IFDA•NY: BKLYN DESIGNS 2016--On the Hunt For Innovative Design With IFDA Selects!

BKLYN DESIGNS, 2016

IFDA NY chapter was out and about last Friday in Brooklyn for the annual BKLYN DESIGNS. Our hand-picked judges are talents from the design industry who scoured the show to award Best In Show in ten categories. A special thank you to member Julie Schuster for this guest post/recap of a fantastic day, and to Claudia Giselle Tejeda for the Instagram take over plus these lovely photographs! A very warm congratulations to those selected:

IFDA Selects at Brooklyn Designs, May 6, 2016

guest post by Julie Schuster

follow these design talents and our judges on instagram at

@aalgazedesign; @roseott; @barbarhaberman; Jan Girard; @carolyn_cirillo; @schusterdesign @mhhandb_dumbo; @claudiagdesign; @hohlhome; Mimi Levitan

Friday was an early morning. Under cloudy skies, zipping off on the subway to midtown with the rush to “off to work” travelers, I was meeting a bus to make the trek from Manhattan to the Brooklyn Designs show in Greenpoint. As part of the adjudication panel for IFDA Selects, I had no idea how wonderfully the day would turn out.

This burgeoning start up show, in its second year, is a showcase for much of the growing arts and crafts scene in Brooklyn, running May 6 – 8. The location was flooded with natural light from all of the surrounding floor to ceiling windows. Nearly all of the venue’s displayers are local to the area, giving one a great opportunity to get an overview of the array of creativity developing here. The venue had running CEU presentations all day in their theater and Naula created a wonderful Press Room for

Our team to meet and discuss the categories and winners.

The judging panel was treated to a gourmet lunch courtesy of AJ Madison Appliances in their beautiful kitchen display booth, courtesy of Tulley Road Caterers, featuring locally grown and sourced delights. The evening concluded with a cocktail party for attendees and show vendors alike, giving everyone an opportunity to mingle and enjoy the wonderful location together. All in all, an amazing day!

WINNERS AT BKLYN DESIGNS: