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Recycling Gets Artistic at SOFA

December 4, 2014 By Trend Staff -

SOFA is the sculpture objects functional art and design show that took place in November at Chicago’s Navy Pier. At the 2014 event, Editorial Correspondent Elaine Markoutsas saw how recycled materials were being used in elevated ways that brought them into the artisan realm. Here are her three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Member-Only Posts   Tagged With: Recycled, SOFA, Sustainability

Pattern Notes from SOFA

December 4, 2014 By Trend Staff -

SOFA is the sculpture objects functional art and design show that took place in November at Chicago’s Navy Pier. At this year’s event, Editorial Correspondent Elaine Markoutsas discovered that pattern favored strong geometry and graphics more than any other direction. Elizabeth Anastos, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domestic Shows, SOFA, Trend   Tagged With: Mixed Media, Pattern, SOFA

SOFA Favorites

December 10, 2013 By Trend Staff -

SOFA is the Sculpture Objects Functional At + Design Fair that takes place annually in Chicago. SOFA can be a show of extremes, just like the price tags that range from $100s to around $400,000. Where else might you find high-end jewels from an Israeli company (Yvel), the likes of which are … [Read more...]

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Tangled

December 6, 2013 By Trend Staff -

SOFA, the annual Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design fair at Navy Pier in Chicago, is a carefully curated event, featuring the work of some 70-ish international exhibitors of studio glass, ceramics, wood, fiber, metal, jewelry, design and art furniture. This year, there Editorial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: SOFA

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