New Zealand's Definitive Design Destination

The stunning RGB Vase by Oscar Diaz is based in the original RGB colour system and is comprised of three 50cm tall pieces that sit within one another.

I visited the incredible Galerie Van Der Straeten in Paris several years ago, and was immediately obsessed. French furniture designer Hervé Van der Straeten makes all of his unique pieces with his own hand, creating bold forms by using innovative materials with an exquisite execution. Read about his latest collection - Manipulations here.

Inspired by the work of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrva, Sarajevo designer Tea Petrovic has created a collection of awe inspiring shoes to add to the increasing collection of sculptural architectural shoes we've been hoarding here at Design Folio.

Japanese designer Tojukin Yoshioka will exhibit a glass window made of 500 crystal prisms at the forthcoming Museum exhibtion.  The eight meter high installation will create rainbows within the space as the light is refracted. It sounds beautiful.

There'll be no messing with me in the boardroom when I arrive for power meetings with my Guardian Angel bag. Business will get done my way. Finally.

New from New Zealand designer Paul Wilding from Volex Style is the Martini table. Constructed in steel in the classic shape of a Bond era martini glass, the table goes into production in the coming months.

Anyone hungry? These fleshy volumnous sculptures by artist Erwin Wurm would make the ideal corporate or delivery vehicle for McDonalds.

Artist Stuart Haygarth turns trash into treasure. In his new show at Haunch of Venison, pieces of debris scavenged from regular trips to flea markets, beaches and car boot sales, his found objects are meticulously sorted and graded by color and material and his resulting work invests seemingly banal, overlooked objects with a startling new significance, recalling the hidden stories and emotions they once held.

Thanks to The Selby, here's a sneak peek inside the New York studio of fashion designer of the moment Alexander Wang. The interior design is by new young thing Ryan Korban, and while there is nothing super new about this look, it still manages to tick all the right boxes by using a well edited selection of furniture pieces that give the space a unique character.

 D&ALab (Design and Art Laboratory) invites artists to conceive works using new techniques that balance art and design. Brussels based artist Dimitri Vangrunderbeek is the latest in a slew of artists to collaborate with D&ALab - producing a cabinet scattered with fold out people, exhibited at Object Rotterdam earlier this month.

Designer Ron Arad has extended his creative hand into the rug realm. The Shag is a Nepalese rug made from Tibetan wool.

Available here.

A year after we first introduced you to Martin Margiela's foray into interiors (launched at the Milan Salone in 2009) we have a completed interior project by the fashion design house. Les Sources de Caudalie is a luxury spa in the Bordeaux region of France. The "Ile aux Oiseaux" suite sits apart from the hotel in an idyllic stilt-mounted cabin. Filled with calfskin rugs, cracked mirrors and antique furniture, and amidst the typically Margiela white-on-white decor, a shocking flash of scarlet comes in the form of a giant pair of lips—a replica of Salvador Dali’s classic Mae West Sofa from 1936.

Anyone in the vicinity of Sydney over the next few months should visit the must-see exhibition of acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Renown for his ability to emulate nature - from creating the sun inside London's Tate Modern (The Weather Project, 2003) to waterfalls under the Brooklyn Bridge (The New York City Waterfalls, 2008) and, perhaps most famously, making whole rivers run a deep green colour (Green River, 1998-2001). Breathtakingly diverse, magical and immersive, Eliasson makes artworks of the simplest elements of the world around us. The first survey show of his career is open in MCA Sydney until 11 April.

As one of the greatest architectural visionaries of the 21st century Zaha Hadid's work is both ambitious and expansive. With a portfolio that extends from opera houses, museums and art galleries, to private residences, furniture and footwear; Hadid's imaginative designs are unrivaled. And to remind us of just that, publishers Taschen will release an artisit's edition of her complete works, housed in a polymorphous plastic casing designed by the great Hadid herself.

 After studying industrial product design in France, french designers Gautier Pelegrin and Vincent Taïani joined forces to create Noon Studio. With an emphasis on a clean and minimalist aesthetic, they consider their philosophy a simple one; wanting to create a harmonious environment for man and object to co exist.