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ProductA selection of highlights from the Milan Furniture Fair 2008Compiled by Zo de Pass, GDR Creative Intelligence

Crystal snow (1)Industrial Design and Visual Communications students rom theUniversity o Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL) have collaboratedwith Swarovski and snowboard manu acturer Nidecker to createa collection o unusual, de luxe snowboards. The students hadree reign to customise the boards with inlaid crystals, creatingvisually appealing pieces that were presented in an exhibitioncalled Crystal Snow.Source: www.ecal.ch

Posh footie (2)In response to the lack o design initiative given to ootballtables, this stylish showpiece is the creation o two specialist

companies, GRO design and TIM modelmakers. Called the 11, thepiece attempts to give the ootball table architectural andsculptural consideration, as in a real-world stadium. The brightsilver chrome nish o the player gures adds a de luxe qualityand is symbolic o ootballers iconic status in sport and society,while the tables lines and monochrome colour palette add asense o dynamism and drama.Source: www.eleventhegame.com

Cube 6 (3)Cube 6 is a diminutive cube made rom birch plywood and maplethat un olds into six compact, unctional seats. When not in use,the cube measures 350x350x350mm. A three-stool version hasalso been produced. The concept can serve as dining roomurniture or small spaces and urban living.Design: Naho Matsuno (www.nahomatsuno.com)

Light champagne (4)Champagne brand Veuve Clicquot has collaborated or the secondtime with product designer Karim Rashid to create 500 limited-edition, high-impact lamps containing cooling bottle carriers.The Globalight eatures a sophisticated internal lighting systemthat creates a so t pink halo while keeping the champagne at theideal temperature or two hours. Available online and at Harrodsand boutique Aria, London, or 1,800 ($3,500) a piece.Design: Karim Rashid (www.karimrashid.com) /Veuve Clicquot (www.e-clicquot.com)

Boomboy (5)Boomboy, a quirky loudspeaker created by a Royal College o Artstudent, has been ashioned rom hand-carved walnut. A bassduct supplied by audio manu acturers Bowers & Wilkins runsthrough the wooden body, enabling excellent sound quality.Power wires or earphones can be placed in the characters handor easy storage. The integration o eco- riendly materials intohome electronic and telecommunication products mirrors a largermaterial trend increasingly being seen in product design.Design: Vahakn Matossian (www.vahakn.co.uk)

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Animal Tales (6)Animal Tales is a collection o urniture, lamps and accessoriesthemed around the animal kingdom. Inspired by the image oa hungry cuckoo chick, the spherical, copper-glazed Cuco vaseeatures a unique beak-shaped opening in which owers canbe placed. The Jira a oor lamp is loosely reminiscent o a girafeand the Muli is a solid oak sideboard that subtly re erences amule, with angled legs that give the impression o walking.Design: ding3000 (www.ding3000.com)

Cappellini Love collection (7)American industrial designer Stephen Burks has created arange o eco-conscious ware or Italian urniture manu acturerCappellini. The Cappellini Love collection comprises a series ovases and bowls made rom glass ragments and a small groupo serving tables made rom recycled paper. South A ricanartisans were enlisted to learn specialised papier-mchtechniques so that they can produce the collection on a largerscale in the uture.Design: Stephen Burks (www.readymadeprojects.com)

Established & Sons new collection (8)British design and manu acturing company Established & Sonshas introduced, or the rst time, non-British designers to itscollection. Israeli-born Shay Alkalay has created a multi-coloured oating set o drawers, Jaime Hayn rom Spain has created aset o Tudor dining chairs inspired by the six wives o Henry VIII,while Dutch Maarten Baas has ashioned the Chankley Bore, alimited-edition range o humorous sculptural urniture.Source: Established & Sons(www.establishedandsons.com)

Twist on the classics (9,10 & 11)Farm, a collective o British designers, has produced a range owitty design objects by taking inspiration rom popular Britishculture. The collection includes a one-legged table called JockCorner and a clock called Grand ather C, which is constructedcompletely out o cardboard and based on the classic grand atherclock. The School Chaise is an adaptation o the traditionalorange school chair, with an elongated seat that gives it a new

lounging unction.Design: Farm Design (www.farmdesigns.co.uk)

Sound/Chair (12 & 13)The Sound/Chairs 3D orm is a physical representation o soundwaves. The chair accurately conveys a sound wave as seen on a3D graph o volume, while the vivid purple colour brings theconcept to li e. This technique is characteristic o the designer,who is able to sculpt the concept o sound as i it were a material,creating unique, sensory orms and products.Design: Matthew Plummer-Fernandez(www.plummerfernandez.com)

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