2012-03-23 15:44:48 // Design Daily Team
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Vintage lovers might be familiar with Mr Bigglesworthy, which has made a name for itself in premium retro furniture, art and industrial design.
2011-02-23 13:06:39 // Sam Eichblatt
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Nathan Goldsworthy’s self-assembled furniture is the first step in the designer’s move offshore
2010-11-17 13:09:00 // Vicki Holder
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As her beautifully balanced, classical yet contemporary pieces make waves on the furniture scene, Rebecca Snelling collects her thoughts on what comes next.
2010-10-27 11:01:42 // Vicki Holder
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Forget the old adage ‘form follows function’, says Apartmento owner and designer Stu Bowman—creating cool furniture that’s functional is more about proportion, balance and simple good taste.
2010-09-03 14:42:16 // Vicki Holder
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‘Cosy’ is not a word that sits comfortably when describing most high end contemporary furniture. But that’s precisely the label export manager of renowned Dutch firm Linteloo uses to define the ambience of his products.
2010-08-09 13:12:35 // Design Daily Team
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One quick glance at the picture below might leave you wondering what you’re actually staring at. Italian designer Davide Conti has created these award-winning optical illusion chairs, called MAGICA and MAGICA2. By replacing two of the chair legs with plexiglass, Conti has created a physics-defying illusion.
2010-08-06 09:48:01 // Design Daily Team
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If you want a sneak peak of New Zealand’s up and coming design talent, you might want to start with the Design and Arts College of New Zealand’s graduating exhibition, from the interior design department.
2010-08-04 17:05:18 // Deirdre Robert
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Cast your mind back to the 80s when playing Space Invaders was all the rage. Ah, nostalgia. Igor Chak has taken that nostalgia and turned it into a concept you can quite literally sit on, with his Space Invader Couch.
2010-08-03 15:04:48 // Deirdre Robert
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London design company Studio Weave has weaved quite the public beachside bench. In fact, the bench is so impressive, it can now take its seat as the longest bench in the UK. How long? Long enough to seat over 300 people.
2010-07-26 16:37:36 // Design Daily Team
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We love Wu Yu-Ying "Breathing" chair – a chair that moulds specifically to the shape of the person sitting in it.
2010-07-14 16:22:07 // Vicki Holder
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Simple, colourful and elegant, furniture designer Fletcher Vaughan’s latest range for Fletcher Systems continues an aesthetic for which he has made his name.
2010-07-14 15:21:59 // Design Daily Team
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Lovers of David Trubridge’s work can catch up with his latest pieces and some of the best that he exhibited recently at the Milan Fair at an exhibition at Simon James Design in Auckland starting July 22 until August 21. The exhibition will feature a selection of new lighting including a new coloured version of his coral lights, an extension of his Ebb range and a new plinth in woven translucent material for Cloudy Bay.
