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The new ranges by Karim Rashid, Ramon Esteve and A-Cero for VONDOM were showcased in all their technicolour, illuminated glory at the recent Feria Habitat in Valencia. Click the image above to see their remote controlled RGB LED function at work en masse, synchronized across the whole collection.  If this doesn't get heads turning what will!?

For the nosey parker or latent sticky beak in all of us there is a way to satiate that niggling curiosity about what lies behind the "PRIVATE" sign and beyond those barricades for "STAFF ONLY"... an event run by the Historic Houses Trust so fantastic that it opens doors across Sydney allowing you, for one day: access to sites unseen...

Black is most definitely back!  You asked for it and you got it, the perennial favourite: CU-C-ME from HIVE is now available for the first time in black! We got so excited we wanted to showcase some of the other sleek black editions now also offered from our suppliers: bd Ediciones, VONDOM, EMU and Artifort.

They've done it again. True to form the team at LZF have pulled out all the stops and crafted another drop dead gorgeous exhibition stand, this time at Feria Habitat 2010, in their home town of Valencia! Marivi and Sandro and their talented LZF family stripped backed all the showcasing and endless merchandising of products to let their core ingredient...

Thanks to the folk over at MONUMENT we have a years subscription to give away, all you have to do is finish this sentence! Given half a chance I would build a MONUMENT to... Leave your name and entry in the comments section below and the winner will be announced next week! Good Luck! THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR...

We couldn't be more chuffed that the uber busy, ultra productive, highly-sought after Benja Harney from Paperform stopped by for the latest in our YOU-ZU interview series.  Benja's works are nothing short of awe-inspiring.  A self-taught paper engineer based in Sydney, Benja must surely be in contention for 'Busiest Man on the Planet' this year as his wonderful creations are...

I'm known as the pencil guy... I don't mind that at all. The New York Daily News and Yatzer.Com recently introduced us to the inspiring Connecticut artist: Dalton Ghetti and we had to share! Recently having exhibited his unique works as part of the New Britain Museum of American Art 's  "Meticulous Masterpieces" show, Ghetti has drawn a huge...

Here is one for those lucky enough to reside in or visit Sydney in October. Dubbed the "Living City", Sydney this week takes it's title one step further with the launch of the 2010 Art & About a vibrant celebration of public art, an accessible, living canvas. Breaking out of the galleries and shrugging off the confines of traditional exhibition...

We've long been avid followers of Dana Hughes' YELLOWTRACE blog and would recommend you check in there frequently! In case you haven't already had the pleasure, you'll have missed out on this great post from her regular feature:  "Design Free Thursday", where the sometimes wacky and the random are hand selected and shared by Dana.  This spotlight on Kristin and...

Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan pretty much takes the crown where design and furniture trade fairs are concerned.  Whether it's your favourite or the most groundbreaking is of course open to much discussion, however, it is undeniably one of the biggest events on the annual design calendar in so far as global pull and breadth of output. That said...