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January 29, 2007
Day Won
After several hours spent on the old feet, lugging my catalog-jammed yet super-styling CITIZEN:Citizen SHOPLIFTER tote from here to there to sundry within the Javitt's Center, eating a lunch of Baked Lay's, Diet Coke and Luna, and basically bullshitting my way around that minor "Oh right, I have no idea what I'm doing" element over and over and over again - I am here to report: I kicked the gift fair's ass.
Granted, I am dog tired. Dog. And not that excited by the vast majority of what was displayed. And pretty irked about being bumped into about 50 times by short, stocky midwesterners in reading spectacles and turtlenecks. But wow, what a day. I think I saw upwards of 25,000 items. More important than the stuff, though, were the several hours of alone-time I enjoyed with my brain - thinking about what and how I want to do at TSC.
The experience also served as a reminder to remember: the big lines are not what I'm about. Even the cool gigundo manufacturers that have neat stuff at a good price are getting to be *so* boring and typical and blah. If I see another wooden, wall-mounted deer head or bar of french soap, I'm going to clobber someone with this votive candle holder. And - again - that's the cool stuff. No comment re: LP bowls or floral salad tongs or wall art made from license plates.
As far as TSC goes, if I'd said it once, I've said it twice: give me indie; give me artisanal; give me that last bag of Goobers. Now we'll just see if Denver's buying dollar agrees.
So! Get this: if I go to the Piers show tomorrow - followed by some new designer showcase at Metropolitan Pavillions - then that'll pretty much be it. I'll have done my trade show duty and still have Wednesday free to hop o'er to Brooklyn and check out the real steez on local, one-off art and design - which, come to think of it, will probably be a more useful (and enjoyable) way to spend my time anyhow. Gloooorious!
Posted by Bree at January 29, 2007 01:30 PM