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Pandanus Lounge Chair is the new seat designed by the young American Jessica Konawicz. The chair, awarded to One Good Chair Competition for its sustainability, is made of plastic and cellulose-based process that uses low energy consumption.

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The South African designer Ryan Frank works and lives in London but plans eco sustainable design that draws inspiration from its culture of origin. A good example of her style is represented by the new project Isabella. Inspired by the design of traditional African artefacts carved by hand, Isabella is a small stool made of compressed straw covered with colored felt in order to make more comfortable and lively during the proceedings.

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Crib is a supplement designed to accompany the children throughout their growth, from early childhood to adolescence. This versatile bed is a project developed by the designer and architect Roberto Gil from his studio in Brooklyn gave birth to CasaKids, a real dedicated all’arredamento mark for the smallest.

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ODEChair is the new collection of chairs from organic contemporary design, that the English industrial designer Jolyon Yates has designed the ocean. As the water and currents shape the objects, Jolyon Yates has worked the wood to achieve sessions sculptural and functional as Ocean Rocker, the oscillating chair made of birch wood, whose robust 1000 × 560×800 mm. finished in satin lacquer is perfect for exteriors and interiors.

Tertulia is a folding chair designed by the young designers of origin Puerto Efrain E. His name is borrowed from a typical Spanish expression that indicates a moment of sociability in which two or more people sit together and conversano about a certain topic. Inspired by the solid and indestructible folding chairs a time, however, proposes Tertulia lines and contemporary originals.

The Translation Arm chair designed by Alain Gilles for Qui-east-Paul, presented at the Salone del Mobile 08, is now being proposed in a limited edition of 100 pieces, made with the caps of bottles collected by non-profit Les Bouchons d ‘Amour, which devotes 100% of its revenues to the purchase of equipment for disabled people in France and abroad.

The caps of bottles that many of us gather to subsidize the purchase of corrozzelle for the disabled, on this occasion were transformed into a sitting recycled and recyclable that the manufacturer Qui-east-Paul allows you to win, by registering on the site until September 2 to or directly in the stand during the Maison et Objet in Paris from September 5 to 9.

It ’started the countdown. From 24 to 26 September 2008, Flabbergasting, a former gas factory in Amsterdam, will be witnessed PICNIC 08, an event dedicated to creative vitality that through seminars, conferences, workshops, discussions and presentations depth, it is proposed to reflect, cooperate and anticipate Useful innovations to our future.

Three days set up as a great Pic-Nic under cover, dedicated to all kinds of analysis and anticipation, including the award ceremony for the winner of the competition PICNIC Green Challenge 2008, aimed at encouraging the design of services and products eco sustainable.

Portananos is an interesting project developed by the Spanish product designer Marc Sapetti. It is a cradle for children up to six months you can easily assemble and disassemble because formed by cardboard plates intersected with each other.

The material is obviously ultra strong, sustainable and eco very colorful in order to create a cradle from original and vivid hues. And Portananos move will be a snap: just because the cradle disassemble and store the individual elements in practice bag that came.

Eric Benque is an industrial designer known for his design style that is cutting art and craft an approach regarding the production of the elements.

Lately its collection of wooden additions called planches was even exhibited at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris, precisely because it represents a good balance between creativity, quality and naturalness of the materials used and aesthetically pleasing result.

Planches proposes a series of additions such as chairs, chaise longue, tables, bookcases, in which symmetrical forms are reached through the intersection of planks of wood and bamboo coatings (such as the chaise longue) are made of soft and natural wool . Go after the leap to see the gallery devoted to projects designed by French.

Reported as the youngest brand selected by the Designer’s Days 2008, SAAZS won the Prix Paris - Innovation thanks to new creations Lightpieces, admire the Furniture Show 2008 by installing Light Prose and characterized by elegant design and contemporary moved by principles of eco-compatibility.

Starting from the series “standard of lamps designed by Tomas Erel, the sophisticated and charming Flaq, Lightbird that can be used as table and Wallover that can be used as a lens in every way that suggests your creativity, enriched by a ‘Limited edition, produced by the research centre experimentation and development SAAZS Institute by Christian Biecher with Nature versus technology, Adrien Gardère with Balafon and Arik Levy Flying with Tron or DOTS. Technological innovation introduced by the lamps lies in the Planilum, the first “glass activated to conduct light, which was developed by SAAZS in collaboration with Saint-Gobain Innovations.

Having essentially glass lamps are recyclable to 90%, producing a light relaxing that eliminates the need for a lampshade, using non-toxic gas and the average life of a plate is 50,000 hours, equivalent to about 20 years of household use. The light source is homogeneous, non-glare and not overheat, with all the implications that this entails for the future of design, use and the very substance of lighting. The lamps you can buy at the new showroom opened in Paris in Rue Saint-Honore 152.