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A theater set-design concept by For Use / Numen presented at the gallery of HDD in Zagreb.

This year it was easier to find your way round Salone Satellite than last year, for the very good reason that the really good things were relatively easy to identify.

Kevin Fries and Jakob Zumbühl are the proud winners of three 'iF product design awards' and 'reddot design awards'

The result of the continuing creative dialogue between three english designers is a range of beautiful products which are characterised by a distinctive sense for materials and proportions.

Selected novelties from the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2009, Part II

Selected works from [d3] contest at the imm cologne, Arik Levy´s workshop 'Cologne Guesthouse' and projects from the first 'Designers Fair' at the Rheintriadem.

An interview with the ambitious and talented german designer Sebastian Herkner.

Two designers, one house renovation and twelve furniture designs

The three-day event kicked off with an extensive aperitif on the gallery of the 'Villa Elisabeth' in Berlin, which then provided a wonderful background for an excellent dinner, stimulating conversations and interesting presentations.

The light-emitting diode (LED), which we are all familiar with as an electronic signal or in the form of advertising and background lighting, has for some years now been conquering new areas of application. Its tremendous potential for energy savings

Katrin Greiling currently lives and works as a designer in Dubai, where she constantly tours the city with her camera, recording in her photographs everyday life in this unique cosmopolitan metropolis within the Arab world. A world of contradictions.

As Amy Hunting says herself, she tries to combine her work as an illustrator and her furniture designs in the best possible way. The result is her 'Patchwork Collection'. A successful composition of art and design.

'HansandFranz' is a name which couldn't be more German (apart from the 'and' instead of 'und'), and perhaps it's an omen of the fact that they would head in the direction of America – known of course as the land of unlimited possibilities.

Last Saturday the award ceremony for the 'Traffic Design Competition' took place for the first time. More than 100 participants from 16 cities in the Middle East and northern Africa were judged by a jury of renown experts.

This year the Salone Satellite was once more on show in its own pavilion. Set a little apart from the general hustle of the fair, it welcomed visitors.

Since 2004 Øystein Austad and Jonas Ravlo Stokke have formed the design team StokkeAustad, which is based in Oslo and just opened their design studio.

For 'Meuble Paris' fair and pursuing its annual Creation Assistance programme, VIA has presented the Carte Blanche grant awarded to designer Frechin.

This year, too, the imm cologne will provide lots of opportunities to discover young design talent and discover fresh ideas. Here a few suggestions.

The annual Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place from 6 - 10 February, is enjoying ever greater popularity with both manufacturers and designers.