Derek Chen is a furniture designer, with experience as an engineer and management consultant, who founded Council as a way to add an American spin on contemporary design. Working with a host of international designers, Council manufactures a massive collection of American design while making sustainable choices whenever possible during the manufacturing process. San Francisco-based Chen continues to design for and head the company, always using his keen engineer’s eye to put out a blend of designs with a handcrafted feel and a modern aesthetic. Let’s see what keeps this multifaceted designer inspired in this week’s Friday Five .

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Friday Five with Derek Chen of Council

Leif Peterson is an international distributor of fine luxury Italian furniture and decor, which we’re so passionate about here on Design Milk, so they were kind enough to support our trip to High Point this year. Their showroom in High Point is located in 220 Elm and they currently represent ten companies whose offerings work cohesively as a whole, therefore, it’s almost like one-stop shopping! Alivar (furniture), Bonaldo (furniture), Cierre (leather), Fornasarig (furniture), Jesse (furniture) Lafer (recliners), Linie Design (rugs), Penta (lighting), Saba Italia , and Tonelli (glass). Come along for a tour – maybe you’ll see something you like! The first thing to draw you into the showroom is the Glo lighting fixture by Carlo Colombo for Penta.

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High Point Market Spring 2012: Leif Petersen

Curated by Volker Albus, Design Museum Holon in Israel has a new exhibition that just opened on May 26th called new olds: design between tradition and innovation . Pictured above is the Happy Material chair by Pini Leibovich, which is made from thousands of balloons with its nod to surrealism and furniture-as-art. new olds presents works by over 60 Israeli and international designers exploring design between tradition and innovation. They are inspired by historical references and symbols ranging from the deer antlers to the cuckoo clock, traditional porcelain, Baroque objects and the more recent history of Bauhaus and Memphis.

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New Olds: Design Between Tradition and Innovation

Benjamin Hubert was born in the UK in 1984, and he studied Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University, graduating in 2006. The London-based studio was founded shortly thereafter and specializes in industrial design across furniture and lighting sectors working with international manufacturers across Europe and Asia.

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Friday Five with Benjamin Hubert

It never ceases to amaze me how many awesome international design collectives there are out there to help boost the careers of young designers. I feel like they’re more popular in the UK and Europe. I get excited when I see new international design from lots of talent all in one place — this is why I blog. Thus, when I got an email from Made Out Portugal I was overjoyed. Made Out Portugal is a design platform for Portuguese designers working outside of Portugal that acts like a collective rather than a brand

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Made Out Portugal

The latest by Kawamura-Ganjavian is BINPAN , a wastebasket that doubles as a dustpan when lying on the floor. It was recently awarded with the 3rd prize (Bronze Haechi) on the international contest “ Design for All ” organized by Designboom and the Seoul Design Foundation.

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BINPAN by Kawamura-Ganjavian

I checked out the 1dEGOFF Light Play booth at ICFF, and they had some very cute, trendy lighting. 1degOFF is a brand and design initiative that showcases and retails limited edition furniture and art objects that are created and made in Singapore. The design/art group was created by Bacus Boo, who wanted to create a platform for emerging local talent to showcase their work and help them in their quest to gain international recognition and exposure. Light Play, 1dEGOFF’s exhibition at ICFF is a “lively, playful, inventive tour de force and masterful exploration of the celestial Light and the lightness of Matter. This collection of objects begin with a discourse expression of Light and its lightness away from the conventional association with a lamp.

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1dEGOFF Light Play

Pallucco has introduced three new lights to their collection, Bucky, Foglie, and Tabard to be shown at the Milan International Furniture Fair in April. Bucky Bucky, designed by the Spanish studio Lagranja, resembles a kite with the soft orange-yellow glow of a firefly. The rods are blown glass and suspended on cables like a tightrope. Bucky pays tribute to Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller, architect, designer and thinker who was the first to experiment with geodesic domes and tensile structures, which have been used to create this lampshade. Foglie The natural elegance of the branches of a tree provides the inspiration for the new family of lights called Foglie (“leaves” in English)

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New from Pallucco