To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of  the great Salvador Dalí, Spanish company Barcelona Design are paying homage by producing limited edition pieces from the surrealists past furniture collection. All items are finished in black, with aged black patina on casted brass, black marble, darkened gold leaf, and dyed lime wood satin for upholstery. The collection will be available in limited numbers of 105 of each item, reflecting the age that Dalí would have been in 2009. I am totally in love with all of these pieces. This is the 'furniture as art' trend at it's very best.

For more information go here.

Designed around new  and radically efficient tube light bulbs, the Mr.1, Mr.2, & Mr.3 series of lights offer more durability than standard fluorescent bulbs which in turn allows more flexibility in the design process. By reducing the number of components the light has continuity between the bulb and the fixture, with the extra bonus of the new tube light not requiring any form of reflector shade.

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Originally designed in 1968 the Cobra lamp with it's swiveling arm in black resin is a 60's designer lover's dream. The lamp's reflective interior is in painted white metal, and the designers signature features on the lamps body. With a mere 300 available  worldwide on the limited edition re- release, we suggest you get in quick for this hot ticket.

Enquires to Suite New York.

Berlin based artist Eno Henze creates his abstract large scale works using both computer and human based processes. Some of his works have been transformed into large scale fixed wallpapers.

To see more of his work visit his site here.

Designer Anna Von Schewen had a traditional Club chair in mind when she developed the idea of the Dress chair. By employing  tailoring techniques she has created and elegant waistline by gathering the leather, which has resulted in a beautifully feminine chair.

For more information go here.

Pierre Paulin's new Flower chair for Magis, is constructed in transparent polycarbonate, with either fabric or leather seat cushions.

Magis is available from ECC.

With the fashion world's obsession with all things 80's, it won't take long for the interior design world to follow suit. This stunning hand blown Murano chandelier has an element of 80's with it's fantastically bling gold glass, though to be fair is far classier than any lighting actually produced in the 1980's.

For more from LU Murano go here.

For German lighting designer Ingo Maurer's installation at the Fondazione Carispe, La Spezia in Italy, the designer devised an egg  specifically as an altarpiece. To fulfill his vision of a flawed egg, the designer experimented with broken eggshells and the tension that is required to prevent fragmentation. The surface of the object consists of crushed eggshells, while the overall installation includes two large wall mirrors which reproduce the image into infinity.

To see more of the German lighting designers work go here.

Another ode to old school from Italian manufacturer Baxter. The Madam Tris Chair features increasingly popular  leather tufting on the chairs. Experimenting with new materials, the chairs feature brass legs that reflect a style reminiscent of the early 2oth Century.

Baxter is available locally at Cavit & Co.

If you're in Christchurch next week come along to the first of our nationwide events.  We'll be giving our run-down on the emerging design directions from this years Milan Fair.

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