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

French designer  Philippe Starck talks about his new interactive designs for Flos that incorporate a bit of technology and some whimsy. The D’E-Light and Bibliotheque Nationale are a table and floor lamp that incorporate charging technology, and Chapeau is a new old-time movie-inspired design where your own hat becomes the shade. Special thanks to Flos for making this video possible.

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There is something of a trend going on lately of these types of cage-like geometric designs – from Ana Cláudia’s jewelry to Dave Hulsbergen’s lamps  and I’m digging it. So that’s probably why I also like  Mambo’s  new series of three Star pendant lamps created for the ETTERO collection. I love the random placement of the lines, too as if they were growing organically like branches or bone. And, +1 for brass.

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Star Pendant Lamps by Mambo

The Rotterdam-based duo Minale-Maeda created a collection of furniture designs that are completely downloadable – meaning you download the instructions and can get to work building them yourself. The Inside Out Furniture is a way of redefining how we, as consumers, have access to furniture. Instead of the manufacturing, transportation, and other costs involved in mass production, the line offers an alternative and cost effective solution to good design

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Inside Out Furniture by Minale-Maeda

Peg lamp and chair is designed by Toronto-based designer Tomas Rojcik . The objects are manufactured using both advanced 3D printing techniques and traditional materials such as resin, parchment, and maple. The two designs are conscious of small-spaces, and can overlap each other in any number of ways. Rojcik’s penchant for combining traditional and novel design allows him to portray both human and non-human qualities of manufacture – a dichotomy that needs to be seen more often these days. The lamp nestles in between the legs of the chair to represent a secluded personal space.

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Skim Milk: Peg Lamp and Chair by Tomas Rojcik

Spanish company BM makes some of the coolest furniture for babies all the way through young adults. Their original designs are made for all types of young people and will grow with the child through the years until you’re practically married. The pieces have clean, modern lines and can be personalized in the color or colors of their choosing.

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BM Children’s Furniture

Voila! has a few new original designs, but the hand collection really caught my eye, especially the “ Handelier “. They also have a standing light fixture and a sconce . Certainly not your run-of-the-mill home lighting solutions… I just want to give this guy a high five. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Handelier

Dune is an eco-friendly and modular outdoor furniture set. Each piece is made from 3D molded natural fiber cement. With six different designs to be mixed and matched, Dune can be expanded indefinitely. Some of the units have a flat surface while others have a concave and slight back.

Designed by Austrian designer Rainer Mutsch, Dune is 100% recyclable.

In 2009, Dune won the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award in 2010. It is also nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011. To get a glimpse into how the Dune is made,  have a look at this video.

Designer Rainer Mutsch lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Check out more of his works here.

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Cervo Chair This weekend, Industry Gallery will open Nature/Data , the first solo U.S. exhibition for New York-based Italian designer and architect Antonio Pio Saracino . The works in the exhibition are executed in plywood, metal, carbon fiber and synthetics and abstract from natural forms such as molecules, leaves, blossoms, and crystals. Nature/Data will feature eleven different chair designs, including two newly created for the exhibition: Riccio, a chair with a smooth interior and spiky exterior; and Molecular Bench, a baroque, steel-framed work covered with molecule-shaped recycled wool (both pictured below).

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Nature/Data Exhibition at Industry Gallery

Though it can definitely be inconvenient, there is something really beautiful about rain. DCS Corp captures that in this new and unique collection of rain cloud lamps. Each lamp features made from Japanese paper called Washi.

The rain cloud lamps come in several different designs and as a pendant, table lamp, or a floor lamps. See more from DCS Corp here.

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