During Design Week 2008 the former sports arena in Milan the Pelota, hosted collections of 15 designers presented by the emerging British Established & Sons. A showcase of design diverse and challenging.

Among the most representative of the landscape in the UK has distinguished itself for obvious references, the series of chairs Tudor. Six chairs as the wives of Henry VII, each with personality and special finishes, each of elegance and many references, wisely revisited, the Tudor period.

The Spanish designer Jaime Hayon with his unique style, inspired by a story for an English English, in honor of an influential man who loved culture, opulence and women, has made a series of meetings modern, elegant and gifts, perfect for a current style is not free from a touch of nostalgia.

Think of a chair capable of draft color in an instant. Think about the ability of a sitting chameleo versatile and eclectic as Oz Lowchair.

Designers Nelson Ruiz-Acal and Cate Högdahl of Cate & Design Nelson blending stylistic peculiarities of Spain and Sweden to create an element of design, ironic, colored and the same practical and functional.

The sitting was designed as a book to browse, with a multi-layer coatings Felt, acquires the ability to adapt to the design of your mood or that of your furniture. Oz Lowchair will be present at ICFF in New York from May 17 to 20.

Heidi Klum definitely looks gorgeous and chic as ever in her picture on the cover page of the famous magazine Marie Claire of the current month. She has obviously retained all her charm and grace even after having kids. The marvelous model has actually flouted all the conventional notions associated with modeling. The thin, bony figure that is the pre requisite of being an ideal model, has been discarded by Klum as she has maintained her good appearance and gorgeous looks even with her curvaceous body. In fact, the trend of the time suggests that the curves in a female’s body display her sensuality.

Heidi discarded the conventional norms for having a family. She has got into shape, once again, but that does not mean that she has got the ‘zero figure’ that most of the models strive for. She neither cares for it, nor does she want it.

She is happy with herself and is confident about her looks. In the opinion of most of the fashion critics, she is obviously looking splendid and charming in the picture.

Via PopCrunch

The latest collection that has been launched by the famous brand Primark is full of beautiful flowers- big and small. The collection is, indeed, full of vivid colors. Almost all the apparels in the newly fangled collection are bright and charming. The collection has been designed with a view of pleasing the customers by presenting attractive colors and gorgeous designs. The quality of patterning and the designs touches the heights of perfection. The beautiful dresses are comfortable to wear too. This factor adds to their charm and attraction.

As most of the fashion designers are generally inspired from one thing or the other, the concerned brand has also drawn its inspiration from some elite names in the world of fashion. I hope that you can make out that the silhouette on the left has been inspired from the English fashion artist Luella while the apparel in blue color which has printed blue flowers, reminds me of the Giles collection. These dresses are available online for £12 and £16 respectively.

Just check out the collection for chic mini dresses, skirts, and strapless frocks. i am sure that you would pick up at least one for the season.

Via Catwalkqueen

They have brought to light at Salone Satellite, partly because to say it did not have this competition, but it must be admitted that the German AKDK produce complements that really convince. In particular, I find very beautiful the stools line Woodden Arrow: design clean, linear forms and a sober and light, without forgetting the cheerful touches of color.

And then there is also Beautifuel life, a container or the coffee, shaped like a golden tanichetta, that each sip puts the drinker to the important problem facing the emergency oil. Very beautiful also UpDownSitLight, which adapts easily to different environments and different functions, and the Moon coffetable basic one, a sort of extraterrestrial station able to incorporate all sorts of objects taking everything in order.

Continue to read: The eclectic world of Design Kommando

To heat the atmosphere in the bathroom arrive new radiators presented by Antrax the last edition of the International Exhibition of Bath. Discreets elegant and functional, their mission is to come into harmony with the design of the bathroom, giving warmth and style.

The design and function of Zero-Eight designed by Francesco Lucchese, using a further option aromaterapica, dispersing into the essence favorite. The radiator comes in two versions aluminum, a single spherical as a zero and a double and sinuous as an eight, both equipped with elegant functionality to satisfy the body and spirit without giving up style and confot.

At Furniture Show 2008 was presented (and with much success) “Fair”, a project designer Massimo Iosa Ghini for MioDino. This is a transparent system curved and fluid, made to transform the traditional work environment and its organization.

Fair collects directly from our companies more creative stimuli for an innovative product that aims to improve the approach to work and to minimize friction between operational and management systems by offering creative partnership to result.

But I appeal to you workers: what do you think a strutura of this type might influence on your well-being at work, and will thus improve your performance?

A system as Fair can really improve the well-being at work?

Surely you - 18 votes (50% of the votes)

I do not know - 12 votes (33% of the votes)

Definitely not - 4 votes (11% of the votes)

I say this in the comments - 2 votes (5% of the votes)

Total votes: 36

The designer Jim Jenkins has a very particular way of working with wood. Each element of its collection of jewelry boxes is made with an attention to detail exceptional. Each cabinet, bedside table, chest of drawers, table… preserves the uniqueness of form, color, details.

Mixing different types of wood, acting colour and form always different complements of its furniture, is able to obtain unique pieces, each with its own name. The result is surprising. Just take a look at Gallery showcase its on-line to be fascinated by the sinuous and attractive design of Irene, Pappy, Bright Eyes, Dee Dee and many others. If you do not find what you can always ask Jim Jenkins to achieve it for you.

The mythical Taschen has just published a new volume New Paris Interiors, a broad overview, accurate and seductive most innovative of the apartments of Paris, to design, structure and dynamics. Some of personalities with a view of Paris have opened their homes, regalandoci an overview interior of the most surprising and eclectic.

The architect India Mahdavi, editor of French Vogue Carine Roitfeld, Simon de Pury auction house Phillips de Pury, the genius of Christian Louboutin shoes, gallery owners and Philippe Jousse and Cleménce Didier Krzentowski, fashion designer Rick Owens and many others, have helped to create an inexhaustible source of new ideas on Lifestyle of the twenty-first century.

At the appointment of Torino World Design Capital, from Thursday 8 and up to Monday May 12, the twenty-first edition of International Book Fair in Turin, will devote ample space to design. The Book Design Space was designed by the designer Martí Guixè, as a protected area to accommodate different activities.

A “Bookdesign Shop” with the best titles on the project chart book. A “Bookdesign Lab”, set up for workshops, presentations, seminars and conferences dedicated to design, architecture and graphics.

Finally, the “Bookdesign Exhibition”, an exhibition of prototypes, project executive of books and experimental projects in the courses of the most important international schools of design, next to objects-unpublished book, made for the occasion.

Graphic designer of the most representative at international level will participate in the event. It begins Thursday, May 8 with ? “From ripping born thing.” ? Pieces of paper through the randomness become a world of shapes and colors.