One of things that makes the S tockholm Furniture Fair one of my favorite design shows, is Greenhouse. Entirely dedicated to new designers, this area showcases products that have never been shown before and are not yet in production, making this a really exciting place to see new design thinking. This year, the space was designed by Note Design Studio . Susanna Wahlin, Interior Architect at Note told me: “We were thinking about what it’s supposed to be and why it’s called Greenhouse. We took inspiration from baroque gardens – they were a place to socialize, to experience beauty, where you can meet and mingle, and experience each other’s ideas. This year, we’ve called it ‘the garden of new ideas’, so we’ve removed some of the walls that are normally between the exhibitors, so the new ideas could really meet, so that both the exhibitors could talk with each other, but also so the audience could ‘dare’ to step inside.” Alexis Holmqvist, AD and Graphic Designer at Note added: “When you have deep walls you have to put the stands in a row, when you have shorter walls you can have softer curves

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Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2013

London-educated, Mumbai-based architect and designer Avni Sejpal, of Studio Avni , brings her varied training, from graphic design to textiles to fashion, to every design she produces, including the Faceted Tactile Light Collection. Faceted Brass Chandelier – Bijoux Lights (first image also) Using traditional materials like brass, copper, stainless steel, and bronze, along with materials like PVC sheets, they are cut and then either linked or stitched together to form the geometric forms of each fixture. Faceted Brass Chandelier – Bijoux Lights (closeup) The texture created is unbelievable and it’s hard to imagine that these are not made from paper. Faceted Copper Dome – Bijoux Lights Faceted Copper Dome – Bijoux Lights (underneath) Faceted Tactile Table Lamp – Black PVC Faceted Tactile Table Lamp (closeup) Faceted Tactile Floor Lamp – White PVC Faceted Tactile Floor Lamp (closeup) Photos by Sebastian Zachariah Photographix

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Faceted Tactile Light Collection by Studio Avni

Architect Benjamin Hall started making furniture with his own hands in the middle of the rolling hills of Washington, where the only road marker was “Mile Post 112.” Now based in Arizona, his furniture line, appropriately called Mile112 , could be considered usable art. The contemporary pieces are smart, clean and rooted in architecture. Pictured above is his Moo.less chaise. Magic Carpet  - chaise made with leather and 100 yards of thin Sisal twine, hand-wrapped

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Mile112 Furniture by Benjamin Hall

Italian architect and designer Elena Galli Giallini has been living in Japan since 1995 and brings a multicultural education to her designs. She recently designed the Deinde Collection for Japanese furniture company Morishige . This collection incorporates the use of urushi, which is traditional Japanese lacquer, with modern furniture. Morishige is the leading producer of furniture with lacquer urushi so they decided to work with the designer to help bring the beauty of it to modern designs. The theme was “traditional within modernity” and they’ve done that beautifully with the artistry of the ancient lacquer techniques and the clean and minimal lines of the pieces.

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Deinde Collection from Elena Galli Giallini

Designer and architect Reinier de Jong has just released the versatile REK coffee table . The table grows and adapts to your needs. For example, when you’re not entertaining, perhaps you’d like to close it up, but when guests come over, you might want to move the sliding parts outwards to accommodate extra drinks and plates. Or, you can keep the sliding sections and store magazines and other things underneath. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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REK Coffee Table by Reinier de Jong

Dutch designer Reinier de Jong is an architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and online editor/blogger (a Renaissance man) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He describes his aesthetic as “simple but strong” and “bold but refined.” He clearly put careful thought into his Friday Five picks, treating us to a sampler covering a variety of mediums, plus his own must-have tools. 1

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Friday Five with Reinier de Jong

Dutch cousins Pieter and Thijs Bedaux , an architect and a furniture-maker, respectively, created this chair called Void(wood). Made of plywood, the chair is an experiment in tectonics. It feels both 2D and 3D at the same time – playing with shape and perspective.

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Void(wood) by Pieter and Thijs Bedaux

The concept for Play Modern Cuba and 2Cuba playhouses prove the that the best concepts grow from what you know. Like many kids, architect Kimball Hales’ three children enjoyed nothing more than playing “house” inside a cardboard refrigerator box.

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Modern Playhouses by Play Modern

Cvetnoetno Furniture is a collection of pieces designed by Slovene architect Spela Leskovic and fashion designer Almira Sadar in cooperation with furniture company Cerne Mizarstvo . Cvetnoetno furniture connects contemporary design with Slovene cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of working with wood and textiles. Also a rich tradition is Slovene flowers, which is the main motif of the crochet

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Cvetnoetno Furniture

Outdoor kitchens can be transformed into amazing spaces, as shown by these images above.

Depending on the climate in which you live, these spaces can certainly get more use than an indoor kitchen! Either way, if you’re a big outdoor entertainer, I think it’s definitely worth having an abundant outdoor kitchen.

What do you think – are you a fan of outdoor kitchens or do you find them unnecessary?

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