Space Furniture are offering 15% off in stock items from their latest outdoor collections until 30 November 2008.

Collections from Europe's leading brands including Accademia, Alias, B&B Italia, Driade, Kartell, Mooi and more, will all be reduced by 15%.

Contact Space for details.

spacefurniture.com

Sydney 84 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria 02 83397588

Melbourne 629 Church Street, Richmond 03 9426 3000

Brisbane 10 James Street, Fortitude Valley 07 3253 6000

This is your chance to purchase one of eight unique Magis Puppy sculptures and support the fight against breast cancer.

Sponsored by ECC Lighting + Furniture the Puppies4Life campaign set the task for six design frims and one Brisbane school to transform their white Magis Puppies into new individual creations.

On display at the ECC showroom during Brisbane Indesign, the puppies are now up for Auction on eBay. These are one-off designer pieces and all proceeds will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).

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Get involved and get bidding! Visit the eBay page now!

Industrial designer, architect and artist, Kjell Grant has been appointed Professor of Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

Grant has designed products for Cartier, Orrefors, Knoll and Rosenthal, with furniture commissions for illustrious Australian architects such as Robyn Boyd and Harry Seidler.

Grant has inspired hundreds of young Australian designers through his ‘Melbourne Movement’ initiative.

Pierre and Charlotte, Sydney, are offering up to 50% off floorstock until Saturday the 27th September.

There are great prices on a range of furniture and lighting products.

pierreandcharlotte.com

Sydney Showroom (Closing 30 September 2008)
4b Boronia Street East Redfern NSW Australia 2016
Phone 61 2 9699 3298

Melbourne Studio
15 Purcell Street North Melbourne VIC Australia 3051
Phone 61 3 9329 4414

The Eat Green Design Festival 2008 was a great success, stimulating environmentally sustainable thinking in design and commenting on the ‘throwaway’ nature of our society.

A great range of products created for the Before and After curated exhibition is now available for purchase through the Eat Green Design website.

Read more about the event here, or visit eatgreendesign.com.

Habitus, the newest publication from Indesign Publishing, will hit newsstands on Wednesday 24 September 2008.

Its arrival has been eagerly anticipated, with people curious to see what the content will be, and what the magazine will look like.

There’s not much longer to go until you will be able to find out for yourself – Habitus will be available from newsagencies around Australia and South-East Asia, as well as being distributed globally.

Subscribe to Habitus today! 

Currently in its 38th year, entries to the Retail Design Institute's (RDI) International Design Competition 2008 are now open.

Entry is open to any contract design frim or in-house retail design team with projects completed from 2 November 2007 - 1 November 2008. Both RDI members and non-members may enter.

There are four categorie:

• Department Stores
• Speciality Stores
• Food Service and convenience
• Other Retail

Deadline for entries is 1 November 2008.

Click here for more information and entry forms.

TheTal R Egg Chair Exhibition will hit Brisbane on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 September 2008.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic Arne Jacobsen chair, the exhibition will be held in Hassell's new Brisbane studio 36-38 Warry Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

fritzhansen.com

corporateculture.com.au 

Brisbane Indesign events begin with Pecha Kucha Brisbane and continue until 20 September 2008.

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