The 100% Wood  Bench by Sam Baron, looks like it would be right at home in the rural back blocks of New Zealand, making an ideal seating bench at your local pub. Instead we found it on display at this years Milan Furniture Fair.

For more about the designer go here.

Christchurch based designer Cameron Foggo's new Starling Chair is available in both an indoor and outdoor version. The indoor version (pictured) comes with a thick leather seat sling available in tan, chocolate or black.  While the outdoor version is available in sturdy off-white canvas.

The chair is available nationwide. Check Cameron's site for more information here.

In what provided a somewhat breath of fresh air amongst the otherwise somber palate at the Milan Furniture Fair this year, Shiro Kuramata’s chest of drawers "Homage to Mondrian" evoked the Dutch artist’s characteristic squares and rectangles.

Cappellini is available from Georgigregg Home.

Landscape designer Patrizia Pozzi has designed this range of outdoor furniture for Italian manufacturers De Castelli. The chairs, tables, stools and even candle holders are all designed to be overrun with growing vegetation so that they eventually over time become one with the outdoor landscape.

De Castelli is available locally at David Shaw.

The combination of futuristic shapes and the  classic "toile de jouy" fabric print make the Wild Etiquette Chair & Lamp series instantly appealing. Russian designer Dima Loginoff takes his references from large ocean waves and feminine curves for the range.

 To view more of the designers work go here. www.dimaloginoff.com/eng

One of the most famous residential architectural icons of all time has been given the LEGO treatment. Frank Lloyd Wright's incredible Falling Water will shortly be available for your very own re-construction. A total of six of Lloyd Wright's buildings will be available including the Guggenheim museum. LEGO has released the new line as part of their Architecture series which is designed to inspire future architects, engineers and designers. No doubt the series will be popular with grown up architecture fans too. 

In accordance with European guidelines the long loved frosted lightbulb will be banned from September 2009. In response German lighting designer, Ingo Maurer has come up with a bright idea. The Euro Condom consists of a thin heat-resistant cover that turns a clear bulb into a frosted one, providing protection from the realities of harsh lighting.

German artist Simon Schubert creates incredible art by intricate folds made by hand into paper. The outcomes are exquisite. Schubert's work is currently in display in Upstairs Berlin gallery in Berlin.

For more information on the exhibition go here.

The Andromeda lamp gets it's ambient light from clusters of light reflected back into itself by mirrors orientated to maximise their output and to freely distribute a very pure light. The lamps shape is reminiscent of an aquatic floating organism.

For more information go here.

Named because of the 22 pieces of solid maple timber that are used to make up this chair, Jaime Hayon's new Twenty Two Chair displays the designers signature shapes. Featuring an upholstered seat and back with a leather covered tray under the seat.

Enquires to Georgigregg Home.