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Milan 2014: German brand e15 will launch a collection of floor, table, pendant and wall lamps at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, including lights made from copper discs and X-shaped extruded aluminium (+ slideshow).

Six designers have created five families of lights for the e15 collection.

Hamburg-based Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau have created North, a collection of lights each made from two circular brushed copper or powder coated steel discs, joined at just one point on their circumference.

The lights reflect abstract geometrical forms or phases of the moon depending on which angle they are viewed from and are available as pendant lights, wall lights and floor lights. The powder-coated steel versions come in white and yellow.

Palo by Michael Raasch is a horizontal disc-shaped light diffuser that slides onto a slim vertical stand, enabling its height to be set as desired.

Palo is made from steel and powder-coated aluminium in white or black, and comes with an optional marble base in white Carrara or black Marquina marble. It is available as a floor or table light.

Also by Michael Raash, Span is a horizontal, x-shaped pendant suspended from either end. It’s made from extruded aluminium in sections of up to 3000mm and can be used for uplighting or downlighting, making it suitable for working or dining. White and black finishes are available.

The collection also features new floor, table and wall versions of Mark Holmes’ Seam Light Series, as well as the Colour lamp designed by Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik in 2010.

The e15 lighting collection will be launched on Tuesday at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Hall 16 Stand E53, alongside furniture by German designer Jörg Schellmann and accessories by Philipp Mainzer, Mark Braun and Jan Philip Holler.

The products will also be exhibited at the e15 showroom, Via Tortona 31, from 8 to 13 April.

Here’re some more information from e15:

e15 Lighting

In Milan e15 celebrates the debut of e15 lighting, a progressive lighting collection of strikingly simple lights consistent with the brand’s artistic point of view. Consisting of five distinct lighting families, the lights bridge between residential and contract applications featuring enduring design with innovative quality construction, energy efficient LED technology and sufficient light output.

E15 also showcases three unique products by German designer Jörg Schellmann and a collection of elegant and functional accessories with character for dining and living in premium materials.

After its premiere at Cologne, the e15 accessory collection will be presented internationally for the first time, featuring enduring design in combination with high grade materials and innovative, handcraft production methods.

With diverse lighting requirements in mind, a range of floor, table, pendant and wall lights in pure materials and colours elegantly define a comprehensive collection featuring e15 lighting. Five lighting families designed by internationally renowned designers Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik, Mark Holmes, Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau as well as Michael Raasch reflect e15’s brand ethos of high grade materials paired with extraordinary craftsmanship.

Emitting beautiful atmospheric light NORTH is an expressive floor, table, pendant and wall light with distinct underlying simplicity, designed by Hamburg-based design duo Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau. Minimalism, theatricality and architecture illustrate the essence of COLOUR by Norwegian designers Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik. In its refined simplicity free of conventional aesthetics, the light COLOUR expands the field of sculpture and light.

With sculptural structure and accurate folds the SEAM light series by Mark Holmes follows the principle of reduced components and focuses on the element of light itself. SEAM is made of firmly bonded, folded sheet aluminium, available as a floor, table and wall light. By German designer Michael Raasch, the light PALO elegantly offers smart solutions for floor, table or bed side reading. The slim light diffuser in cylindrical form simply slides onto the linear stand. The visible cord lends a casual and dynamic edge to the precise form of PALO while accommodating individual positioning for down lighting at desired points. An optional marble foot adds a luxurious touch.

Simplicity is the allure and strength of the SPAN pendant light, also designed by Michael Raasch. Balanced from two suspension points, the unique X-shaped extruded aluminium section is made exclusively for e15 and incorporates a diffuser. SPAN radiates plentiful light suitable for dining or working environments.

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Milan 2014: Dutch design studio Droog has adapted pieces from the 8000 objects in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum to create a studio space for Milan design week (+ slideshow).

Spaces set up at Droog‘s Rijksstudio m2 exhibition will include an entrance, bedroom, kitchen, living room and dining room.

The walls and ceiling will be decorated with Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom’s wallpaper, referencing works in the museum’s collection by the likes of Vermeer and using the colour palette she developed as part of the 2013 Rijksmuseum renovation and rebrand.

An eighteenth-century tapestry will be transformed into wallpaper, while a painting with birds and clouds will become part of a reflective gradient wall in the bedroom.

The furniture and homeware range created as part of the installation takes its lead from historical artifacts and pieces within paintings in the museum’s collection.

A bathtub, a daybed, a writing desk, a mirror, a nightstand and a candleholder are executed in wood and leather.

Droog is also launching products previewed at Milan last year that are now in production. The collection takes colours, shapes and details from traditional artworks and uses contemporary materials such as rubber and titanium to create contemporary products.

The AA Glasses mimic the form of five historic glasses in the Rijksmuseum whose makers are unknown. They are available in transparent, or matte black for blind tastings.

Table Skin is a silicone cast of traditional Dutch ribbons and piping embroidery, used to form a durable, waterproof and easy-to-clean table cloth.

The collection also include a 3D-printed napkin ring by Studio Droog that resembles a pleated Tudor ruff.

As well as these, Droog will present new products from its New Original series referencing iconic Chinese products such as the Tea for One and Tea for Two teapots by Richard Hutten.

The exhibition will be open at Via San Gregorio 29 in Milan from 8 to 13 April.

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Milan 2014: Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will revive the 1958 Drop chair designed by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen in Milan next week (+ slideshow).

The Drop chair was originally produced alongside the archetypal Swan and Egg chairs for the interior of the Radisson Scandinavian Airlines System Hotel in Copenhagen, designed by Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobsen in the 1950s.

The tear-shaped chairs were produced exclusively in a limited edition for the hotel’s bar and lobby.

“Confronted with a synthetic material that lacked any structure or suggested any form, Jacobsen took his inspiration from the human form and the contours of the body,” said architect, author and Arne Jacobsen expert Michael Sheridan.

“In this way, he humanised technology and the Drop chair for the Royal Hotel represents a masterful intersection of art and industry.”

This version of the Drop chair has been updated using new production methods and materials.

The chair comes in plastic in black, white, blue, grey, red and yellow. The plastic versions are available with either chrome or powder-coated legs in matching colours. The seat is available with textile or leather upholstery.

The chair will be exhibited at the Republic of Fritz Hansen‘s showroom at Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 77 in Milan from Tuesday next week.

Other Danish Modernist chairs that have recently been launched include Hans J. Wegner’s CH88 design, revived by Carl Hansen & Son.

British fashion designer Paul Smith has used his signature stripes on upholstery for chairs by Wegner, which will also be shown in Milan.

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Milan 2014: steel tubes slot into an oak base to create this clothes rack by Swedish firm Note Design Studio, which will debut in Milan.

Note Design Studio‘s Plateau storage unit for Spanish company Punt was designed for storing outerwear such as coats and footwear.

“In Scandinavia it is very common to take off your shoes when you come home and there is always a problem with where to put them,” Cristiano Pigazzini of Note Design Studio told Dezeen. “Everyday stuff like shoes and bags in the hallway or sleeping room that lands on the floor looks messy and out of order.”

Two white steel bars are bent to create rails for hanging garments and accessories. An oak shelf to place footwear on hovers above the ground, punctured by the rails that also form the feet.

“When the same stuff is placed on a podium or a plateau it suddenly has another value,” said Pigazzini. “The function of the plateau is to elevate your belongings from the floor and to create order in chaos.”

The two rails are different heights, offset and sitting one in front of the other. The larger includes a circular tray for storing small items on one side.

The design will be exhibited on Punt’s stand, Hall 6 Stand E22, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan from 8 to 13 April.

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Milan 2014: Stockholm duo John Astbury and Kyuhyung Cho have designed a collection of vessels and furniture for the bathroom with softly rounded edges.

The Fade collection by young designers John Astbury and Kyuhyung Cho consists of 13 pieces all derived from the same motif: a rounded shape that sits somewhere between square and a circle.

“The aim was the representation of transformation within the objects,” Kyuhyung Cho told Dezeen. “The process of shifting from one state to another was the inspiration.”

The family of products includes a low table, a mirror, and a collection of trays and vessels, all in greyish-blue tones.

The trays and vessels come in a range of sizes and each is made from parian clay, traditionally used in the slipcasting process when making pottery.

The clay was used for this collection to add “a weight and expectancy appropriate to ritual,” said the designers.

The ash table is formed from a tray-shaped top sat on four legs, while another tray with a circular copper mirror in the centre can be mounted on the wall.

The collection will be presented at the Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan from 8 to 13 April.

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