At the last New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF; Winter 2010,) I had the pleasure of interviewing John Derian, artisan, decoupage extraordinaire, New Yorker, and founder of The John Derian Company.
In a brief piece I did for The Editor at Large, for my Daily NYIGF Trend Reports, I snagged a few minutes of Derian's time at the end of a very long day. He was kind enough to spend a couple moments to let me know what he was seeing as trends or rather, as I see it, what inspires him to set the trends.
He noted that blue was doing quite well for him—this now makes me think of the new H&M Blue Video, and he received compliments for his sea life pieces, in particular anything with whale imagery. In my opinion, his Spouting Whale decoupage 6" x 12" pencil tray is definitely a must and not just for pencils, but also diamonds, cigarettes, and seashells. Oh, strike cigarettes, I have been watching too many old movies.
In speaking with him about whales, I also thought of the beautiful whale imagery by Longstreet Collection that I saw at the Pier during the show as well.
Whale series from Longstreet Collection.
Each 12" x 27"
Such imagery made me see that whales are definitely the new birds.
Now that I am New Yorker—okay I have lived here just a wee 10 months, BUT since I did endure two minutes alone with a very alive, very gynormous cockroach, in my bedroom no less, I get to say I am a New Yorker at least once—so, as I was saying, now that I am a New Yorker, I'll be heading soon to check out Derian's East Village location at 6 East Second St. I do hope The Avant Guardian will join me when she visits!
To learn more about John Derian, visit the NY Times article It's All Coming Back to Him Now.
To learn more about Longstreet Collection, visit Interiors Inc.
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