BDNY 2014 Recap
What a whirlwind of a show! BDNY 2014 was a busy, fun, exciting time for Townsend Leather. The Javits Center was packed with excited and interesting designers, from when the doors opened,… Full Aritcle
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What a whirlwind of a show! BDNY 2014 was a busy, fun, exciting time for Townsend Leather.
The Javits Center was packed with excited and interesting designers, from when the doors opened, right up to (and even a bit past) when they shut the lights off at the end of the last day.
The Townsend team is in a happy sampling frenzy, following up on all the great conversations and sample request of the new things we showed.
Our new Corked Cowhide and Pops of Color selections were both big attention-get-ers during this show. And our colorful booth was busy throughout the show with conversation and requests for new and classic leathers. These photos were all taken before the doors opened and the flood of activity started.
We always love the opportunity to see our leather in other booths and throughout the Big Apple. Our Gaufrage Mosaic shown here in the Royal Customs Design booth.
And Townsend Leather at Del Frisco’s Steakhouse in NYC.
This is always a great show for Townsend and we love having these opportunities to spend face time with our customers, team, and fans. We are eagerly looking forward to next years show!
BDNY is just around the corner!
The Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York is hosting this fantastic gathering of design loving folks, and Townsend Leather is excited to be there once again.
We are looking forward to showing off some of the new things we have been working on and spending time with all the excited customers, designers, and Townsend fans that we see each show.
This year we have been hard at work listening to customers desires, getting ahead of design trends, and doing a lot of R&D to create a few new selections.
We have just recently launched three new leather collections at BDNY you will be able to get your hands right on them and even take home samples.
One of the most exciting featured collections is our Corked Cowhide. This spirited new leather is stunning with its unique non-directional embossing pattern, that resembles a wine cork, and it’s selection of pop colors. Its popularity has already allowed it to be chosen as a finalist for the Interior Design Best of Year in the Hospitality: Textiles category.
We will also be showcasing the subtle sophisticated beauty of our Softina Cowhide. This is a true leather-lovers leather. Supremely soft and made from the best of the best possible hides.
Fifth Avenue Cowhide is another featured new collection. As a companion scheme to our Softina, but with proprietary glaze finish that gives it a luxurious luster.
But that’s not all! We have launched those three new collections but we have a couple other selections to showcase this year as well. You’ll have to stop by our booth #141 to see everything, but here is a sneak peak…
POP! Looking to grab attention, make a statement, leave an impression? Our Pops of Color compilation is for you! A variety of products in an eye-poping color range. These colors will make your designs really sing!
But maybe you like something a bit more discrete, something a little more ‘in the shadows’? Our Shades of Grey collection is sultry and mysterious with its variety of products and textures all in a sensual range of popular grey tones.
Something for everyone, especially the discerning designer who knows every detail they are looking for – our Great Grains selection. A grain for every taste from subtle and natural to big and bold, in some of our most popular interior colors, there is something for everyone.
We would love to see you, show you samples in person and spend time listening to your needs – stop by our booth #141 at BDNY November 9 and 10. But if you can’t make it to the show, you can view some of the NEW leathers we have been working on here, NEW Townsend Leather or contact us for more information and samples.
The Albany Business Review has honored Townsend Leather as a Best Place To Work in 2014 for the Albany Area!
Read more about it here, Townsend Leather Best Place to Work!
So much fun!
Halloween has always been a fun time at Townsend Leather, ans this year was the topper so far! We formalized a Halloween Costume Contest and had lots of fun with it. There were costumed folks all over the buildings, all day long.
There were thrills and spills (just water balloons) and the competition was fierce, and it all added up to a great fun day! See all the fun pics and the voted winners below. We had an overwhelming response of votes and it was all worth it, because the winners brought home some truly fantastic prize baskets.
Yeah, he had to explain it a lot – but when you get it, you get it. (He is “identity theft”).
He had to explain a lot too (and was the cause of the before-mentioned spills), he is an aquarium.
Of course the work didn’t stop, we know how to have fun – but we get stuff done while doing it!
We also got to enjoy another annual Halloween Townsend tradition, we open the doors to Partners families and have trick or treating all throughout Townsend. This is really the highlight of Halloween at Townsend, seeing all the kiddos in their fun costumes. We had lots of kids and families come through and gather treats. These two below were real show-stoppers though!
Lots of votes came in and were reviewed and tallied and reviewed again. It was close, but four partners came out victorious!
For Funniest Costumer: Puffy Shirt Guy
For Most Creative: Lego Safety Man (woman)
For Scariest: Zipper Face Guy
For Most Awesome: Marie Antoinette
It was such fun and many of us are already planning our costumes for next year!
Last week members of the Townsend Leather family from around the globe meet together for an exciting and productive week in Orlando at the largest aviation event in the US, NBAA.
Townsend’s booth was perpetually busy showing customers and Townsend fans everything new that we have been working on and catching up with friends/customers (one and the same).
We loved having booth visitors play our interactive personality game, get their hands on the new leathers we had on display, and just sit and chat a while. We had so much leather and so much to look at, it was easy to spend a long time in the booth “shopping” for samples.
We showed some brand-new, still in R&D, not publicly available woven samples that were a big hit. As were our new collections Corked Cowhide, Fifth Avenue, and Softina. People were also drawn to our eye catching Pops of Color collections its companion Shades of Grey and our newest way to choose your perfect grain pattern – Great Grains.
It was exciting to see Townsend Leather spread throughout the exhibit hall in a few different exhibitor booths like Constant Aviation and Epic Aircraft.
And it was equally as exciting to have the ‘extended family’ there with our partners from The Leather Institute and Studio Vizto. The Leather Institute was very busy providing expertise and insight into leather care. Studio Vizto a stunning precision crafted chair on display. The chair was revered by all that passed by it, treating it like artwork – nervous to get too close.
It was all around a great show, with many deep connections made, lots of laughs and lots of fun. We love having the opportunity to spend time with customers in the busy, but still intimate setting catching them up on what’s new at Townsend and listening to their needs. We are already looking forward to next year!
We also loved seeing the KISS cover band! They were great!
NBAA, the world’s largest aviation event and one of the largest trade-shows in all of the US, is just around the corner and we are enthusiastically tending to final touches, to make this one of our best and most interesting shows yet!
The NBAA show is a highlight for us every year. It is such a great time to get face to face with some of our beloved customers and let everyone get their hands on some the exciting new (and sometimes, more-than-new – secretive sneak peaks!) leathers we have been crafting.
This year we have been hard at work listening to customers desires, getting ahead of design trends, and doing a lot of R&D to create a few new selections.
We have just recently launched three new leather collections. You may have even seen them around, but at NBAA you will be able to get your hands right on them and take home samples.
One of the most exciting featured collections is our Coked Cowhide. This spirited new leather is stunning with its unique non-directional embossing pattern, that resembles a wine cork, and it’s selection of pop colors. Its popularity has already allowed it to be chosen as a finalist for the Interior Design Best of Year in the Hospitality: Textiles category.
We will also be showcasing the subtle sophisticated beauty of our Softina Cowhide. This is a true leather-lovers leather. Supremely soft and made from the best of the best possible hides.
Fifth Avenue Cowhide is another featured new collection. As a companion scheme to our Softina, but with proprietary glaze finish that gives it a luxurious luster.
But that’s not all! We have launched those three new collections but we have a couple other selections to showcase this year as well. You’ll have to stop by our booth #1050 to see everything, but here is a sneak peak…
Something for everyone, especially the discerning designer who knows every detail they are looking for – our Great Grains selection. A grain for every taste from subtle and natural to big and bold, in some of our most popular aircraft interior colors, there is something for everyone.
POP! Looking to grab attention, make a statement, leave an impression? Our Pops of Color compilation is for you! A variety of products in an eye-poping color range. These colors will make your designs really sing!
But maybe you like something a bit more discrete, something a little more ‘in the shadows’? Our Shades of Grey collection is sultry and mysterious with its variety of products and textures all in a sensual range of popular grey tones.
Of course we won’t be alone. Townsend Leather has friends all over the world and travels with an entourage. We will be joined of course, by the experts and powerhouses of their respective fields – in leather care, cleaning, maintenance, and restoration – The Leather Institute, and in bespoke, premium design, and passion filled quality driven aviation upholstery – Studio Vizto.
If you are around the beautiful sunny Orlando area October 21-24, make sure to stop by Townsend Leather’s NBAA booth #1050 to see all the excitement we have in store!
Voting is open!
Get your votes in for one of Townsend Leather’s newest and most exciting leathers, Corked Cowhide
Interior Design Magazine’s annual “Best of Year” awards are now open for voting. Product voting begins Monday, October 6 through Friday, October 17 – as Interior Design invites architects and designers to weigh in, sharing their choices for Best of Year products across all the categories.
Townsend Leather is featured in the Textiles Hospitality category. With our spirited new leather, Corked Cowhide. Corked Cowhide is stunning with its unique non-directional embossing pattern, that resembles a wine cork, and it’s selection of pop colors.
We are proud to have a product, once again, up for a Best of Year award. We are also proud of this great product and truly feel it is award worthy. Help show your Townsend love and excitement for our Corked Cowhide by placing a VOTE in Interior Designs “BOY” awards before October 17th.
Interior Design Best of Year Voting
Vote Townsend Leather’s Corked Cowhide for Hospitality Textile
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