Designwire

Edited by Mark McMenamin -- Interior Design, 9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Gift Wrap

Ultramodern sparred with avant-naturalism when the summer edition of the biannual New York International Gift Fair commandeered the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminals 88 and 94. The tussle was most conspicuous at Accent on Design, the juried division of all things cutting-edge. Here, the gleaming abstractions of Arik Levy shared the floor with the forward-thinking forestry of Angela Adams. Overall, small-scale goods stole the spotlight from furniture and statement accessories, and eco-centricity was ubiquitous.

Gift Wrap I

Gift Wrap II

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