5 of the best……

London’s ExCel hosted the May Design Series recently featuring a fabulous eclectic mix of exciting products from exotic furnishings to the latest must have gadgets and designer accessories.

Here are 5 of the best……

Kitchen Collection by Inspired Furniture Ltd

Based in Cookstown Northern Ireland, Inspired Furniture are bespoke manufactures of kitchen and bedroom furniture. Their product offer is predominantly made up of in-frame style kitchens hand finished in many different materials.

Featured at the show was their signature dining table arrangement that integrates perfectly in to the multi-functional island design.

Great design and innovation….

Coffee Tables by Greenapple Design

London designers Greenapple have gradually grown in stature over the years to become the bench mark of contemporary creative functional design. Shown below is their ingenious Giro rotating coffee table with swivel mechanism.

Fabulous….

Framed TVs by Frame your TV

Here’s a novel idea, if you don’t like the look of your TV …. Cover it up!!

A huge range of ‘disguises’ are available from the manufactures of this clever concept. ‘Works of art’ baroque mirrors right the way through to contemporary leather frames.

Now I can love my television!!!

Hotdoor Heaters by Phormalab

This Italian manufacture has brought the ‘Heat ray’ from ‘War of the World’s to life!!

Their incredible designs utilise infra-red heating which is claimed to cost approximately a fifth of the cost of conventional LPG heaters!!

Internal and external versions are available.

Simply out of this world!!!

A ‘simple’ drawer chest by Alma de Luce

Selected from the Portuguese manufactures Traditional Collection, ‘Enxoval’, this stunning drawer chest is has to be seen to believed!!

The piece comprises of 14 rollers, including 7 drawers, one bottle base and another one for glasses. The exterior is made of thermo moulded Corian, and manually perforated with handcrafted inlay featuring 36,123 Swarovski crystals in an Amethyst colour.

The interior is manufactured in Palissandro wood, finished with a gloss varnish. Finally the embedded drawer handles are handcrafted in gold leaf!

So…. if ‘Bling’ is your thing…..

I’m already counting down the days to next year’s MDS….