Our second video from Design Miami (via Sally) is of the The Fragiles show curated by design book publisher Die Gestalten Verlag. Fragiles featured approximately 200 pieces made from porcelain or glass by a wide range of designers. See descriptions of the show pieces here and here.

Crealev is an Eindhoven based company that specializes in levitation technologies for creative use, such as lighting. Angela Jansen has designed a levitating lamp that was presented last week during Dutch Design Week. Sceptical? Watch the video demonstration at the Crealev website and now watch our own very short video below shot by Luis Alicandu. Via TrendOffice.

+ crealev.com

Tord Boontje tours the ICFF show floor in Cool Hunting's latest video. Some of the backstory to this piece, Tord couldn't walk three steps without being stopped by friends and acquaintances so the producers included it in the video. The reference to living in London and then "living spaciously" in France; real estate is so expensive in London with the advent of high speed trains and cheap flights the french country side is fast becoming a more affordable suburb of London.

A quick video tour of the Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milan during Milan Design Week 2007. This year we look at new lights by Stefano Ricci, a winding, color shifting, sparkling bracelet, Sparkle Shady pendants by Jaime Hayon, Philip Tracy's floor to ceiling Crystal Palace chandelier and end with Arne Quinze's Dream Saver crystal experience.

We asked Hivemindesign's Sather
Duke what was the inspiration for their
Stacked Stool on display at
Commissaires Very Brooklyn show.
The answer may surprise you.

Hint: hydro-electric generators and
De Stijl.

+ this interview on YouTube
+ hivemindesign.com

The Industrial Designers of Edmonton Association recently held their annual THAW design exhibition. We spoke with IDEA president Shoko Cesar and he gave us an illustrated tour of the show in the audio+images podcast below. The theme this year was sustainable design. Some of the designs featured; a coat rack with paper tube "hooks" that double as storage, a picture frame/measure for kids to track their growth with images and centimeters, candle shaped electrical lights made of candy and a table with drawers with a peeled wood handle (you have to see it). More images after the jump.

+ MP4 Quicktime Stream
+ idea_thaw_show_2006_2.m4a (5.52Mb audio iPod file, right click and "Save link as")