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100% Design London goes from strength to strength, now with 100% Futures, featuring 50 new young design talents. Rob Gregory previews some highlights that can be seen 20-23 September at London's Earls Court. Go to www.arplus.com/enq. html for further product information.

501 PHILIP WATTS
For the naval architect, see Philip Watts (naval architect)
Sir Philip Watts, KCMG is the former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell.
 DESIGNS

Bored by convention, Philip Watts decided to spice up men's toilets with a new urinal urinal /uri·nal/ (u?ri-n'l) a receptacle for urine.

u·ri·nal
n.
A vessel into which urine is passed.
, gloo. Available in a range of colours, gloo also lights up a once dull washroom, with cool fibre optics fibre optics

Thin transparent fibres of glass or plastic that transmit light through their length by internal reflections, used for transmitting data, voice, and images.
 installed, glowing loo quite literally gloos in the dark.

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502 SILENT GLISS

Working with Swedish designer Eva Marmbrandt, Silent Gliss present Vertical Waves, a series of laser-cut made-to-measure vertical blinds.

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503 ZERO

In 100% Light, Zero present Camouflage, a light fitting designed by Swedish design quartet, Front. Both light and shadow from the lampshade form patterns in the room. The globe has been pressure turned and perforated per·fo·ra·ted
adj.
Pierced with one or more holes.
 by 3D laser cutting.

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504 ANA LINARES

100% Futures presents Conversation Chair, designed by Ana Linares. It is made from sheet steel, bent and cut into shape.

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505 MODUS

Pleats is a sofa system designed by Stephen Burks. It features anodised aluminium legs and an innovated pleated fabric.

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506 VOONWONG & BENSONSAW

voonwong & bensonsaw has combined the preciousness of bone china with sculptural and architectural forms to create a series of objects for everyday use.

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507 HERMAN MILLER Herman Miller may refer to:
  • Herman Miller (conlanger), creator of constructed languages
  • Herman Miller (office equipment), U.S. manufacturer of office furniture and equipment
  • Herman Miller (writer) (1919–1999), Hollywood writer and producer
 

Leaf, a new LED table-top light, is described by designer Yves Behar Yves Béhar is an Industrial designer and founder of Fuseproject, the San Francisco-based design and branding firm he founded in 1999. He started off his career working in Silicon valley for clients like Apple Inc.  as 'a fusion of technology with humanity'. A vertical blade extends and swivels up to 180 degrees.

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508 KASTHALL

Pinstripe pin·stripe also pin stripe  
n.
1. A very thin stripe, especially on a fabric.

2.
a. A fabric with very thin stripes, often used for suits.

b. A suit made of such fabric. Often used in the plural.
 was designed for the prestigious Operakallaren restaurant in Stockholm, by Claesson Koivisto Rune rune

Any of the characters within an early Germanic writing system. The runic alphabet, also called futhark, is attested in northern Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from about the 3rd century to the 16th or 17th century AD.
. The carpet is available in seven colour combinations.

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509 REFER + STAER

ICE Chandelier transforms the spectacular and exclusive ambience of traditional chandeliers into a simple asymmetrical a·sym·met·ri·cal or a·sym·met·ric
adj. Abbr. a
Lacking symmetry between two or more like parts; not symmetrical.
 design. It consists of transparent hand-blown glass balls that hang in clusters.

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510 ZERO

Foto, playful aluminium lights by Thomas Bernstrand & Mattias Stahlbom. From Zero.

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511 AUTOBAN

Designed by Seyhan Ozdemir and Sefer Caglar, this sofa takes inspiration from the 1950s. Set within a wooden box, Box Sofa comes in walnut or oak with leather or wool fabric.

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512 DEREK WELSH

A twist on the original Box-Shelving, Paradox has been turned inside out and the interconnecting boxes are now wrapped around an external corner for maximum effect.

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