iSaloni Milano 2010 - Preview

I am glad to offer you another iSaloni 2010 preview: armchair with silk fabrics "FOGLIA" by JC Passion, designer: Elena Strafella.

DuPont™ Corian® and canadian designer Karim Rashid will present in april during Milan design week 2010 'Smart-ologic Corian® Living'  - an interior design project, made with environmentally  sustainable bio-sourced components
and recycled materials, displaying the company's efforts to decrease its environmental footprint. .
More details on designboom.

“ZANINELLI BAGNI” presents exclusive bathroom furniture solutions in precious
stone with a strong design character. The new Italian bathroom furniture brand enters the market
at the Fuorisalone event during the Milan week of design (14th-19th April 2010). The
company presents the “CNC-collection”, designed by Milan-based MrSmith® Studio. Every element of the CNC-collection by ZANINELLI BAGNI is characterised by an ogival form and
by a slightly convex upper edge and is carved out of big blocks of precious stone (the catalogue
includes a wide range of calcareous, marble and travertine stones).

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Consume 40% less water with the new faucet Fiji

allowing a reduction of water flow from 8 to 10 liters per minute. It was presented at the last Idéo Bain - a  trade show staged every other year in Paris that draws together all those involved in bathrooms and well being. This reminiscent of a tree new faucet named Fiji is designed by Silvia Şuanda / Sezgin Aksu for www.dipra.fr and is available in chrome or colored version.











via: marieclairemaison.com

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Milan Design Week 2010 Preview

Less than a month after the excitement of the year's first furniture shows in Paris and Cologne I am pleased to publish two of the first new products that will be presented at the coming in April Milan Design Week 2010!

Ceramica Globo presents a new quartet: Relais monolithic washbasin - a unique piece of modern design, washstand made from a single ceramic block. It can be considered a real piece of micro‐architecture for the bathroom, in which the material has been modelled to create a product with its own special personality. Characterised by contemporary shaping and its luminous surfaces, the washbasin has been designed for freestanding installation.

 And the second one is

"a renderings by japanese designer junya ishigami of 'lens table' for the italian company living divani.
ishigami developed a dining table (height 75 cm) and a coffee table (height 39 cm), both with an extraordinary optical effect.
the tables are made entirely of glossy transparent perspex."

presented by  designboom.

More  Milan Design Week 2010 previews will follow soon - check often! And don't forget to comment - it is always interesting to learn your opinion.


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Valentine's Day - why not give a design gift?

If you are still searching for a suitable Valentine's day gift, why not consider a beautiful designer product that will make a great accent piece, too? I just saw today this inspiring bowl and could not miss posting:

La Rosa Fruit Bowl by Alessi - The Alessi La Rosa Fruit Bowl designed by Emma Silvestris, 2008. Symbolizing femininity, grace and love.

Here is another of Alessi's iconic products:

Mediterraneo All-purpose Conatiner by Alessi

The beautiful Perch Pillow in Violet by Thomas Paul from Burke Decor is a suitable gift, too. It is double-sided so you can change the mood whenever you fit.

"Heart to Heart" Assorted Paperweights, again from Burke Decor. Choose from any of these sweet designs to remind someone you love them everyday:  Gold Heart, Chalkboard Heart, Special Delivery, Don't Forget, You are My World, XOXO, This Heart Belongs To, Handle with Care.

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Stockholm Design Week - Preview

Stockholm Design Week starts tomorrow. Two new products that are going to be presented there and that both have interesting stories behind their conception :

Swell, by Stockholm's company Form Us With Love -
an armchair with interesting story, showing how designers have revived a production line of bean bags:

Visiting Voice in the summer of 2009, we were led on a tour of the facilities by Managing Director, Sonnie Byrling. Upon arrival at a production line of bean bags, he stopped. The facility, once churning out bags by the minute, now stood motionless. Trend and low quality copies had severely stunted production. The brief was concise - design a piece of furniture that would make the machines run again. We set about designing a new product for a new target group. One not clouded by childhood memories of what a beanbag was. The decision was made to make the product a lot more exclusive - more of an easy chair for the living room or hotel lobby, without losing the rationality of the production process.

And Embroidery Chairs series that aims to revive the old tradition of embroidery in a modern application. I would say although I admire his intent, that is not a new idea - we saw it already last year at Milan Design Week  where Patricia Urquiola showed her new Fergana sofa - a piece of furniture that I think still has not recieved its proper recognition.

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