WANTEDDESIGN MANHATTAN

Wanted Interiors

Within the Wanted Interiors area, sponsored by Ultrafabrics, participants including Turf Design, Mohawk Group, Visual Magnetics, Ressource + Rezina, 3M, Precious Woods, created interactive and immersive installations to demonstrate how best to use materials and products.

Also as part of Wanted Interiors was ECO Solidarity, a multidisciplinary hybrid project, initiative and movement initiated by the Polish Cultural Institute New York in collaboration with WantedDesign, which seeks unity and solidarity through design + architecture focused on Ecology, climate emergency and circular economy. ECO Solidarity featured the work of 9 design studios from 9 European Countries.

The Lounge at Wanted Interiors returned with an indoor-outdoor concept designed by Rodolfo Agrella.
Sponsors including Ligne Roset, Bend Goods, wakaNINE, Havwoods and 3M brought the 800-square foot lounge to life. As Wanted Interiors’ presenting sponsor, Ultrafabrics presented their UF Color Lab at WantedDesign Manhattan for the first time.

WantedDesign Manhattan 2022

Ultrafabrics

Ultrafabrics creates materials for tomorrow. With high-performance functionality and ultimate comfort intertwined, this company helps to create uniquely sensorial and colorful surroundings. Uniting Japanese craftsmanship, state-of-the-art technology, and sustainably focused innovation, they make intelligent fabrics designed to do more.
Created by British interior styling and spacial design expert Despina Curtis, Ultrafabrics will highlight a selection of its white fabrics in an installation title HUSH.
Wanted Interiors program sponsor and exhibitor.

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Livable Platform

ECO Solidarity

ECO Solidarity was initiated in 2020 by the Polish Cultural Institute New York in collaboration with WantedDesign. This multidisciplinary hybrid project is an initiative and a movement which seeks unity and solidarity through design + architecture focused on Ecology, climate emergency, circular economy, the key concepts of the Green New Deal, sustainability, public well-being, public health and their social implications in public spaces.

ECO Solidarity 2022:
· AHA Objects presented by Arts Council Malta in New York
· Atelier Ad Hoc presented by Romanian Cultural Institute New York
· Crafting Plastics! Studio presented by Consulate General of Slovakia in New York
· EOOS NEXT presented by Austrian Cultural Forum New York in cooperation with Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and Vienna Business Agency
· Herrmann & Coufal presented by Czech Center New York
· Livable Platform presented by Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA
· MOYA Birch Bark presented by Goethe-Institut New York
· NASDRA Conscious Design presented by Polish Cultural Institute New York
· SUSDESIGN presented by Consulate General of Portugal in New York

Winston Cuevas presents UTOPIA

The studio of American designer Winston Cuevas concerns itself with producing exceptional objects at the intersection of radicalism and refinement.
Informed by the Italian Radical Design movement of the 1960s and the complexity of the present moment, the studio's capsule collection, UTOPIA, intentionally offers more questions than answers.
Here, five works curated by poet sisters Ann and Kirby Kenny straddle art and design as they encompass the radical concept.
The title of this exhibition, UTOPIA, is an irony; each piece confronts the realization that our civilization is anything but utopian. Indeed, the sociopolitical infrastructure of our world spells dystopia––a place where the values of fulfillment, health, and wealth appear all but unattainable. The pieces in this exhibition reflect a disillusionment with the very concept of utopia; the past, present, and future equally convey an image of injustice and hardship. There is good reason for this disenchantment; how can a society which has lived through the financial crisis, global warming, the rise of social media, the drug war, conflict in the middle east, and the covid pandemic––among other phenomena–– possibly subscribe to the belief that our world reflects a state of perfection, as utopia suggests?
Wanted Interiors Exhibitor.

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Turf Design

Turf Design creates artful acoustic solutions that are effortless to adopt, adapt, and install.
Since 2016, this team of rule-breakers and design geeks has partnered with some of the world’s most ambitious architects and designers to create spaces that look and sound beautiful. Turf's secret is simple: they listen. What they learn informs smarter products, processes, and tools so you can focus on creating, and leave the noise behind.
The ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan main stage is designed with the support of Turf Design and in partnership with Be Original Americas.
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Mohawk Group

As the world’s leading producer and distributor of quality commercial flooring, Mohawk Group believes that better floor coverings emerge from better design, innovation, and sustainability. Mohawk Group addresses the unique challenges and opportunities in contract interiors with a comprehensive carpet and hard surface portfolio of all types and price points. As the commercial division of Mohawk Industries, the company has a heritage of craftsmanship that spans more than 130 years.
Building upon the design and research of fractals and this company's Relaxing Floors Collection, Mohawk Group’s new Fractal Fluency modular carpet collection utilizes biophilia to tap into their innate affinity for nature and activate our bodies’ stress-relieving response to fractal patterns.
Wanted Interiors exhibitor.

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Visual Magnetics

Foster by Visual Magnetics is a line of Intelligent Wall Coverings™ and modular accessories for work and home. Developed with patented magnetic materials technology, Foster activates your wall surfaces.
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Ressource House of Paints & Wallpaper Design

Ressource was founded in Provence, the south of France, in the early 1940s. It is the pioneering French brand of high-end decorative paints, and wallpaper designs. The combination of heritage, creativity, and innovation can be seen across a plethora of interior design works within the United States and in Europe.
Lime paint is a naturally free and boundless material. This mineral paint, to be showcased at WantedDesign manhattan, will allow you create any effect you wish.
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Rezina

REZINA SRL

Rezina® is a company specialized in the installation and sale of continuous resin surfaces with excellent quality standards. Thanks to their certified installers with over twenty years of experience and the continuous study and development of new finishes, this brand offers solutions that combine technical and aesthetic value.
Wanted Interiors exhibitor.

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PRECIOUS WOODS

Precious Woods is one of the largest companies worldwide in the sustainable, certified management of tropical forests. This company has been a pioneer in the use of modern technology for the precise planning and gentle implementation of forestry work. In order to protect the tree species primarily used today from overuse in the future, they are also a pioneer in the sustainable use and marketing of lesser-known timber species.
Precious Woods will present Precious Collection for the first time, a tribute to the rainforest biodiversity and the communities who contribute to protect it.
In association with engaged designers and craftsmen who share Precious Woods values and objectives, the Precious Collection highlights through the medium of art and design the unique and exclusive character of the biodiversity that surrounds us, and so the need to protect it.
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3M

More than a century ago, 3M started as a small-scale mining venture in Northern Minnesota, then named Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Now a global powerhouse, 3M's products improve the daily lives of people around the world.
Wanted Interiors exhibitor and lounge sponsor.

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Ligne Roset - Hemicycle Collection

Ligne Roset

Ligne Roset is synonymous with modern luxury and invites consumers to revel in a contemporary, design-forward lifestyle. Known for its artful collaborations with both established and up-and-coming talents in contemporary design, Ligne Roset offers consumers an entire lifestyle in which to live both boldly and beautifully via its furniture collections and complementary decorative accessories, lighting, rugs, textiles and occasional items.
Wanted Interiors lounge sponsor.

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David Trubridge - wakaNINE

wakaNINE

wakaNINE is a North American distributor for international lighting designers whose aesthetics blend nature and technology in modern forms.
wakaNINE currently represents David Trubridge Design (New Zealand), PLN Group (New Zealand), Ango (Thailand) and Stephen Pikus (South Africa), design companies with a similar focus on eco-friendly materials, originality, ethical manufacturing and sustainable production techniques. wakaNINE embraces and supports these principles as fundamental to business and humanity; not as trendy marketing spin.
Wanted Interiors lounge sponsor.

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Bend Goods

Los Angeles based design and manufacturing company, Bend Goods, makes chairs, tables and furnishings for work, home and community. This company has been bending, twisting and shaping wire for over a decade bringing function, aesthetic and detail into elegant products.
Wanted Interiors lounge sponsor.

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Havwoods

Havwoods is a global flooring company that offers wood floors for projects of any size or style. This company's commitment to quality, expertise and service has made them Britain’s foremost wood flooring company supplying specifiers around the world.
With products in stock in the US, they supply beautiful wood for residential, hospitality, commercial, retail and mixed-use projects. The Havwoods experience includes free samples, virtual consultations, and beautiful showrooms across the globe.
Wanted Interiors lounge sponsor.

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Midgard Licht

Midgard is Inventor of adjustable light. Founded 1919 by Curt Fischer. Manufacturer of Bauhaus Lamps as well as contemporary Designs like the sustainable AYNO lighting family.
Wanted Interiors Exhibitor and ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan Talks main stage sponsor.

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