Materials have hidden messages. These create a powerful link to our emotional psyches and shape our connection to daily life. Our light is a sturdy friend, unpretentious and always there for us. We have chosen honest materials that carry clear messages: iron for its feelings of stability, reliability, trust; wood with its warmth and life, and porcelain for its intimate glow, as well as its tactility. Then we have put these three together for a certain oddness. This is because there is an innate awkwardness in the directional light that we wanted to amplify – rather as with people this is a sympathetic quality not a sin.

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Setting includes a 6′ desk with 2 drawers featuring 2 elegant platinum bar pulls. An additional 4′ worksurface is attached to the desk to give you ample room for your laptop or to display your current workload. Throw in a Think Chair for an additional $699. This setting is sure to impress…your clients, employees, or your spouse!

$899 at Steelcase Store

Yes, this is one grill that is pretty amazing. A super-slim, portable charcoal grill that lives up to its boast as a “notebook.” And a superstylish one at that! It’s lightweight, too, weighing in at slightly over 8 lbs—seriously!–and the cut-out handles make it a cinch to carry. There’s a 192-square-inch cooking surface on a stainless steel grate, and the stainless steel black surface has a waterproof finish. A published bbq hotshot, Andy’s been on the hunt for the perfect portable grill (that also looks good, natch) since A+R began. Ta-dah!

$48 at A+R Store

Meditation Pod, designed by the Australian Steven Blaess in 2001, a new arrival on the Milan design scene. A three-leaf centre-room piece, its frame is in shaped metal and filling in polyurethane foam, the ample proportions allowing unrestricted seating potential. Its fluid style and imaginative shape evoke memories of the Pop movement, suggesting an immediate visual happiness, typical of a design free from the dictates of trends, focusing on evocations of nature. Given the shape and dimensions, it can only be upholstered with fabrics that ensure total adherence.

More Info at PlushPod