Ingo Maurer + Compasso D'Oro

Ingo Maurer has been awarded with the Compasso D'Oro for International Lifetime Achievement.

Compasso D'Oro (The Golden Compass) is the first and most recognized award in the Industrial Design field. The prize aims to both acknowledge and promote quality in the field of industrial designs made in Italy.

The award originated in Italy in 1954 by the La Rinascente company from an original idea of Gio Ponti (one of the most significant Italian architects, industrial designers, furniture designers, artists and publishers of the twentieth century) and Alberto Rosselli.

The ECC Milan Report 2011 features some brilliant new products by Ingo Maurer released at Euroluce in Milan earlier this year. To view the Milan Report online click here.

Here's one of our favourites...

BangBoom! Zettel'z, designed by Ingo Maurer and his team is a new limited edition of his previous design titled Zettel'z 5.

The pendant is made from stainless steel, heat-resistant satin-frosted glass and has 80 printed Japanese paper sheets. The drawings on the paper sheets are by Thilo Rothacker

Click here to view Ingo Maurer products on our website.

Magis + Compasso D'Oro

Compasso D'Oro (The Golden Compass) has been awarded to Magis. The Golden Compass is awarded to the best Italian design products every 3 years.

Magis received the award for their Steelwood Chair, developed by the stars of French design Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Steelwood is an elegant chair with a classic shape displaying a combination of two traditional materials: wood and steel plate. The steel plate back of the chair is the result of 9 stages of manufacturing, folding and bending the material.

Magis also recieved a nomination for the Piggyback table, designed by the brilliant young designer Thomas Heatherwick.

Piggyback is an extending table, or better, two rectangular tables of the same dimensions that look like a single table, when placed one on the other, while when separated, they are two tables that can be drawn near as one likes to obtain different configurations which are not possible with standard extending tables.

The award ceremony was held at the Pelanda Headquarter of MARCO (Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome). This was the 22nd edition of Compasso D'Oro.

Click here to view Magis on our website.

ECC + designex

designex - the largest design, interiors, and lighting trade exhibition in New Zealand, co-located with buildnz and incorporating the country's most extensive fabric and soft furnishings galleria, was held from the 26th - 28th June this year at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland.

We loaned one of our decorative pendants out to Fisher & Paykal to use on the stand. The pendant turned out to be a great addition to the kitchen which they had put together and attracted a lot of attention itself!

Here are some photos from the show...

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Product:

Spillray 12 Light Chandelier by Axo Light

The Chandelier is a collection of glass lights in crystal with a chrome plated metal support. Colour variations are available, including smokey grey, red, and orange

Variations of the light are also available. The light is available as a single hanging light (1 of the 12 lights from the Chandelier), in a linear arrangement with 6 or 10 lights, and in a circular composition of 3 or 12 lights.

Click here to view the Chandelier on our website.

Click here to view the single pendants on our website.

ECC + SPARC

"SPARC is Australia's first major event for the international lighting community." Held in Sydney, Australia, the event offers a "world-class seminar program of invited speakers and displays the latest lighting technology."

ECC Lighting & Furniture (Australia) took part in the event recently with an iGuzzini display...

iGuzzini is a leader in commercial lighting and a brand which we are proud to have at ECC!

In one of our earlier blogs we wrote about our ECC representatives travelling to Recanati in Italy to attend training seminars with iGuzzini. To see photographs of some of their latest products, including shots from inside the iGuzzini factory, go to the blog titled "iGuzzini International Lighting Meeting."

Find us in Australia - click HERE

Kevin Reilly Lighting

Beautiful and elegant are two words which come to mind when one thinks of Kevin Reilly's range of products. Designer Kevin Reilly and his team of artisans meticulously handcraft a range of products including chandeliers, sconces, floor lamps, table lamps, and outdoor lighting.

Now available in a new Nickel mirror finish, the Gem hanging light features 3 of Reilly's electrified candles inside a steel structure. These candles give the illusion of a real candle with a burning wick.

Gem hanging light -

Indoor finish options:

Steel Dark Patina

Steel Ash Patina

Natural Steel

Steel Bronze Patina

Sizes:

Fixture 76 x 76cm

Custom options also available

Mounting options:

Hanging

Another of Kevin Reilly's beautiful designs is the Altar hanging light (a feature in our Auckland showroom). This light is hand made from steel and holds electrified candles (which Reilly is known for). Altar is one of our products which no one can pass without stopping to admire.

To see more of these products go to our website - www.ecc.co.nz - and search Kevin Reilly.

Or, take a look at the Kevin Reilly website - www.kevinreillylighting.com