The Salone Internazionale del Mobile together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, returns - from 16th to 21st this year – at the Milan Fairgrounds at Rho with a huge range of exhibits.

danskdesign.nu is a privately held furniture & design company based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They started in November 2002 with the opening of a state of the art furniture & gift store that focuses on Scandinavian designed items which includes world known brands such as Georg Jensen, Rosendahl, Eva Solo and Bodum.

Macau is your new address for Las Vegas in Asia. Glamorous new hotels and casinos are opening one after another which is a great opportunity for us who are in the hospitality design business. Remedios Siembieda, where I have been working more than 7 years,

I don’t have a radiator last 10 years. It is one of the good things - and bad things - of living in southern California. It is good because I love hot weather. But every now and then, I miss cold weather when you watch a movie under a blanket with your warm tea

It is very nice to hear success stories about new entrepreneurships. One of my friends, interior designer Ugur Gurbuzoglu, founded Deck Products in 2007 with a team of industrial designers, interior designers, and architects.

When I first saw the photograph, I thought it is a tree with lighting around. But it is not! This is an eye catching, and creative light. “My mission is to create innovative designs and products by using only the minimum in materials and processes” says Mike Radford in his web site, 4D Designs.

Here is a different approach to handicap toilets. The Universal Toilet is a flexible toilet design, by Changduk Kim & Youngki Hong, useable by both individuals with disabilities and the general population that removes the social stigma of handicapped facilities.

Humanscale is the leading manufacturer of ergonomic products for the office. From chairs to keyboard trays to task lighting, they cover a wide range of products. Last week, they gave us a luncheon presentation which was fun, informative, and tasty!

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed a long-term lease agreement with BAI Bauträger Austria Immobilien GmbH, the development and management arm of the Immobilien Holding Group, for the Shangri-La Hotel, Vienna, opening late 2009.

Remedios Siembieda, where I have been working for almost 7 years, won the annual hospitality design (HD) award for the Shilla Hotel Seoul, Korea.

The Energy Saving Adapters - EDF - by Gilles Belles not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. The standby mode of the electrical appliances can represent up to 10% of the electric consumption of housing (except heating).