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Astro Lighting is the brand we know very well and used for quite a few of our Projects.

We absolutely loved their new concrete and antique brass finishes for the wall lights.

We were quite pleased with the Sleep Event and the bloggers meeting, organised by Trenique.

Here are some of the gems we spotted and liked.

Ekornes is a Scandinavian furniture brand, manufactured in Norway. They produce homely and extremely comfortable office chairs, sofas, mattresses and other accessories for the home. Their range of sofas comes in a variety of leather finishes and colours and although the style of the 'Stressless' sofa and armchair range is primarily quite classic / traditional, there are some great, contemporary corner sofa options. These products are definitely designed for those who love to relax and value comfort above all else. 

We saw the Stressless range at the Scandinavia Show in Tobacco Dock, Wapping, last month.

From Their Website:
Ekornes ASA is the largest furniture manufacturer in the Nordic region and owns such brand names as Ekornes, Stressless and Svane. Stressless is one of the world's most famous furniture brands, and Ekornes and Svane are the best known brands in the Norwegian furniture market. Products are manufactured in Norway and marketed all over the world by a network of national and regional sales companies.

Ekornes' vision is to be one of the world's most attractive ergonomically designed suppliers of furniture for the home.
Ekornes' business concept is to offer products that, in terms of both price and design appeal to a broad audience. In addition, the group aims to develop and manufacture products offering excellent comfort and functionality.
Ekornes ASA is the parent company of the Ekornes Group. The group's production facilities are organized according to its product areas: Stressless (recliners, sofas, loveseats and accessories), Ekornes Collection (sofas) and Svane (mattresses). Ekornes ASA provides all shared services, including group management, marketing, purchasing, accounting and finance, as well as product development for the Stressless and Ekornes Collections.

I have noticed this stool at 100% Design Exhibition and thought that it looked quite interesting and unusual. I made some notes and decided to to do more research on it.

Catherine Aitken, furniture and product designer, has graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2006 and then successfully completed her course in Royal College of Art, London in 2011.

Description: 
Responding to the concept Fade, these stools explore a gradual change in intensity through increasing and decreasing levels of colour and altering the presence of a particular material. Lengths of cotton cord are stitched together and then wrapped to a plywood plate and powder-coated steel base. These unique pieces combine function with visual intrigue.

Materials:
Cotton cord, plywood, powder-coated steel

Manifest Side Table is a clever side table idea from Australian product and furniture designer Chris Vincent. This table incorporates USB charging cables for multiple electronic devices. Three USB ports enable convenient charging, with cables wound and stowed away and the charging end left ready 
to access when required.

I couldn't not to stop by Fenella Elms Ceramic's stand at DesignJunction design fair. I thought it was something really creative and unique. Fenella works with clay and creates those wonderful porcelain art pieces. 


Flows
Mounted for wall hang­ing, these works are in­tu­itively built in porce­lain clay to cre­ate shift­ing per­spec­tives.  In­di­vid­u­ally made beads of clay joined to a sheet of porce­lain with slip be­fore the whole work is fired to­gether to make one, sin­gle piece.  





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