German design studio Supergrau , which has three designers at the helm, has launched a series of lighting designs that continue their tradition of sustainability and their desire for people “to love, to buy, to preserve” good design. All of their retro/futuristic designs are handcrafted in Germany and the collection is now being carried by design showroom Mondo Collection . The Furore Table Lamp is crafted from recovered marble, blown glass, and copper.

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Modern Lighting from Supergrau

During Clerkenwell Design Week this year, four designers participated in Design Exquis, a series of exhibitions that explore the dialogue on design through design inspired by the collective method of creation known as the Exquisite Corpse. The designers showing work in this particular exhibition were Dominic Wilcox, Plant&Moss, Matthew Plummer-Fernandez and George Oehler. Video brought to you by our friends at Crane.tv .

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WATCH: Design Exquis – Clerkenwell Design Week 2013

NYC designers Frederick McSwain and François Chambard (of UM Project ) created an outdoors-inspired exhibition at Gallery R’Pure for New York Design Week called Off The Grid . Inspired by camping, flashlights, lanterns, and easy outdoor furniture solutions like using crates as chairs, the designers created what look to be more luxurious and creative alternatives to the traditional camping gear. Perhaps this is gear we might use when camping on a rooftop in NYC or as our only furniture in an effort to try and escape the real world? Descriptions below are from the designers.

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Frederick McSwain and François Chambard: Off The Grid

Italian brand Castelli , known for producing top-notch designs from a team of designers, has been cranking out sleek, office-related pieces of quality Italian design since 1877. Take a look at some of their new collections created for your modern work life. Liquid Lounge is a system of modular sofas and chairs designed for communication and privacy, perfect for waiting rooms or meeting areas. Designed by Carlo Bianchi and Agnieszka Piszczecka of  Studio CIBIDI . Liquid Lounge Liquid Lounge Liquid Lounge Secrets is an executive desk with clean lines and a unique drawer built into the design.

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Modern Office Furniture from Castelli

Magenta Studio began back in 1992 as a Gallery store in Jerusalem, Israel established by Ronen Bavli. It offered a variety of items and works of art by artists and designers and soon expanded to a design studio as well, to design and produce additional pieces to be sold at the store. The store closed in 1994, but the studio continued on, producing small series after series, and has increased over the years

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Magenta Studio: The Autonomists

We collaborated with  MSN  to profile four artists and designers we love who we think embody the same design, content and functional philosophies as the new MSN.com: design with fierce reductionism, sharing real-time trends, and being perfect for touch. We think you’ll love learning more about these four creatives. Experience their work below, and check out the all-new MSN  here . I discovered the work of Thomas Wold back in 2007 . Since then, I’ve been following his work closely and he always seems to surprise me.

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Thomas Wold: Exploring Wonder VIDEO

La Redoute Collection is a minimal series designed by France-based designers  A+A Cooren . The studio consists of French-Japanese design duo Aki and Arnaud Cooren. They work in the specialty field of lighting, as well as furniture, product, and interior design

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Skim Milk: La Redoute Collection by A+A Cooren

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

Born in N. Ireland in 1986, David Irwin graduated in Three Dimensional Design at Northumbria University in 2007.

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Friday Five with David Irwin