We visited the launch of the Axor Bouroullec line earlier in design week and loved the playful and practical take on bathroom design. The German company won for Best Kitchen and Bath.

The Axor Bouroullec shower.

Organic, hand-painted wallpaper is still going strong in many design quarters. This range by Eskayel, designed by Shanan Campanaro, also comes in an eco-friendly contract version, made of 31% post-consumer recycled content with a Class “A” fire rating and low VOC emissions.

insidenorway's prototype exhibition at ICFF, called New Norwegian Design: Plain and Simple, was curated by Paul Makovsky of Metropolis. One of the neatest pieces (among many) was a Røros Tweed blanket designed by architecture firm Snøhetta (shown at right), which folds into a shape that perfectly emulates the practice's logo.

RUX Design, out of Manhattan, designed these modular LED lamps called Stickbulbs.

Amuneal shows off its fabrication skills with a box that was proposed and built in less than one day before its ICFF debut.

See you next year, Javits!

We spotted the Axor Bouroullec line at ICFF in May, and the German company exhibited the new series on the show floor. Here's a shot of the tub.

Philippe Starck's line for Duravit was another highlight.

Christopher Roy is a native of England, but now works in the American vernacular from his home base in Sarasota, Florida. His pieces in the "Why Not Bespoke" collection combine traditional Windsor-type chair details with rich textures and bold color.

Amuneal, a fabrication company from Philadelphia known for engineering major architectural installations, goes "ready to wear" with a new frame collection that will be sold at ABC Home. It's a talented crew: all the artwork seen here was created by Amuneal staff.

And the winner for Best Craftsmanship went to Kaikado (even though their design hasn't changed since 1875!).

A portrait of Pollock shown next to one of the many iterations of his new CP Lounge for Bernhardt Design.

Amy Helfand's rugs are painterly versions of traditional, floral-patterned knotted carpet. These are made from Tibetan wools and Chinese silks that are hand-carded, hand-spun, and pot-dyed in small batches.

Jieldé's articulated Standard lamp, introduced in 1950, now comes in matte finishes. Matte finishes are all the rage at present moment; ICFF has more than a few matte brass fixtures, matte porcelain on sinks and tubs, and matte steel furniture details.

The Bernhardt Design booth was a showstopper, combining a display of Charles Pollock's previous work, including chairs for Knoll and George Nelson Studio. (Read more about Pollock's first design in 30 years, produced by Bernhardt this year, here.)

Inigo Elizalde has based his latest rug and woven textile collection around one spectacular bamboo-and-wool carpet (at left), whose patterns he deconstructed and highlighted in coordinating tapestries (at right).

Knoll debuted a new marble-topped outdoor table by Daniel Stromborg at this year's ICFF (paired with chairs Don Chadwick chairs the young designer worked on when he was part of Chadwick's studio!).

Golran won for Best Carpet and Flooring. In one of their lines, they cut squares of vintage rugs and stitch them together to create a "new" one.

All the editors loved the Tools for Everyday Life booth, featuring products by designers-in-residence at Northumbria University in the UK (in fact, they snagged the best-in-show Accessories prize). The One Ton Bag shown here is Danny Duquemin-Sheil's thesis project; each one is made from recycled delivery sacks used to haul construction materials, i.e., extremely durable.

Best Booth went to AF NY.

Clear-yet-subtle labels mark controls for water flow and temperature on Axor’s Select Thermostat.

Bernhardt Design also presented the 7th annual ICFF Studio booth, showing prototypes from emerging designers in an effort to match them up with potential manufacturers. In that vein, can someone please produce Matthew Plumstead's Clip Tree? Okay, thanks.

Here's De La Espada's stunning booth designed by Autoban. The company won Best Furniture. We loved the collection, which included pieces by Autoban, Soren Rose, and Matthew Hilton.

Teixidors's blankets were among our favorite pieces at ICFF. Their texture looks coarse, but they're extremely soft. Best Textiles went to the Spanish company.

Axor Shower Products by Front Design AB, produced by Hansgrohe SE.

See for Yourself After painting the sitting room room Kendall Charcoal from Benjamin Moore’s Aura line, Neely wanted a sculptural element that would show up against the dark hue. So he assembled his white Algues set, designed by the Bouroullec brothers for Vitra, on the wall behind the sofa with pillow by Judy Ross. “Though the Bouroullec piece is manufactured in mass quantities, you can create your own take on it,” he says. “It looks great no matter how you place it. I think of it almost like an inkblot—the randomness is part of its beauty.”

The best-made axe we could imagine, Thomas Kay Axe is created by Best Made Company of perfectly weighted high-carbon US steel with an Appalachian hickory handle and includes a leather sheath. Made in the USA.

The Plank lounge by Eric Pfeiffer and Council.

The all-female, Brooklyn-based Egg Collective was awarded Best New Booth.

Furniture: CornichesThe Bouroullec brothers developed the idea for Corniches out of a need for small storage space for small items. Meant to better utilize horizontal surfaces, the Corniches are designed to be isolated protrusions in the home environment.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec In 2012, the brothers Bouroullec collaborated with Danish company Hay on wooden furniture for the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen. Inspired by a Bernt Petersen–designed trestle chair that they saw at the university, the updated seat design—in which two halves meet at an exaggerated, elegant seam—is fittingly reminiscent of an open book. Both chair and table are available in soap-treated beech and stained or lacquered oak.

Here's a detail shot of the seam. A fresh take on traditional piping and an innovative use of leather!

Shown here is Fritz Hansen's Miniscule chair. Remarkably comfortable and boasting a wonderful leather seam between the gray and orange fabrics, the design won Best Seating.

The Tools for Everyday Life micro exhibit won Best Accessories. Shown here is the Rivet series of lamps by David Irwin.