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Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: British design brand Another Country has collaborated with New York studio Workstead to produce a lighting collection formed from reconfigurable metal rods.

“We aim to make furniture and accessories that are familiar and unpretentious and the simplicity of Workstead suits our aesthetic,” said Another Country founder Paul de Zwart.

The collection comprises a range of chandeliers, wall and floor, table and pendant lamps.

Workstead created the lights largely to meet their own purposes, combining fixtures from old lamps to create new chandeliers.

“The collection came about very organically,” Workstead co-founder Stefanie Brechbuehler told Dezeen. “Robert, my husband and business partner, loves and collects old light fixtures and has always tinkered with them. The tinkering led to creating a fixture for our own needs, the Industrial Chandelier.”

The Industrial Chandelier is formed from a series of perpendicular steel rods with bulbs on the ends, which are connected with screw clasps. These can be unscrewed to rearrange the elements into different forms.

“One of the main focuses of our lighting is its ability to transform,” said Brechbuehler. “It can be configured in many ways to better fit the needs of the user or to be more site specific.”

A version of the chandelier with bent arms and cast-iron articulated joints also features in the collection.

The Brass Pendant is comprised of a disk that can rotate 360 degrees on the end of a thin vertical rod.

Mounted on two adjoining walls in the corner of a room, a bent steel element provides an armature for a cantilevered arm to create the Corner Lamp.

A crane-like profile defines the Floor Lamp, which has an adjustable arm and an elliptical shade covering the bulb. It is held steady by a heavy cast-iron base.

The Shaded table and floor lamps are held up on two vertical stems that can be moved up and down to adjust the height. Each features the same cylindrical-shaped fabric shade.

A pendant version of this design is also available and can be used to illuminate areas off-centre from its ceiling rose.

Workstead’s collection was on show alongside pieces by Another Country at the Design Factory exhibition in the Farmiloe Building during London’s Clerkenwell Design Week, which concluded yesterday.

Another Country recently opened a showroom in London’s Marylebone district, dedicated to displaying the brand’s products.

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Milan 2014: British designer Bethan Gray will exhibit a set of monochrome marble tableware in Milan next month.

The Alice collection by Welsh designer Bethan Gray comprises geometric combinations of black and white marble, which reference stripes and chequerboard patterns used in historic architectural designs, observed during the designer’s trips across Europe and the Arab states.

“The idea for the geometric patterns of the Alice tableware range came from the pattern, form and use of light found in Arabic design and the spectacular black and white stone configurations I’d seen on various trips across Europe,” said the designer.

“These specifically include the ninth-century Amalfi Cathedral in Italy and the twentieth-century San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland.”

The collection comprises five pieces that include a chopping board, cheese board, cake stand and bowl.

Following its launch at Maison & Objet in February, the collection will be on display at Spazio Pontaccio in the Brera district of Milan from 8 to 13 April during the Salone Internationale del Mobile.

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A triangular section of frame at the top of this mirror by German design duo Kaschkasch Cologne allows it to rest neatly in the corner of a room.

The Kaschkasch Floor Mirror was designed for Danish brand Menu by Kaschkasch Cologne as a space-saving solution.

The top of its simple aluminium frame is bent into a 90-degree point so it fits into the often unused spaces where perpendicular walls meet.

The tubular frame has curved corners and is available in black, white or moss green.

“Our products are casual and voguish at the same time,” said Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider of Kaschkasch Cologne.

“Precise lines and geometrical shapes give them a distinct impression, which we like to combine with intriguing colour combinations for the additional Kaschkasch touch.”

When balanced against a flat surface, the top of the frame can be used as a rail for hanging clothes.

“We want each design to offer something extra, discovered by the user little by little,” said the designers.

The mirror glass is fixed between the sides of the frame and doesn’t extend to the top or bottom.

Menu presented the mirrors at the Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this year.

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This collapsible table by Berlin-based designer Jakob Timpe is made from nine pieces of wood that simply slot together with no screws, glue or tools (+ slideshow).

Frustrated by having to handle a large drawing table every time the designer moved, Timpe created an easy-to-assemble trestle-style frame that can be taken apart in seconds and flat-packed for easy storage.

The underframe of the STAND table consists of four horizontal bars that pierce right through slots in the tops of the four legs. The structure is jammed together when pressure is applied by the weight of a tabletop.

“The appearance can be determined by sliding the legs along the frame,” said the designer. “The table permits the legs to protrude from under the top or to disappear beneath it.”

The basic STAND comes without a surface, but the designer has produced a white table top made of particle board and coated with melamin resin available.

The kit weighs just 7.5 kilograms and can support a table top between 170 by 80 centimetres and 240 by 100 centimetres.

To transport the pieces, the STAND comes with a sewn cotton case inspired by brush bags used for the storage of art supplies.

“It works as a wooden dining table, as constructional working table or as a conference table which can be set up and taken down in seconds,” explained Timpe.

The trestle is made in Berlin from solid ash sourced from local forests. Each piece has not been surface treated to emphasise the natural variation in grain and colour in the wood.

“Over time, the wood will take on a natural patina,” said Timpe. However, there is also a white stain finish option available.

The table is available through the young Berlin-based design brand vondingen.

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Explore the Spring 2014 collection from London furniture brand Heal’s using our new interactive slideshow feature, including storage that leans against the wall and stacking pendant lamps.

Heal’s collection this season includes the Brunel range by London designer Rob Scarlett, who has created a series of industrial-style furniture for small urban apartments.

“My Brunel collection for Heal’s is targeted largely at design-savvy city dwellers who are short on space and accessibility but big on style,” said Scarlett.

He referenced pieces in Heal’s archive by designers Robin Day and Clive Latimer – exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York back in 1948 – to create shelving, tables, seating and a mirror with steel supports and oak surfaces.

Benches and side tables have optional shelves beneath their tops for extra storage space, plus cushions can be strapped on to the seats.

Additional cubby holes are also tucked behind the Brunel mirror, which includes a hook at the top for hanging garments out of the way.

“I felt the best way to address constraints was to design furniture that uses space intelligently and efficiently, offering dual purposes or hidden storage details,” Scarlett said.

Also featured in Heal’s latest range are items such as the Cranbourne dining table and benches in English ash, which can be made-to-order to specific measurements so they fit different sized rooms.

Lighting and accessories among the range are the Element Vessel vases by Vitamin made from mix-and-match rings of different materials and the Apollo layered modular aluminium lamps by International.

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