If you’re anything like me, you’ll often find these days that when you have friends over, the computer remains resolutely on.The Kitchen Workstation allows you to do just that, providing a safe and tidy place to tuck away your laptop and other equipment when the food is served. Franz-Josef Schulte brings us ‘Workstation 1’ that has an elegant milk glass panel (that is illuminated from within) and a practical paper and document tray. Mounted on lockable rollers, the workstation can even be moved around. It comes in the tasty ‘Tutti-Frutti’ collection of woods (olive, wild cherry, plum, apple and walnut) as well as other classic woods. Or, if you prefer, the workstation can be made in white lacquered MDF sides with wooden drawers… or the reverse. Surf the net, charge your mobile phone, and bring technology into the heart of your home with the Kitchen Workstation by Schulte Design.

Lighting as art is one of my favorite mediums for decorative expression. I get suckered into every cool sconce, floor lamp, table lamp, projectors…pretty much anything that shines light in a new or interesting way.This concept allows for you to grow your own unique shape by providing a multitude of curved and straight segments in a variety of colors that easily connect via spherical plugs housing circuit closings. The lamp consists of 3 basic elements and by their connecting you can construct your unique branch tree. And you are not limited neither with colors nor with the shapes. Every branch has spherical plug on the end for circuit closing.

The over-the-top Palazzo Versace Dubai development, plans for which we first told you about back in 2005, is getting a dress rehearsal of sorts in London. Over the next six weeks, famed British department store Harrods in Knightsbridge will feature model rooms from the Palazzo, furnished with marble and gold accents and exclusive designs from Versace’s home collection.

The massive 1.4-million sq.-ft. project, slated to open in 2009, is modeled on the Palazzo Versace Gold Coast in Australia. It’s comprised of 213 five-star hotel suites and 169 private residences, over 50% of which have reportedly been sold. Amenites include a scuba lagoon, pool bar, rooftop labyrinth gardens, day spa, ballroom, marina, and of course a Versace boutique. Christian Lacroix had better get a move on with his own fashionable Dubai development if he doesn’t want to be left in the dust.

The rectangular cushions and geometric form of the seating is uniquely modern - something you might find in an up-to-date urban apartment with a strict emphasis on the minimal. A modular system, coffee tables in burled walnut or brushed porphyry can connect the Smith Lounge benches, or the elements can be pushed together to create a spacious sofa alternative. The benches come in one size, but with two differently sized backrests which can be positioned in various areas. Decorative cushions and armrests are available to add to the look, making it just how you desire. Versatile furniture for how you live now… the Smith Lounge System is new from Minotti.

Stun your guests with these sculptural, contemporary outdoor showers from Designerzeit. Simply breathtaking, the showers resemble installations of modern art. The two designs pictured here, the Wave and the Ocean, exert their strong presence by mirroring forms in nature. The Wave undulates gently, with the soft effect of rippling water. The sickle-shaped Ocean juts out into the landscape of your garden like a rising swell. Available with a sanded or polished surface, the Ocean is a thing of beauty. All Designerzeit outdoor showers come with your choice of showerhead – either the standard, self-cleaning Hansgrohe Clubmaster Overhead Shower with 3 types of sprays (normal, soft and massage) or the Hansgrohe Bodyvette Body Shower with Rubit cleaning function which has normal spray and swivel head functions. Talk to Designerzeit regarding bringing a fantastic, modern outdoor shower to your poolside today.

There’s something appealing about seeing objects from your operating system’s desktop appearing here in the real world. Take advantage of that two-worlds-collide irony with the Icon Clock, a 3.5-inch wall clock made of plastic resin and available in the trendy colors you see here.

We’ll have to add this $55 art object to our clock collection, just in case we start wondering what time it is. It ought to go well with our wall clock stripped to the gears, our Nixie Clock collection, and especially that clock that only shows us the hours between one and three.