IFDA Select returns for The AD Home Show with hand-picked judges who name Best In Show in many categories

IFDA SELECT is back at it again utilizing their bevy of 

industry experts and designers 
this time to walk the 
Architectural Digest Home Show 
and honor Best In Show in many categories. 
It was a busy weekend with both the AD show and the adjoining 
Diffa's Dining by Design both happening simultaneously.  
Please take a look at the brands honored 
with awards and in various categories below:

Decorative Accessories:
Zelouf & Bell Decorative Screen                   

Product: Branch Screen Booth: 309

Judge interior designer, Julie Schuster

Hand Cut Marquetry – made of 5,000 year old bog oak – creating a natural wood horizon. Limited edition of three. The screen will be featured “playing with tradition” in Dublin Castle.

Innovative Booth Design:                   

Brendan Ravenhill, Calico Wallpaper &

Booth Name: “Black Metal”              

Chen Chen + Kai Williams Collaboration

Judge, Interior designer, Andrea Brodfuehrer            

This year’s AD Home Show features a spectacular array of exhibitors and innovative product but the “Black Metal” booth immediately drew me in and kept on pulling me back. Collaborations between artisans are an age-old practice but it’s a rare privilege to experience such cohesive excellence. Calico’s wallpaper creates an explosive backdrop for Ravenhill and Chen Chen + Kai Williams’ designs. The individual products are articulated like object matter in the space – everything is concurrently clear, electric and magnetic. The natural science of product display at this level is pure innovation!           
Kitchen:                                 

BlueStar Refrigerator

Product: BlueStar full size refrigerator (new product)

Judge: Interior Designer, Gregory Allan Cramer

Stainless steel interior and built in ice maker. 

This new product will be in production in Iowa, this year.
Art:
Delah Brucilli

Product: Beneath the Surface Booth: M24

Judge: interior designer, Catarine Wright

I love the free forms created by allowing the paint to run freely on the canvas. Delah’s sensibility in color is superb and each viewer feels the freedom in their own particular way. 
 Flooring:
Artistic Tile

Product: Kauri

Judge interior designer, Stacy Garcia

Beautiful interpretation of petrified wood. Unique colors and pattern. Inspired by wood found only in New Zealand. Glazed and highly polished porcelain tiles showcase an updated high-design wood-like pattern.

Wall Coverings:

Michele Varian

Booth: #203

Judge: design agent, Dwayne Clark

Michele Varian is a domestically made textile and wall coverings manufacturer based in NYC. She is looking to diversify her exposure into showrooms and to the trade nationally and internationally.

Furniture: 

Koket

Product: “Desire” (Small Settee with Hammered Bronze Frame) Booth: 600

Judge: journalist, Hermine Mariaux

Very graceful beautiful design. Unusual scale – handsome handcrafted frame.

Good story: the settee appeared in “50 Shades of Gray” the movie.

Bath:

Brizo Rook Faucet

Judge:  interior designer, Claudia Tejeda

Product: Rook Faucet

Original use of mixed metal

Lighting:

David D’Imperio

Judge: interior designer, Deborah Martin

The architectural elements of this lighting fixture resonated with me. It features LED technology coupled with an anodized finishing process of the aluminum material it is made of. Designed and fabricated by former graphic designer and art director who left his job to do this. The fixture as lots of dimensionality and suspended over a long dining room table would look like a piece of jewelry. It’s faceted aspects reflect light beautifully.

Textiles:

Lance Wovens

Product: Woven Leathers

Judge: interior designer Andrea Algaze          

Lance Wovens 30 year-old company that has evolved their product into new fresh applications. Leathers made, dyed, washed in Italy and custom hand woven. Maybe used for many applications: pillows, rugs, wallcovering and upholstery.