What have we been up to?

It has been a while since my last post, but with all the running around it has been hard to take a pause. Today I finally have a few minutes to post about recent MIO sightings:

1. Maison & Objet (Paris)
2. New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF)

We were at the M&O show for a second time and experienced an incredible show. This edition was much larger than the one in September and seemed to have a lot more variety. It also gave me some time to reflect on the needs of the European market and I had quite a few enlightening ideas that I will share in future posts.
Here is a shot of our booth at the M&O. This was the debut of our Ripple PaperForms (top right)
Above is a shot of our snacky Bendant display explaining the DIY chandelier.

In New York we did something a little bit different this year:
Our introduction of the Origami table and new colors for the Nomad System (Orange, Red and Ochre) required that we re-shuffle things to fit our space. Isaac was in charge of the booth this year, while I was away in Germany and Paris. He did an incredible job with the help of our assistant Matt Braun. Everything had a cozy corner that peeked the interest of buyers, reporters and the curious.
The Origami table was a huge hit at the show, making our first furniture introduction very exciting. Other furniture pieces are in the works and will make their debut at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) this May.
The new Nomad range of colors... Can't wait to build something COLORFUL!
I almost forgot! We had some strange visitors (see above)... pretty much every day, but we welcome those "klezmer" moments and later come to cherish them as evidenced by the image below: