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MARCH 2010, Christmas seems like yesterday and it will be Easter tomorrow. ! Is it just me or do you also think time flies ! No excuses will help to justify the big gap between previous newsletter and this one so I won’t start. But we have been very busy. Last week saw the opening of our new showroom in Woodstock (Cape Town) and if I may believe the comments, we are proud to say that this showroom is the finest in its kind in South Africa, only showing the best designs around : the originals ! It is now full steam ahead, the year has started fast and it looks like it is going to be a good one. Enjoy this newsletter. Keep well. Marc.

new showroom in cape town 23 February 2010, we had the official opening of the showroom. It was nice to see so many people enjoying themselves surrounded by design master pieces. The atmosphere was excellent, the food and drinks superb and I would really like to thank anyone that participated. The pictures speak for themselves. 10 lucky winners were rewarded with a designer item. The lucky draw picked people of all segments of the industry from retailers to architects, from designers to press associates.

haute lumière From next week on (Monday March 8) we will be exhibiting the design (prototypes) of the 5 finalists (who all turned out to be winners) of the Haute Lumière design contest. It was a very exiting event to be a part of (as judge and sponsor). We really would like to give this all attention possible to promote South Africa original design and hope the winners will find their way into the industry and see there brainchild being developed.

fair time It is Fair time again ! Next month we have the Light & Building fair (April 11-16) in Frankfurt (Germany) and Salone del Mobile (April 14-19) in Milan (Italy). Most of our suppliers will be exhibiting, considering these fairs as the most important of the year.

what's new ?

royal botania [1] Royal Botania has released a complete new range of Outdoor floor standing lamps. The aspect of 'outdoor living' has grown intensively over the last years. Adding an outdoor floor standing lamps creates a cosy atmosphere. The lights carry the Royal Botania quality signature which means that you can leave them outside all year round.

royale botania [2] Royal Botania introduces the 2010 furniture range. Eye catchers are the Fold modular low seating range, the D-Lux top range and the Red Label Collection which can be considered as the ‘light’ collection. Not light in the meaning of material or quality but light in the sence of pricing.

flos Flos has developed a dimming system that is so easy to use that it is hard to believe. CUBI has got all the dimming technology centralized in a little cube. Check out the following link to see how it works.