100% Design.100% Design--the UK's leading contemporary design show--continues to evolve, this year adding 100% Light to its stable of shows, events and seminars. From 21 to 24 September, London's Earl's Court will host a tantalising Adj. 1. tantalising - arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success" tantalizing inviting - attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" 2. array of furniture, lighting, building systems and materials. Here we preview some highlights. 501 OUTGANG XS3 chair from Outgang can be rotated into three distinct seating positions--reclined, bench and perching stool. Inspiration comes from the need to perch, particularly when enjoying an al fresco fag. Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 502 MODUS Sinuously sin·u·ous adj. 1. Characterized by many curves or turns; winding: a sinuous stream. 2. Characterized by supple and lithe movements: the sinuous grace of a dancer. contoured Cup chair, available in lounge and dining versions, by Stephen Burks from Modus. Internal seat and external frame are upholstered individually so that contrasting fabrics can be used to create particular effects. Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 503 ELICA Don't be fooled. Though it looks like a light fitting, it's actually a cooker hood, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. for those who like a bit of bling in their kitchen. Star from the Elica Evolution range. Enquiry 503 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 504 DALSOUPLE DalNaturel is a new generation of natural rubber floorcovering from Dalsouple. Suitable for contract and domestic use, it is resilient, colourful and environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] . Enquiry 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 505 AUTOBAN Sleepy, a quirky, crafted rocking chair in birch plywood and wool fabric by award winning Turkish designers Seyhan Ozdemir and Sefer Caglar. Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 506 SHELDON COONEY Old glass milk bottles are ingeniously recycled into stylish pint jugs by Elaine Sheldon and Dominic Cooney. You couldn't do the same with those fiddly fiddly Adjective [-dlier, -dliest] small and awkward to do or handle fiddly adj [task] → delicado, mañoso; [object plastic cartons. Enquiry 506 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 507 BUBBLE DECK This biaxial biaxial /bi·ax·i·al/ (-ak´se-al) having, pertaining to, or occurring in two axes. flat slab structural system using recycled plastic bubbles as void formers radically reduces the amount of concrete needed for reinforced concrete slabs. I kg of plastic replaces 100kg of concrete. Enquiry 507 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 508 SUSAN BRADLEY Creep occasional table by Susan Bradley in powder-coated steel, its crisp geometry embellished with delicate laser-cut leaves. Available in various colours. Enquiry 508 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 509 CARPET BURNS It started with an iron accidentally burning a carpet; now designer Kelly Atkins fabricates decorative coverings and artefacts, such as this magazine rack, from heat-treated offcuts of recycled carpet. Enquiry 509 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 510 SCABETTI Drawn to the Light chandelier by Dominic Bromley for Scabetti, constructed by hand in Staffordshire from trefoil trefoil (trē`foil) [O.Fr.,=three-leaf], in botany, name for several plants, chiefly of the pulse family, having trifoliate leaves. Best known of the trefoils is clover. shaped ceramic pieces. Enquiry 510 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 511 BSWEDEN Grace chandelier in aluminium by Louise Hederstrom, one of Bsweden's squad of exciting young Swedish lighting designers. Enquiry 511 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 512 FRANKLITE Seductive Constellation chandelier from Franklite, its sparkling array of suspended glass fronds resembling a glowing jellyfish jellyfish, common name for the free-swimming stage (see polyp and medusa), of certain invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria (the coelenterates). The body of a jellyfish is shaped like a bell or umbrella, with a clear, jellylike material filling most of the . Enquiry 512 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 513 STUDIO MAKE LIGHT Founded in 2004 by AA trained Sam Liu and RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. graduate Min-Sang Cho, Studio Make Light specialises in eccentric yet stylish light fittings. Shown here is Poing, a homage to the ping-pong ball. Enquiry 513 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 514 FROMENTAL Detail from Nonsuch non·such n. Variant of nonesuch. Noun 1. nonsuch - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal nonesuch, nonpareil, apotheosis, ideal, paragon, saint wallpaper from Fromental, part of the Chinoiserie chinoiserie (shēnwäzrē`), decorative work produced under the influence of Chinese art, applied particularly to the more fanciful and extravagant manifestations. range, inspired by eighteenth-century prints and patterns. Designs are meticulously handpainted on to paper-backed silk panels. Enquiry 514 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 515 DESIGN FACTORY Working from a converted barn in the Peak District, Swedish textile designer Katarina Lees specialises in colourful, robust handwoven hand·wo·ven adj. 1. Woven on a hand-operated loom: handwoven rugs. 2. Woven by hand: handwoven baskets. Adj. 1. rugs for domestic and commercial settings. Enquiry 515 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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