section on the 3rd floor of the main building. We’re in booth #4146.
Visit us on Sunday to meet Ian Altares, a designer that we are working with who’s designs will be featured in the new STUDIO line (this new line isn’t live yet on the website, it wil be launched on Tuesday). Stop by on Tuesday to meet another artist that we’ve collaborated with who’s artowrk can be found on Swatch watches, Marc by Marc Jabocs clothing and accessories, Adidas…. and now for the first time WALL DECALS! Join us for the press event and signing from 1-4pm. Check back soon for detail on this new line and artists.
The end of the day, when the lights were low and just a few people were left in the huge Javits Center, we could be found us in the press center decorating the walls there. Thank you to the PR group for inviting us to display our wares.
Check out the Polka Dot Garden scene below, designed and applied by Rhoan.
Here’s Julien, applying the Mid Century Star Wall Decal
Hope we will see you at the show!
Surface Graphics is Popping Out in Prague
Our unique and edgy wall decals are catching the attention of consumers across the world, and are traveling abroad more and more each day it seems. This time we have landed in the Czech Republic, in a very modern and retro boutique, Escape Be Popout.
They provide an unmatched display of wall decals mixed with furniture, wall hangings, and chic home decor that creates fascinating eye illusions. The designers have used the stylish and trendy wall decals from Surface Graphics to expand on their vision of escaping from the ordinary world which they have created in the store. We are pleased to be an addition to what Escape Be Popout has to offer.
Surface Wall Decals Now At Hot Shop, Maison24
From virtual to reality, Surface Graphics’ Wall Decals make a real-life retail foray at one of Southampton’s favorite stores, Maison 24. After having devoted the last 18 months to building the e-commerce store, our wall decals are getting a smidgen closer to the third dimension after being picked up by the sibling duo of Allison Julius and Louis Marra, owners of Maison 24. The sister-brother team — late of Jonathan Adler (she as PR Director and he as VP) — left New York to set up their home furnishings shop in the picturesque hamlet of Bridgehampton last year.
Known for their whimsical sensibilities, the store is filled with an eclectic mix of acrylic Louis chairs, life size Belle du Jour posters, Fornasetti pieces, and Taschen coffee table tomes that set the backdrop for wall decal favorites from our script-centric Talking Walls and city dweller-inspired Urban Jungle lines.
One recent customer at the shop raved, “They look so real! And the details are so good – - they look like they’re painted on the wall.”
A handwritten “Je t’aime” wall decal sits in the middle of a romantic-centric section of the shop, peppered with pouty lips sculptures and prints of the iconic Love pop art sculpture…
Color Picker by Jinsu Park
Posted by Brian in Designers We Love, Objects on August 31st, 2009
Korean designer Jinsu Park brings the power of Photoshop to your finger tips! The Color Picker Pen acts as the eyedropper tool for real life by enabling colors in the environment to be scanned and instantly used for drawing.
The pen has a sensor that detects the color and matches it to the color display. Inside, the RGB cartridge mixes the inks together to create the color that has been scanned. Read the rest of this entry »
Surface Graphics on Display at the NYIGF
The New York International Gift Fair is an event that we, at Surface Graphics, are very enthusiastic about. Last summer we met some great retailers that have turned into some of our favorite customers. We will be attending the NYIGF for a second time beginning Sunday, January 31. Show attendees will be the first to see the new line of wall decals, STUDIO, featuring designs from hand-picked artists that are both acclaimed and up and coming. Details will be publicly available after the show, but attendees get first peek at our exciting collaborations!
In addition, we are introducing a number of new wall decal designs in our current categories that are sure to inspire! We’ve also been invited to decorate the Gift Fair’s press center. We can’t wait to show off the new designs to media. Hope you can stop in and see the set up.
The Surface Graphics booth will again be located in STUDIO™, the juried division of the gift fair, which will showcase a variety of trend-driven, innovative and inspired lifestyle merchandise across all categories. If you are going to be there please plan to meet us at booth #4146.
DesignPhiladelphia 2009
We had a great event last night in partnership with Design Within Reach’s Philadelphia Studio (www.dwr.com) for DesignPhiladelphia 2009. Philly area designers created original wall decals showcasing both established and emerging design talent within the region. Five designs were chosen for display in the DWR Studio, one winning design was selected by vote and will be sold online with all proceeds benefiting Philadelphia Charter High School for Architecture + Design.
The decal will be available for sale soon!
The five finalists designs:
Cat and Mice Series by Anita Yan Wong
Mobile by Ute Kraidy
Mouse by Ute Kraidy
No Light by Ian Altares
Birds and Rainbow by Sara Petrous
Top designs were selected based on originality, ability to develop as decals and alignment with the enduring principles of modernism. The designs were installed during Design Philadelphia and studio visitors voted on their favorites. The winning design was announced last night: Cat and Mice Series by Anita Yan Wong
The event was very well attended including teachers and students from CHAD and a few universities in the area with graphic and industrial design programs. We were also excited to meet some of the designers themselves.
Many thanks to Kristen and Gerard at DWR and Heather and Courtney at CHAD for being involved and making this event a great success!
Sky Planter by Boskke
Posted by Brian in Designers We Love, Interior Design, Objects on August 19th, 2009
Pottery designer Patrick Morris transforms the way people enjoy their plants in their living environments with the upside-down Sky Planter. Morris isn’t satisfied with having plants relegated to the remote corners of a room so he’s elevated them into upside-down interior features.
Pantone Series by W2
Posted by Brian in Designers We Love, Interior Design, Objects on August 18th, 2009
The Pantone Series from London duo Whitbread Wilkinson is the first officially licensed collection under the Pantone brand. The giftware includes coffee mugs, tea mugs, espresso sets, messenger bags, key chains, coin purses, and passport holders. For over 45 years Pantone has been inspiring design professionals and they are the authority on color!
The Mug Collecton is inspired by the Pantone Color charts and are glazed with a pattern resembling the iconic Pantone Color Chip. The mugs are sold individually and in a set of 10 Pantone primary colors. Espresso mugs are available in warm and cool series and are sure to make any kitchen or office sparkle with color! Read the rest of this entry »
Decal Design Trend: Dots
Posted by Brian in Wall Decals on August 10th, 2009
Currently on display at the Gagosian Gallery is a collection of prominent contemporary artists work all with a central focus of dots. Dots have become a growing trend in the design world.The exhibit, Ecstatic Abstraction, features works by art icons Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, and Yayoi Kusama. Damien Hirst has been experimenting with colored dots in his works since the early 1990s. His symmetrically arranged dots add an instant pop of color and fun to a space. His works adorn the walls of the worlds most discerning contemporary art collectors.
Japanese artist and trendsetter Yayoi Kusama translated her obsession with polka-dots into her paintings, installations and sculptures. Kusama expresses her visions of nets, dots and flowers by covering everything she sees including sculptures, walls, and even a handbag collection for Marc Jacobs. The use of bold colors, repetition, patterns and accumulation have become her trademark, instantly delivering you into pop art heaven.
Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz
Posted by Brian in Designers We Love, Objects on August 6th, 2009
For his latest installation Spanish designer Oscar Diaz designed the Ink Calendar that uses capillary action of spreading ink across paper to display the date. Each month uses a different vial of temperature controlled ink that travels across embossed paper and colors in the date.
The ink colors were designed to relate to our perception of the actual weather on that particular month. The colors range from dark blue in December to shades of green in the spring and oranges and reds in the summer months. The projects’ focus is to address our senses and our perception of time passing by.
