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May 20, 2008 5:54 pm
Last night, at a party to celebrate the International Contemporary Furniture Fair and a special installation at the Soho Phi store, we learned the difference between fashion folk and their furniture friends. According to Anne Barrett, who along with Todd Dundon founded the Boston-based design firm 30E two years ago, the furniture fair only happens once a year, as opposed to fashion’s biannual international pilgrimages. And, she says, “we’re much more shy.” That’s why the table and the three glass panels Barrett designed, all of which were done in glossy red graffiti and based on old tombstones, will be on display at the Phi store for an entire month (no entrances or front-row preening for this crowd). “That way someone can come in and look at it when they have the time,” Barrett explained. “And judge it on their own time, and to themselves.” She added that since it takes much longer to make furniture than it does, say, the black leather studded boots on display, she’s happy there’s not a hustle to produce a new collection and a new vision every six months (I didn’t have the heart to tell her about Resort, Pre-Fall, and Couture). And what did Barrett make of Phi, the New York-based label that was hosting her soirée? “I have to admit we’re not too familiar with the brand in Boston. Which is a shame, ’cause I think it would do really well there. We’re a little more subtle up there. No Versace for me, thanks.”
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