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d.e. desktop set by daniel emma

No, not that Daniel & Emma! Daniel To and Emma Aiston, young designers and 2007 grads of Industrial Design at the University of South Australia who are all set to start selling their first products in the next weeks; the D.E. desktop set. Perfect and luxurious, the set consists of a brass paperweight, magnetic tower, rubber band ball, thermometer, and a stationary container for stamps, coins, etc. with glass balls to keep everything hidden and in place.

D.E. is being distributed by Neo-Utility and should be hitting shops super-soon. Prices for the collection will start at about $100.

castle bedlinens

Castle is an Australian company that features handcrafted artworks and a beautiful range of almost all-white bedlinens. What makes the bedlinens so special are their small pops of hand-printed colour; perfect to mix and match. Castle pillowcases are the most colour-saturated of the lot. They come in a spot or flower print, in your choice of fluoro orange, coffee, blue, yellow, grey, or charcoal. Sheets have charming 10cm printed cuffs, and comforter covers are all white, save for a fun detail: flowered coverlet buttons. All items are made in Australia and available online. Be sure to check out Castle's velvet pillowcases and cushions too!

miyake lamp for moooi

Ingenious!

Instead of adjusting the head or neck to tweak your light just so, the Miyake lamp by Studio Arihiro Miyake asks that you adjust the base instead. Turn the asteroidal base a little this way, lift it just so, and your light shines differently.

The base is made of sturdy powder-coated concrete and the light source is a halogen bulb. Moooi should be putting Miyake into production later this year.