ROOM and OFS have joined forces with ICFF this season to create an immersive studio space at the entry to the ICFF Hub. Designed in partnership with ICFF Creative Director Rodolfo Agrella, the ROOM x OFS space feels more gallery than showroom—fluid, immersive, and alive. Built for conversation, connection, and real interaction.
At the center of the space: the full suite of ROOM’s modular products from its award-winning Phone Booths and flexibly-designed Room Collection pods, to its new line of acoustic furniture – The Acoustic Lounge, alongside OFS’ human-centered Obee + Tobee collections, all working together to create a space that prioritizes atmosphere as much as function. A layered space where privacy meets productivity, and where structure meets flow. It’s a place to pause, talk, and actually experience design. Not just look at it.
(Top image courtesy of ROOM)
Room Collection (Image courtesy of ROOM)
For the third year in a row, the space will serve as the content heartbeat of ICFF, with the brands returning with a series of real-time recordings that bring forth raw, unfiltered conversations with leading designers and big thinkers shaping what’s next.
OFS’ “In the ROOM” podcast series with host Wesley Edmonds returns with live discussions recorded straight from the show floor, hosted within ROOM’s soundproof pods. Past conversations have featured leading voices across design and beyond, including Jaime Derringer of Design Milk, Giulio Cappellini, Luca Nichetto, and Jane Nakagawa of Honda, among others, shaping the future of design, culture, and innovation.
Wesley Edmonds (Image courtesy of ROOM)
The conversations continue with the latest episode of ROOM’s Designers on Design series, where today’s leading creatives unpack their process, challenge the status quo and explore where design is headed next. Last year’s premiere episode featured Ghislaine Viñas, Principal of her eponymous firm, in conversation with ICFF’s Agrella. This season returns with guests Becca Roderick, Executive Director Interiors at Morris Adjmi Architects and Laurent Lisimachio, Design Director and Principal at Gensler.
Join ROOM, Becca and Laurent for the live premiere of the episode on the ICFF Main Stage Monday, May 18th at 5pm. The design duo will share what happened behind-the-scenes and offer insights into their process, perspectives, and what ultimately drives their work.
Designers on Design, Main Stage (Image courtesy of ROOM)
New this year, Monocle, the global briefing covering international affairs, business, design and culture, will record a series of interviews hosted by Monocle’s design editor Nic Monisse live from one of ROOM’s soundproof pods. These episodes will be broadcast on Monocle on Design, the brand’s radio show covering all things design with rising talent and fresh stories from top studios.
Join the conversation with ROOM and OFS this year at ICFF, and step into a space where design is not only seen, but experienced. Where design meets voice. Where process becomes visible. And where the future of design is shaped in real time, together.
