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Ross Lovegrove: 100% and 100% suspended lamps for dan

 

Made from an aluminium sheet the 100% lamps are providing ideal illumination thanks to the power LEDs mounted onto the flexible printed circuits that regulate light emission.

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Stephen Burks: inside out

Stephen Burks uses LEDs shown through crystals in his chandeliers for the lighting centerpieces collection from swarovski.

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Stefan Geisbauer: look so flat for ingo maurer

'Looksoflat' is modeled after the classic task lamp -- known as naska loris by jac jacobsen -- from 1937.

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Strong lean design

Boat sofa

Bongyoel Yang from Korea has designed the 'Boat sofa', a multi-functional furniture piece that is simple in both its form and concept. 

Created for our 'global warming generation' the object can be used as a sofa and a boat. Ideal for flood prone areas, the furniture piece easily transforms - by removing the cushion,
a boat with oars is revealed below.

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Chairs I like from 2011

Remember "you are going to die" by Pool at Nouvelle Vague

Souviens toi que tu vas mourir by Pool at Nouvelle Vague

Milan 2011: this white plastic chair shaped like a scull and designed by French studio Pool is on show as part of the Nouvelle Vague exhibition of French design in Milan this week.

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Waver by Konstantin Grcic for Vitra

Milan 2011: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic launched this armchair inspired by windsurfing and paragliding equipment for design brand Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. (more…)

The Invisibles Light by Tokujin Yoshioka

In 2010, the exhibition The Invisibles by Tokujin Yoshioka took place at the Kartell Flagship Store. This year, he has a new exhibition, The Invisibles Light, in which he has created a series of “invisible” chairs and tables from transparent acrylic that seems to become part of the air.



You can see the exhibition at Fiera- HALL 20/A15-B14 this week during Salone.