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The following selection of suppliers' products or services have recently entered the UK specification marketplace and are presented for your evaluation. This section is regularly updated so please check back periodically for further new product information. You may access each supplier's website by clicking on their images, or narrow your search by clicking on any of the following links:

Archive: Jan 2008 | Feb 2008

IOTA

From smart contemporary planters to inspiring garden sculpture, IOTA brings you the best in modern garden style.

From large-scale commercial to small domestic projects, IOTA can provide a service tailored to your requirements. We work widely with landscapers, developers, and the hotel and leisure industry both in the UK and internationally. Our clients include high profile designers, architects and many blue-chip companies.

We offer a personal, speedy and efficient service and we'll do our best to make your project a success. Our dedicated team are always happy to help with further information and advice on product suitability, planting, etc.

The Alternative Flooring Company

The Alternative Flooring Company takes natural floorcoverings beyond the simply functional with designs that are indulgently tactile and others that are soft underfoot. Sourced from around the world, our natural flooring is not only simple but sophisticated, creating interiors that are tempered by interesting textures.

Luxurious and hardwearing, The Alternative Flooring Company's wool flooring and can be chunky and cosy or finely knitted for that contemporary feel. Tones can be warm and natural or contrasting in black and white. Pattern can be pin dot or striking stripes for feature areas within the home.

Nature and Nurture is an exciting new ECO collection of 100% natural wool carpets. These two designs have passed the official ‘European Oeko-tex Standard 100.’ To pass this test the carpets must be free of any harmful substances.

Maple Tree Workshop

The Maple Tree Workshop was founded with a vision that the service given to customers wanting joinery products could be more friendly and exciting, receiving a personal service whilst still maintaining the highest standards of workmanship.

The company employs a team of highly skilled craftsmen who are top in their field, with over 80 years combined experience. They have vast knowledge and experience in all areas of joinery producing work of outstanding quality, all carefully handcrafted to your specifications.

Whether you are a private individual with ideas for your home, an architect or designer working to drawings or a building company, Maple Tree Workshop can supply your requirements. They have a flexible approach to each commission be it a large multiple order or a small one off item, matching existing timber types and working to your plans, designs and budget.

Litez

Original, totally unique, handcrafted food and drink bottle lamps from Litez, the original UK designers. - Bright, vivid, and bold! Bottle matching designs, custom designs, exclusive designs... We work with you to give you the design that you want.

All the lamps meet European LVD and CE safety requirements and are: mounted on either resin or wooden bases (with sturdy rubber feet), fitted with SES lampholders and inline switches or dimmers with a choice of US or UK plugs, supplied in a sturdy wooden case with cable tidy, guaranteed for life, signed and dated... and even come supplied with a lightbulb!

Viennese Biedermeier T/A John Leighton Retail Ltd

This company sets the highest standards of authenticity, design and craftsmanship for discerning customers who demand the very best in furniture for private houses, hotels and corporate projects. The Viennese Biedermeier style furniture consists of bedroom furniture, dinning room, chest of drawers and sofas. French , English and contemporary styles are available and special commissions are welcome. Any project involving wood like panelling, solid wood doors, built in wardrobes and wooden staircases etc., the company can supply technical drawings and quotations upon request. Viennese Biedermeier furniture is handcrafted by a family business in Austria, four generations old that has two workshops with 15 employees.

Sit 'n' Sleep

Sit 'n' Sleep is the UK's leading online site offering the very best in sofa beds, futons and much more...

The company's unrivalled experience in manufacturing and selling of futons and sofa beds together with their in-house design and manufacturing capabilities enables them to offer everything from conventional futons to unique convertible furniture or sophisticated sofa beds. All their upholstery is hand-cut and sewn on site and all their pine bases, sofa beds and many other items are made in their own workshops.

Mbomyo

Manzo Mbomyo was an exhibitor at 100% Design in London 2007 and has also showcased his designs in Milan, Eyjafjaroarsveitar, Reykjavik and Laugarvat. Manzo designs his products in a range of materials and his furniture designs include lighting, media storage, shelving, seating and mobile counters/bars.

Manzo also designs a range of hi-tech electronic devices and household items including a rug, plant pot, garbage container and a security door. Urban designs include a solar powered parking meter, an innovated traffic light and a unique city bench. He uses a wide variety of materials for his designs including synthetics, porcelain, gold, diamonds, natural materials, metals, glass, stone and wood.