The NY NOW Podcast brings real-life education, strategies, and ideas to our community through conversations and webinars that are relevant to our industry. NY NOW is a modern wholesale experience for retailers and specialty buyers who are looking for a rich diverse range of new products and exciting new brands. Located in the heart of NYC, the NY NOW tradeshow is a community driving style, success, discovery, innovation and collaboration. Visit us at https://nynow.com to learn more!
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Black Girl Sunscreen - Melanated Skin Wellness
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BGS Founder Shontay Lundy’s main mission is to educate people of color about the importance of sun protection and skin wellness. Embarking upon her brand development journey, five years ago with the release of her brand champion moisturizing sunscreen lotion, which received a glowing review from a Reddit user that caused it to go viral in 2019. WEB…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Wave Your Freak Flag
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This Paper Plane Cocktail Hour episode is fun one… and one with a twist! Ever wonder how The Paper Nerd became a paper nerd? Tune in as Amy turns the tables on Sarah and interviews her on all things paper! We will hear Sarah’s industry insights to her nostalgic descriptive accounts to today’s social messaging narratives. From how we express ourselv…
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Around The World Beauty: Discovering Rituals
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Around the World Beauty, a boutique travel company, where Celebrity Makeup Artist and Founder Stephanie Flor guides women around the globe on exclusive beauty experiences to celebrate the cultural source for modern day beauty rituals. In this podcast episode, Stephanie also shares her brand, adventure, and insight on beauty & wellness trends for 20…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: My Ride or Die
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Kate Murray of Quick Brown Fox Letterpress is adept at juggling several stationery hats simultaneously. She is renowned for her near-perfect registration on every letterpressed piece she prints. Also known as a Louie Awards chair and active Greeting Card Association member, Kate is a champion in assuring we are hearing all the voices of smaller mak…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Show Me Your Birthday Cards
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Miss the final Paper Planes Cocktail Hour of 2022 at your own risk, as Amy and Sarah hobnob with none other than industry powerhouse Dan Collier. Maintaining two thriving stationery and gift store retail brands — Archer and The Merchant — as well as the famed daniel*richards showrooms in Atlanta and Dallas, Dan's scope and eye is unparalleled in th…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Fine Tuning the Beast
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Retail can be a monster. Just ask Michael Schultz and Douglas Duncan of Cursive. For 15 years, their stores within ABC Carpet & Home and in Grand Central Station were essential New York City shops, that is until COVID-19 shut them all down. But like the proverbial phoenix, Cursive is back in business, with two award-winning West Village shops. This…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: The Scrolling Factor
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Miss this episode at your own risk! Amy & Sarah sit down with stationery legend Chandra Greer, who spills on everything from her hybrid retail model to what makes a range stand out to her and get precious shelf space in her domains. Whatever role you play in our community, Chandra’s mindful perspective and focus on civility and connection will infu…
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Jumping into the world of social media is so much easier for some people than others. But this simple school of thought holds true whether you are an interior designer, product creator, or a letterpress designer- our brand is our story, and our story is us. Some of the easiest things that we can do to promote our business and build a loyal communit…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: A Jill of All Trades
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If you work in the gift industry, you’ve probably heard of Occasionette. You may have also noticed that in less than a decade, they have opened some wildly popular shopping destinations in the Philadelphia area. Identified as one of the region’s 100 fastest growing businesses in both 2019 and 2020, owner and creative director Sara Villari shares so…
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Bebemoss - A Small Company with Big Values.
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Bebemoss designs beautiful handmade modern huggable toys using sustainable, slow process organic fibers, a collection of simply classic and playful toys. A social enterprise follows ethical and fair production Principles and is a social and impact-driven organization. Providing sustainable jobs and fair living wages for more than 120 women. RESOURC…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: She’s gonna need a Bigger Booth!
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Sometimes what you see before you is only part of the picture. If you spy a Dahlia Press card for example, you are experiencing only one design dimension of the immensely talented and prolific creator behind it, Stephanie Clarke. Stephanie does not only maintain the Dahlia Press studio shop in Seattle, she has also founded a second brand, Chloe Cla…
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As the largest industry in the world, Retail can improve lives, help ecosystems, and impact economies. We are witnessing retailers shifting to a more sustainable future because our consumers are demanding it. Listen in as our own Amy Loewenberg and Tommy Brown, the St. Louis Zoo’s Retail manager and Conservation Buyer discuss the economic, social, …
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Location, Location, Location
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Sometimes a map does more than get you from point A to point B; it can define a destination, and by extension, our emotional connection to it. Just ask married couple Rachel Rheingold and Michael Berick, who were inspired by grocery totes sited on a trip abroad to launch Maptote in 2006. This Brooklyn-based house of design has been much imitated, b…
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Join Amy as she talks with Jennifer Cattaui, the Founder and CEO of Babesta, a very hip children’s store located online and in lower Manhattan. With the baby and child market radiating traditional pinks and blues, Babesta was born in 2004 to rebel against genderized styles that seemed to stray from Jenn’s aesthetic. As a new mom herself, she sought…
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Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Banish the Bunny
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Sometimes all you need is a fresh perspective to achieve real progress. Just ask Victoria Venturi of Paper Epiphanies. The comedienne-turned-card creator turned the industry — to say nothing of modern stationery messaging — on its ear with her distinctive feminist voice, rife with vulnerability and authenticity, seasoned with copious humor and sass…
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NY NOW Rising Artisans - Handmade Initiative
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NY NOW®’s Rising Artisans is the premier destination within the HANDMADE® Collection at NY NOW® presenting the newest sustainable designers and global artisans to market. Bringing together our signature incubator programs, into one destination for NY NOW buyers searching for the newest handmade designers and artisans to market. RESOURCES Guest Webs…
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To you, it’s just a knife, but to Elicia Castaldi, it’s the driving force behind her feminine, authentic and unapologetic Girl w/Knife range of stationery and gifts. She believes in a life lived glamorously, with reckless abandon, in six-inch stilettos — and although Elicia didn’t know it when she sat down to chat with Amy and Sarah, this cutting-e…
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She Shoots from the Hip
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Today’s podcast is not just with a buyer, or merchandiser, or retail consultant, or even a podcaster… it is with all the above! Michelle Sherrier, founder of MC Design Collaboration and host of the Retail Whore podcast and Amy Loewenberg dive deep into Michelle’s 40 year plus career surrounding all things retail, wholesale, and merchandising. Hear …
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Inspire your inner Bad A**
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From humble origins that began with long, late nights and just eight products, the Golden Gems sisters — AKA Susan Logsdon and Amanda Helman — created quite a lifestyle brand over the last five years. With lofty aims to inspire your inner badass, the duo creates bold, cheeky, and empowering merchandise that does just that. Listen in as Amy and Sara…
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Harmonizing Sustainability with Harmony Designs Furnitures & Interiors
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Harmony Designs Furniture & Interiors is a 2500 square foot retail store with a design studio and local art gallery/event space on its lower level. Geared in helping customers and design clients experience harmony by catering to their unique/beautiful/divine selves. Harmony Designs features furniture, gifts, accessories, personal products, art and …
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The National Weavers Movement with Mayan Hands
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Spinning Rights in Guatemala and The Struggle of Mayan Weavers, The National Movement of Weavers It was born in 2014 with more than 600 weavers and the support of AFEDES. With its creation, it began the legal battle to claim the recognition and protection of the copyright of designs, textiles, and clothing, counting along the way with the technical…
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We all have experienced it... an interruption in our business. We also know that we can expect them again when we are least ready for it. Join us as former retail store owner, RETAILMavens founder Cathy Donovan Wagner and Amy Loewenberg talk about some fun out of the box in-store and out-of-store events as ways to build a community around your busi…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: The Heart and Soul of Honeyberry
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Just when we need to be reminded to take a moment and maybe a deep breath, Yuko Miki of Honeyberry Studios comes to the rescue with her menagerie of adorable animals and upbeat messaging. She defines loving yourself as an act of resistance, and her offbeat, life-affirming range of stationery and lifestyle merchandise accordingly makes that a realit…
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Handloom Textile Tours with Heritage Weaves
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Heritage weaves conducts hand loom textile tours for conscious travelers, who want to see how handmade clothes are made, buyers and textile enthusiast, gain the experience of seeing how Ikat is made and buy from the weavers directly. Each process of the Ikat weaving is explained in detail, based in Nalgonda district of Telangana state, India. Herit…
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Beth Diana Smith: A Cultural Oasis
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Take some time and listen as Beth Diana Smith engages us with stories of her past and her vision of the future. Get caught up on the Black Artists Designers Guild, hear about what Beth is up to these days and learn about the importance of creating your own Cultural Oasis. RESOURCES | Websites: Beth Diana Smith https://www.bethdianasmith.com/ Black …
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Migrations from Journalism to Handmade with Kinship Stories
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Kinship Stories is a culture and art project featuring a piece’s line of precious tribal adornments. Yasmine One-of-a-kind pieces include vintage and antique materials, often of museum quality. Experimenting with fusions of old and new, adding handmade work to the mix. Kinship Stories is committed to supporting local artisanship and fostering inter…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: For the Pun of it
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You should probably choose your words carefully with Krishna Chavda. She is the founder of NANU Studio in Hoboken, New Jersey, and this self-proclaimed Pun Queen has quite a bit to say about the stationery community and maker lifestyle. Connecting people is about much more than just a vibrant palette, engaging plant and animal imagery, and lots of …
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Butter, Love and Lather with COCO XO Artisan Soap
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An artisanal and holistic collection of handmade soaps and body butters. Aromatically infused and beautifully designed with organic, hydrating, and skin replenishing plant-based ingredients. Founder Kim Brown having grown up in family of artisan soap makers. Inspired forward, in truly evolving the art and technique into her own signature style, of …
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It’s all in the Retail Details
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The world heard the news that Becky Tyre, a shop local advocate, merchandising enthusiast, past senior trends editor of Gift Shop Magazine and a contributing retail Editor for Gifts & Dec, noted authority on product trends and retail strategies and Podcaster extraordinaire has retired after 26 years! Whew! With a resume like that, it’s easy to say …
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Growing Brands with Purpose with Biz in Bloom
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A Strategy Deviser, Marketing Professor and Brand Advocate. Self-described as a solar powered big thinking entrepreneur with a passion for flip-flops and drinking bubbles. "For over 20 years I have been transforming businesses by giving them the tools to make a difference both in the communities in which they operate and around the world. My compan…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Pattern Play
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You may be seeing spots after today's conversation with Cecily Moore of The Paper Curator, but that's to be expected! Her pattern-rich offerings are designed to spread joy and encourage others to unleash their own creativity. She is just one of many dynamic makers exhibitors soon to be discovered in Gift + Stationery section, one of NY NOW's fastes…
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The Nature Bag with The JungleVine Foundation
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The JungleVine Foundation’s mission is to connect remote isolated tribal communities with the global market by promoting their natural fiber handicrafts. Our work reduces poverty in rural Laos, preserves an ancient craft, and mitigates global climate change through the promotion of organic vegan JungleVine® fiber. RESOURCES Guest Websites: https://…
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Brand Spotlight: New Year - New Goals
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Do you have your 2022 goals ready for the new year? Have you begun? Do you need to update them? Join us as former retail store owner, RETAILMavens founder Cathy Donovan Wagner shares her cutting-edge expertise in coaching and providing guidance for retailers on how to increase their sales, find profit and improve cashflow to sleeping better and liv…
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Inspire, Connect, Activate, and Transform with The International Social Impact Institute
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The International Social Impact was launched in 2020 with the announcement of their first partnership with Hunter College in the City University of New York. Since the Institute has developed many new partnerships with organizations and companies around the globe, working to amplify voices and create opportunities for social impact leaders from his…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Two's Company, Three's a Crow & Canary
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This holiday season, Amy and Sarah have a brilliant gift for our community — audience with Carina Murray of the exquisite Crow & Canary rep group. Year in and year out, Carina's NY NOW booth is consistently jammed, as it's a can’t-miss destination for some of the freshest indie card ranges under the sun. Carina spills on her own personal design cri…
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Places in Conscious Community with The WonderMart
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Born in 2019, The WonderMart is a community-driven gift shop curated for the eclectic soul, featuring an inspired selection of handcrafted goods for the home, body and baby, made exclusively by emerging New York State artisan brands. The WonderMart is also a place where inclusiveness lives in support of BIPOC, LGBT, AAPI and local artisans alike fi…
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Join Amy Loewenberg as she talks with MSA members Susan Tudor of the Cummer Museum and Tia Bianchini of the Barnes Foundation as they share all things Museums and Museum Store Sunday- a global annual event celebrating the museum stores and their mission-related products which play a vital role in helping arts, cultural and nonprofit attractions edu…
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Buyer Spotlight – Kayli Kunkel
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Join Amy Loewenberg Relations & Partnership Development Manager for @ny_now and Kayli Kunkel Owner for @earthandme.nyc As we should all be making smarter choices for the benefit of our plant and the human race, Kayli founded Earth & Me, a zero-waste home goods and self-care store located right on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens. Earth & me is a …
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Building Pillars of Social Impact with Powered By People
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"We are on a mission to enable small batch producers to be a viable alternative for buyers to traditional mass manufacturing suppliers. We don’t just offer buyers beautiful, high quality and unique product from makers in regions that are new and exciting. We believe in a transparent and sustainable future for all and are passionate about making sou…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Let the Good Times Roll
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Sometimes there's more to a name than meets the eye. Take the greeting card brand Spaghetti & Meatballs. Its moniker refers to Founder Marie Castiglione's Italian heritage, her partnership with her sister — and even hints at her creative process. Marie sits down with Amy and Sarah to share how her art director day job at Bloomingdale's not only lai…
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Modern, Sustainable and Global Crafted Design with Incasa Décor
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INCASA is an Astoria, NY-based contemporary home décor and accessories shop with a fresh design perspective, an eclectic mix of individual products and design services that blend seamlessly. Our collections incorporate style, quality, value, traditions, and community. Aiming to make home styling and quality design accessible to its clients, INCASA …
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Mission Global Awareness and Demand for Fashion with The Accessories Council
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The Accessories Council is a not-for-profit, international trade organization established in 1994. Their mission is to stimulate global consumer awareness and demand for fashion accessory products. They serve the industry globally which generates over $50.8 billion dollars annually in the United States alone. Over the past 25 years, membership has …
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Buyer Spotlight - Henri Myers
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MAISON 10 provides a unique platform for talented and innovative artists and designers to bring high quality products to a wider market. It is a stunning concept store and gallery space based in the heart of Manhattan’s NoMad district. Listen and learn as Co-Owner, Henri Myers shares their 10-10-10-10 business model concept that is at MAISON 10’s c…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: I would fly Spirit Airlines for you
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When you discover a maker with a name like Kaleidadope, you just sense that it’s going to be an invigorating ride! Fresh from her booth on the Summer NY NOW show floor, Krystal Banner doesn’t disappoint as she opens up to Amy and Sarah about the role Color + Culture play in her on-the-rise brand. RESOURCES | Guest Website: https://kaleidadope.com/ …
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Translating Techniques and Patterns with Soge Décor
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SOGÉ DECOR is a Brooklyn, NY-based lifestyle brand for the bold. Our throw pillows and wall décor bring a touch of flair to any setting. Each piece’s design incorporates a one-of-a-kind print that was handmade with the highest attention to detail. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. RESOURCES Guest Websites: https://www.sogedecor.com/ …
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Migrations from Journalism to Handmade with Kinship Stories
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Kinship Stories is a culture and art project featuring a piece’s line of precious tribal adornments. Yasmine One-of-a-kind pieces include vintage and antique materials, often of museum quality. Experimenting with fusions of old and new, adding handmade work to the mix. Kinship Stories is committed to supporting local artisanship and fostering inter…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: The New NOW!
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This past August, NY NOW occurred IRL once again at Jacob Javits Center, making history as the first trade event held in the space since it was a hospital and vaccination clinic. In this episode, Amy and Sarah recap the four-day event from their perspectives, as well as their favorite discoveries. But the storied show had yet another trick up its s…
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Fashion, Film and Textile Design with Kerrie Brown
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In celebration of New York Textile Month, we highlight Oscar nominated Set Decorator and Textile Designer Kerrie Brown. Founder Of Kerrie Brown Designs- an award-winning worldwide textile business offering uniquely designed wallpapers, fabrics, and textiles for commercial, hospitality and residential projects. Winning the 2021 NY NOW Best New Produ…
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First Time Exhibitor... from SoHo to the Javits Center
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Robert Stolarik is a man of many talents. Growing up in restaurants, and on the back of a motorcycle covering conflicts and general news worldwide. As a photojournalist he focused his reporting on social and criminal justice issues. But his need to produce dimensional art brought the world he saw into a very special and unique aesthetic. Robert sta…
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The Paper Plane Cocktail Hour: Pencil This In
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If your pencil knowledge begins and ends with the #2 … you need to have a quick word with our guest today! Meet Caroline Weaver, founder of CW Pencil Enterprise. In just a few short years, her palm-sized pencil emporium in the famed Lower East Side of Manhattan has become a favorite destination for locals and tourists alike, quickly establishing it…
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