Sean and I made it to the Renegade Craft Fair this Sunday (after the crazy rain shower). We were very pleasantly surprised to almost immediately run into our friend Sumana of Imaginary Friends, who had come from California for the show. We got to meet Nick – Sumana’s brother and business partner – who is obviously a silk-screen expert (check out the color gradients on their cards and shirts)!

I was also very excited to meet Amber Zezeck of Brookadelphia – I love her acrylic word necklaces (and that tie necklace – yes, please!).

We saw a lot of plush toys at the show…our favorites were from Cherry Box (above) and Longoland (below). Cherry Box makes sad little plush trophies, and Longoland makes crazy monster plushies (high quality, with really amazing detail).

Longoland plushies.

Sycamore Street Press was new to RCF this year. I loved their stationary lines! A lot of Eva’s work has a vintage feel to it, although my favorite cards were her more modern illustrations. Our pictures don’t really do her work justice – check out Grace’s post for far superior photo coverage!

Finally, we were excited to meet Shauna and Stephen of Something’s Hiding In Here. These two pay attention to the details, and the quality of their work is just so great. I loved their stamps and the “love until it hurts” hearts.

So there you have it – Sub-Studio’s favorite picks from this years RCF.

Whew! The NSS is finally over and I am home drinking peppermint tea and am ready to pass out…Overall it was a great experience and I met lots of really great people. It was exhausting and expensive, but well worth the effort. Just a few quick shots of our booth above – I am posing with the lovely ladies from JHillDesign, Ink & Wit, and RSVP Press, all of whom were great booth-mates. A contractor I’ve worked with previously built all of our wall panels and shelves – if you EVER need a contractor for a renovation you are doing in the NYC area, I highly, highly recommend him! Feel free to email me any time for his contact info!

By the way, a huge thank you to New York Magazine, Design*Sponge, Modish, and Design Milk for the write ups about our work, and to Venus Zine for the shout out to our little blog!

Regular posting will resume tomorrow…

Phew…we’re beat after spending all day yesterday and today setting up our booth for the NSS show. Sorry for not posting yesterday – setting up took a lot longer than expected! For the same reasons, there will most likely not be many posts until Thursday. Wish us luck at the NSS – it’s our first time! If you’re in NYC and are checking out the show, we’re booth 2246 – come by and say hi!

Kitsune Noir has a preview of Dan Funderburgh’s show Fellow Traveler at the Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn. The show showcases the work of three Midwestern transplants to NYC – Justin Fines, Dan Funderburgh, and Kevin Devine. According to the gallery’s website: “Like many immigrants, they celebrate their shared origins, but are also interested in where their individual paths diverge. Fellow Travelers are not adherents to a school or aesthetic, they are sympathetic allies with a shared perspective that refuse to be limited or defined by geography.” Looks like a good show! If you are in Brooklyn you can check it out at 103 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg.

I’ve long been a fan of most of kozyndan’s illustration work. They have a new show opening on May 30 at the maxalot gallery in Amsterdam called “Beneath the Surface”. If you’re in the area, check it out! Via Designboom.

Also – because Sean and I are so busy finishing up our prep for the NSS we weren’t able to make it to BKLYN Designs this year. But check out Inhabitat for great coverage of the show…

I apologize for the lack of posts – I haven’t been feeling so well the last few days, and so haven’t been able to put together much by way of what’s happening at Milan Design Week. But you can check out Yatzer, Dezeen, Wallpaper*, and MoCo Loco for coverage of the event.

(The George3 console table above is by Gareth Neal.)

Tomorrow kicks off Milan Design Week, and being that we are in New York and unable to cover the event live, we’ll do our best to scour the internet and bring you the best of the blogs that are covering it. From Designboom (top row): Angle Chair by Julian Mayor and Clock by Christiaan Postma (the hour is spelled out by multiple clock hands!). From our inbox: new Union Bench designs by I Do Design.

So! New month, new ideas column…Sorry for the shameful delay in leaving up the valentine’s chocolates – it’s sort of like leaving your Christmas decorations up until June, huh? Anyway, springtime = shoe time, so if you know of any shoes that would fit our Ideas column, send them on over to us!

We are also very happy to welcome Nervous System and Artstream as sponsors this month. I’ve posted about Nervous System’s gorgeous jewelry before and am a huge fan.

As for Artstream, they are a fantastic gallery up in Rochester, New Hampshire (we were lucky enough to have an exhibit there in Nov-Dec of last year). Artstream has a great show called Stories and Tales going on right now, exhibiting the work of Abby Glassenberg, Darryl Berger, Alena Hennessy, and Tara Hogan.

I am not normally excited to see what’s coming to nyc museums, but the Cai Guo-Quiang: I Want to Believe opening in two days at The Guggenheim looks so interesting that I will make a point to see it.

More than seeing the finished works themselves, I wish I could have seen the month-long installation process of the works. The museum staff documented the process and there are photos and a short video of the process for Inoportune: Stage One . I enjoy these because it reflects the idea that the pieces are part of a whole process and not just a final product. The documentation emphasizes the incredible theatrical nature of the complex installation. If only they had opened to the public during this, it would be far more exciting than the final show.

Photographs by David Heald and Kristopher McKay, Guggenheim Museum Photography Studio

I love the coverage of the Stockholm Furniture Fair over at Designboom. Yuriko Takahashi’s work caught my eye – she has some very nice bent wood furniture, and some amazing light fixtures. The lights have shades made of wood veneer and cloth which are connected with zippers.

Via Designboom. Photos via Designboom.