Quirky British fashion label are launching a series of fun home accessories at London’s Selfridges this October. How cute are they?

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Pasadena-based multi-disciplinary studio Bluelounge, known for such creative solutions as The SpaceStation, Cool Feet and the CableBox, has won the Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and Businessweek, for The Sanctuary.  The IDEA competition is a celebration of the most innovative and exciting product and product concept [...]

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London-based interior designer Martin Brudnizki has been causing quite a stir in the design circles with his sophisticated and modern style. His latest project is popular chef Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant called Jamie’s Italian– a new chain of Oliver’s neighbourhood restaurants, the first of which has opened in Oxford, where Brudnizki effortlessly blends Tuscan-inspired rustic [...]

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One of the most iconic designs of the last century, the Stool 60 by Finnish design legend Alvar Aalto turns 75 this year and remains as popular as it was then. It is also one of the most sought after furniture pieces by design enthusiasts because of its simple, minimalist design that fits in with [...]

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The Japan Design Foundation (JDF) will hold the International Design Competition 2008 under its basic principle of “Design for Every Being,” with its sights set on presenting visions for near-future lifestyles.
For the International Design Competition 2008, JDF has selected the theme “Earth Life” focusing on environmental awareness in our daily lives.
Open to participants internationally
Registration deadline: [...]

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Koelnmesse has commissioned the Rat für Formgebung also known as German Design Council to act as overseers and organisers of the young designers’ exhibition and prize at the International Furniture Fair, imm cologne 09, which is named [d3] contest since last year and was formerly known as Inspired by Cologne. Entries are sought from design [...]

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Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” So Chanel’s creative head Karl Lagerfeld is taking it rather seriously. The latest is Lagerfeld has just inked a deal with [...]

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We are still recovering from the busiest weekend of this summer and we still haven’t had the chance to check out the fab sales in the city. We have heard there is an underground Vivienne Westwood sale with discounts of up to 50 per cent going on somewhere in the city. Our moles are hard [...]

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Flash goes bling! As if a Lamborghini on the roads would fail to turn heads, the sports marquee has asked bing-bling brand Versace to design its interiors to inject more oomph.
Versace will design the interiors of a limited-edition Lamborghini, along with matching accessories such as gloves and bags. In a joint statement made recently at [...]

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For the forthcoming 100% Design Shanghai that will run from June 26-28, WOKmedia, founded by Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner has partnered with Contrasts gallery to present a new collaborative work titled Night Watch.  The London-based design-duo established the design collective WOKmedia in 2004 and have developed an affinity for China and its cultural and [...]

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