Another nice exhibit among the student booths was RISD's Immaterialize. The pieces focused on materials' abilities vs. their typical applications. Among the highlights were Elisa Werbler's Pour cups, Ruth Fore's Crochet Crochet chair, Ian Horowitz's Loofah Ankle Boot and Debra Folz's 100% Wax table.
Pratt's 'Design for a Dollar' exhibition asked its students to create pieces made from a dollar of materials. Above are scissors made from discarded saw blades by Brian Persico, an oiled and heat pressed paper bag bag by Rebecca Marchall and pendants made from borax soaked pipe cleaners by Jennie Maneri.
During ICFF, I spent most of my time scouring the off-site exhibitions for MoCo Loco. Over the next few weeks you can read many, many posts over there. However, I did make it to the Javitts Center for a few hours and came across some interesting new items.
Recent Royal College of Art graduate Victoria Wilmotte's collection titled, "A Domestic Landscape", includes angular ceramics, stools and tables.
Katrina Nuutinen, a student at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, designed the glass 'Hely' lamp to look like "jewels for the home".
Daniel Hulsbergen, a student at Eindhoven Academy, designed a series of vases encompassing two Dutch traditions. Hulsbergen took broken delft vases and made them whole again using Dutch basketry techniques.
'Floora' is a wool felt modular rug by student designer Johanna Richter. Floora will be on display at IMM Cologne as part of Burg Giebichenstein's student exhibition.
Vahakn Matossian is a British-Armenian designer studying at the Royal College of Art and Design. I recently came his site and love the Bear+Cart project, a mobile workshop where Vahakn creates totems for the curious passer-by based on his/her wishes and stories. 
Thanks to Hector for passing along a link to 'Phat Knits' by Bauke Knottnerus. These giant threads can be knit, woven or simply piled to a variety interior products.
As part of a senior thesis project, Spanish students Alon Tal and Fabio Alvarez teamed up with Zicla, a company specializing in recycled materials, to create 'Reverse' - an emergency cushion made from re-purposed car foam. (via Product Design Project)
The OKES lifestyle bike is another piece on display at the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibit. This oak frame beauty was made by Reinier Korstanje. Photo by Rene van der Hulst.
Students from the Design Academy Eindhoven will be taking part in an exhibition called Still during this year's Milan Furniture Fair. This piece, called 'Waterevaporation', is by Hanneke Guerts vanKessel. I love futuristic-looking plant orbs!
The 'Stummer Leuchter' and 'Knicklicht' are two projects created by German design student Karo Klipps. Each piece is a hybrid of various functions, a lamp meets cup/mail holder or a hallway light and coat rack. I really like that the forms take on a different personality when they are being used.
I like these simple holders by German design student, Nadia Schrader. Admittedly I do not know what they are made of or how they work (my German translator tool didn't work too well), but the idea and the presentation are very nice.
Yes, I realize these chairs are probably not very functional, but I still think they're great. Made by Eindhoven graduate Yuh-hunn Wai. (photo by José Van Riele)
I love the idea behind this expandable lamp by Eindhoven graduate Wieland Vogel. When contracted, 'Halo' focuses its light, such as for a dining room table. Expanded, it can reach a width of 6 feet to provide a softer, more diffused look.
Here's another nice piece from the Eindhoven graduation show. 'Light Facet' is an adjustable space divider designed by Mireille Meijs. The diamond-shaped forms can move independently to allow more or less light into the room. Clever and beautiful.
I have been scouting the photos from the Eindhoven graduation show and there are quite a few nice pieces to share. 'On its Own' is a simple vase designed by Bjorn Rooijackers that let's the flowers display themselves. When not in use, it can be folded up and put away in a drawer.
'My Cloud' is a modular lighting system designed by 2007 Eindhoven graduate Felix taro Gragnato. The magnetic contacts allow you to build your own cloud-like form.
News Knitter was created by Turkish students Mahir M. Yavuz and Ebru Kurbak who were looking for a way to visualize the massive amounts of data thrown at us everyday. The two used flat knitting machines to create clothing from live feeds of political news. Some garments were made with direct text (a snippet of the day's headlines), while others were the result of translating the feeds into visual patterns. Given the immediate link between the feeds and the knitting machine, each sweater serves as evidence of a particular moment in time.
