Category: New York Tales


With the clocks all across Europe preparing to be turned back an hour and so cast us all into that

As all who work in a small office, or perhaps more importantly from home, know, noise is one of the

One of the reasons we never pursued a career as film reviewers is that writing in the dark is so

Your (smow)blog team didn’t become the internationally feared and monitored crew we are simply because we travel the world fearlessly

When not jetting off around the world, sharpening our sarcasm at international designer furniture trade fairs, the (smow)blog team undertake

Americans, no sense of humour (or humor as they would have it…… )

For us one of the discoveries of the ICFF was Brooklyn based designer Jason Miller. Miller’s design contains undeniable elements

We came, we saw, we sat on the floor… But it needn’t have been so….. Once again the Europeans show

Not good As everyone know everything in America is bigger. Everything. From bagels the size of Jupiter to the level

You couldn’t make up. Before we departed for NYC one of those events that was already written in heavy ink

One of the advantages of the time delay is that by mid-afternoon New York time the (smow)boss is at home

There may be no tables in the press room, but there are plenty to be found at ICFF… Eiermann 1

In local parlance Greene Street, NYC is known as “West smow”, on account of the prevalence of high-quality designer furniture

Not good. For some reason which escapes us there are no tables in the press room. That’s NO TABLES IN

A Thursday evening in New York and the finer elements of Manhattan society meet to celebrate the opening of the

Sometimes we get the feeling no one really wants us here in Leipzig. Not that we are complaining – or