The 42-year-old German designer Konstantin Grcic was feted as the Stockholm Furniture Fair’s guest of honor this year, following on the heels of past years’ celebrity choices like the Bouroullec brothers, Patricia Urquiola, and Naoto Fukasawa.
Although this year’s International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas drew a third fewer attendees than last year’s, the show still saw the introduction of a range of innovative products as the industry tries to make itself more environmentally friendly.