Casamania was showing, clockwise from above left; Maria, a leaf-shaped modular room divider designed by Luca Nichetto, O-Lamp by Lisa Tavazzani & Adel Kassem, Ubu armchair by Mario Guirdelli and Ben Grimm modular seating by Luca Nichetto.

Driade presented new designs by Philippe Starck, the stainless steel Miss Lacy chair and Frame art/ mirror/ shelf/ frame.

Cappellini's seating captured the imagination in Milan with Neo Country by Ineke Hans (above left and below left), "neo-rural" solid wood chairs inspired by common rural Dutch designs, Nendo's Ribbon stools and Island coffee table, and Christophe Pillet's furry Sunset armchairs, now available in a junior version.

Berlin designer Sigrid Widmoser produces chunky jewelry in settings that are not to be ignored. Her ‘facetted’ rings are of a satisfying heft that is visually arresting. Widmoser incorporates pearls, enamel and gemstones to her gold and silver and also makes good use of positive and negative space in her pieces. A wide range of texture is used as well and surfaces can be shiny, matte or quite worked.

+ widmoser.berlin.heimat.de

Lots of small spaces and lots of ideas, in fact 500 ideas crammed into 192 pages. "This book showcases the variety of innovative ways that small spaces can be transformed into spacious living areas. The open concept of living ‘small’ can be customized to suit most any taste, and this book guides us through a lot fascinating small spaces.". Softcover, 192 pages, well illustrated, $14.99 at Amazon.

+ 500 Ideas for Small Spaces at Amazon

This week's MoCo picks: Milan 2007 edition, part 2.

Part 2? Combined, the Milan furniture fair and satellite shows, makes for one of the largest design events in the world, it's near impossible for one person to see it all. It's also the place that many companies bring new products that will be produced over the next year, so much of what you see here and elsewhere will find its way back into the news when it actually gets produced. And, much goes unnoticed...

+ Tyler Brûlé describes what it's like to go to Salone in Milan, "a personal GPS would be more useful than the numbering system and unusable maps that pop up periodically." @ International Herald Tribune. Via Dezain.

+ Joost at Reluct attended the show this year and has several slideshows including a Design Academy Eindhoven 15-year retrospective, Cor Unum with work by Demakersvan, Jaga and Established & Sons.

+ Dutch magazine Bright goes to Milan, with photos and video in part 1, part 2 and part 3.

+ Late stories from the Salone del Mobile @ WMMNA, features this year's rAndom International & Ingo Maurer collaboration.

+ Salón del Mueble de Milán 2007: “Satélite” @ Plataforma Arquitectura.

+ At Dezeen you can see more details of rAndom International at Spazio Krizia and Stuart Haygarth's Gift light.

+ designboom's snapshot report and Lathe Chairs by Sebastian Brajkovic.

+ DESIGNWS.COM's Day 5 of the show. Above clockwise from left; objects by Maroeska Metz, seating by Ontwerpers, Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk and a lamp by Khodi Feiz.

+ A design class from Kansas State University picks its favorites at Inhabitat.

+ Marcel Wanders' Skygarden suspension lamp and Joris Laarman's Nebula lamp, both for Flos, @ pan-dan.

+ Ron Arad's Misfits sofa for Moroso @ RESETDESIGN.

+ Day three for the David Report.

...and the nothing-to-do-with-Milan picks,

+ Kumiko Inui's Apartment I video at 10+1. Via Dezain. More here.

+ Ryue Nishizawa's Moriyama House on Flickr. Via Dezain.

+ Conservation is the Best Energy Source, German Builders Prove it @ TreeHugger.

+ Viteo sun lounger Island. Via The Style Files.

+ When Jim Comes to Paris designed by Matali Crasset, "It's a thick felt roll-up bed that's outfitted with its own built-in alarm clock and reading lamp. It's made not only to assist apartment dwellers with hospitality, but to look great, too.". Via Apartment Therapy.

+ Brave Space's Hollow Dining Set, "this eco-friendly bamboo dining set allows for 6 person seating and has a hollow space below the table surface for easy storage of napkins or other dining accessories." Via design*sponge.

+ SENZ Umbrellas, Really Good Umbrellas for Really Bad Weather @ Core77, "The aerodynamic SENZ Original is the first umbrella that will never go inside-out: It easily slices its way through all winds, from an afternoon breeze to strong autumn gusts."

+ Industrial Facility's Beam Lighting System for Established & Sons, "A combination of ambient and directional light, capturing the moment when light is projected, casting light down and spreading it around.". Via Yanko Design.