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Real people choose real design

24Icff.1261 The New York Times Home & Garden staff compiled a group of four very different people to give feedback on ICFF. While this story attempts to bridge the gap between "design" and the masses, it might do more to alienate them by focusing on the extremes of the show

And what is their choice:

Their unanimous favorite was the foam chair from Sixinch. Ms. Hayward liked that she could picture it in a traditional setting; everyone responded to how it felt, which was soft and bouncy. As for what they could imagine taking home, Ms. Hayward chose the foam chairs for her New York dining room, as did Mr. Shellman, but only in white, he said. He preferred the plain bamboo sideboard from Iannone. So did Mr. Miller, but only when pressed. “None of this is really my style,” he said.

Miss Lewy picked the green foam lounge chair, with a caveat.

“It’s for my dorm room, or my just-out-of-college room, which would feel like a house but not like a real home,” she said. “When I grow up and have a family, I don’t want my house to look like a lounge.”

A Belgian company. Ha!

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