Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to ICFF this year, but Roxanne Hanna (Merida’s Director of Sales) filled me in on all her exciting findings! Here’s a brief overview of some of the fun, innovative companies that we were inspired by:
Peter Harrison – The Lavassa Line
To read and view more about ICFF 2009, Inhabitat and Metropolis also have great posts from the show.
Earlier this year Merida visited the Rhode Island School of Design president’s house to meet with John Maeda (RISD President), Pat Brown (Media + Partners), and Beth Garvin (VP of Institutional Engagement). They were in the midst of furnishing the house and were eager to place Merida rugs!
John’s goal is to fill the first floor, which is used to bring members of the RISD community together, with furniture, textiles, accessories and artwork, all created by RISD alumni. Of course, I was excited to give back to my alma matter and to see the designs in such a beautiful space at RISD!
After presenting, Merida learned that RISD had a meeting scheduled with the Target Corporation for the following week – the house was in dire need of rugs. We were able to quickly make and ship two Bricks rugs from our Structure Collection for delivery before their event.
Below, John speaks about our visit in his presentation about RISD, Start Engaging Here, at Knoll’s Boston showroom. It was great to hear how pleased he was with the results!
You can also check out John’s post, Merida Meridian Marvelous, on RISD’s blog.
We still have some additional rugs we hope to place in the home such as, Links in Butterscotch for the dining room, Hydrangea Lime Light for the living room, and Folk Bitter Chocolate for the library. It’s going to look fantastic!
