marike andeweg has won an if design award for her matrix shelving system. available in several sizes you can create your own composition.

recent work from giles miller of farm designs “has been focused on provoking an appreciation for the potential diversity in sustainable design.” ex-box is an intelligent and cost effective design. built with a grid system an endless amount of sections can be used, resulting in a beautiful piece of furniture with patterns of light and shadow.

from Designers Jo Meesters and Marije van der Parkjo  comes their laser cut wooden tabletop reshaping wood.

“in search of innovation within traditional crafts reshaping wood is born from a research project based on the possibilities of combining traditional crafts with technological and industrial production methods. this woodwork inspired table is fabricated combining waterjet cutting technology and traditional woodwork.”

“Bike Furniture Design is a design and manufacturing studio specializing in contemporary, modern furniture made primarily from recycled steel and aluminum bicycle rims, handlebars, and frames. Working within the vernacular of classic modern furniture design, BFD founder Andy Gregg has continued to refine this comfortable and durable furniture since 1990.”

Coming from  instanbul designers Seyhan Ozdemire and Sefer Caglar, the spider lamp a stainless steel circle of convex rods around a covered bulb was originally commissioned for an instanbul café but after appearing in the Milan design show, a whole product line was launched. Autoban’s work is known for being creative and  edgy yet functional ranging from furniture, lighting and interior design.

from animi causa comes the inflow table. “have you ever wanted your table to swallow all the mess on it? this table conveys our personality. our personality is responsible for creating and designing this table, like handwriting, each and every one of us has his/her own mark. the special structure of the table enables to put all your objects inside. the shape comes from the material itself, like a loose rubber band. the inflow table is made of an elastic string wrapped around a metal structure”

Passers-by were met by sudden bursts of rain as part of the Singapore biennale artist iepe brought his miracle tree to Singapore. “it is said that the rain of the tree washes away sins, cures diseases and even makes us younger.”

when british designer jonathan coles, received the commission for the saffron flower chandelier he had been working with RF lighting to develop a now patented sculptural fibre optics. “taking the saffron flower as a starting point a form was created in wire and then solid modeling to visualise. the chandelier is 1.4m diameter and 3.5m tall, suspended over a further 3 meter void. six fibre optic tails are driven by two hid projectors to produce an ultra bright ‘neon like’ effect which creating an impossible unsupported shape that slowly phases between white and blue.” beautiful.

from forward thinking italian design company lago comes tangram, a flexible shelving system whose possiblities are as endless as your imagination. designed by daneile lago, the nature of tangrams allows the user to create their own composition, providing endless possibilities for abstract formations or shapes resembling real life creatures and objects. ”Everything changes, everything can transform itself. A square in seven pieces combined with imagination to make new shapes come to life.”

Innovation lab has developed the first screen of transparent concrete. “The screen consists of concrete with embedded optical fibres, arranged as pixels, capable of transmitting natural as well as artificial light. The light-admission points are on the back of the screen where the fibres are positioned. The light, or the picture, will then be displayed in pixels on the front. The light source can be a projector emitting either pictures or film footage. In principle, the screen is capable of acting as a window since – owing to the combination of the screen concept’s light-absorption and optical cables – it has a capacity for transmitting natural light.”

The concept might well influence building industry, architecture, design and other business areas.