Paris-based designer Arik Levy has created a family of lightweight outdoor furniture for Italian brand Emu with aluminium seats and frames that are resistent to atmospheric conditions.

The Shine series includes a seat, a stackable armchair with teak armrests, a footrest, a low table with a teak top and a large dining table also with a teak top.

The collection is available in a range of colours and was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month.

Arik Levy also presented a lamp which filters white light through red, green and blue bottle-shaped pendants and a collection of wooden furniture inspired by traditional Japanese footwear in Milan this year. See all our stories about Arik Levy »

Last year in Milan Emu launched a stacking metal chair by French architect Jean Nouvel.

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The Serac Bench, designed by Zaha Hadid for street furniture brand Lab23, is made from a resin and quartz composite that gives it a sparkling white colour.

The surface of the bench is shaped into a series of smooth ridges and curves, and a single arch forms a backrest on one side.

The piece is on show at the Officine della Torneria, Via Novi, 5, just around the corner from Dezeen's movie studio at the MINI Paceman Garage.

London architect Zaha Hadid is showing a number of projects around Milan this week, including a pair of monochrome pendant lamps, a limited edition of marble tables and a system of twisting auditorium seats.

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Photography is by Jacopo Spilimbergo.

Here's some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects:

Zaha Hadid for Lab23

Zaha Hadid's concept of urban furniture to be seamlessly integrated with its context and Lab23's experience coalesce into the Serac Collection, especially the Serac Bench, the urban bench designed by the architect and designer for the renowned street furniture label.

The concept behind the Serac Bench, which will be presented at Fuorisalone 2013, at the Officine della Torneria from April 8th to 14th, is evoked by the image of a block of ice formed by intersecting crevasses in a glacier. Developed as an urban sculpture for seating and resting, the Serac Bench seamlessly integrates with its context. Its striated articulations emerge from the landscape, each layer taking its own unique trajectory in reaction to latent forces that disperse - and ultimately coalesce - the many strata of the bench to generate its overall formal composition. The design rediscovers the fluid, continuous nature of Zaha Hadid's work - exploring relationships between full and void, object and background, form and function; an evolutionary pattern that is evident throughout her repertoire.
The bench has been developed in resin quartz, a tough and durable material that when shaped into a more curvaceous form, transitions into a softer, fluid and tactile surface. The sparkling crystal balances a stunning light play with mesmerizing depth.

Lab23, with numerous collaborations with world-renowned architects and designers under its belt, will present the Serach Bench together with its entire collection of street furniture, developed with innovative and enviromentally friendly materials, which have always characterized the brand. Five and Sofa are designed to furnish urban living rooms with ottomans, side tables and sofas. On the other hand, line S, designed by Veronica Martinez, consists of benches and flower boxes that recall the winding shape of an S. Stéphane Chapelet developed benches, tables and Zadig, a steel seat which features an interesting texture thanks to its laser cutting.

At Fuorisalone 2013, and after focusing mainly on public spaces, Lab23 will have the chance to present Aria23, a collection of outdoor furniture dedicated to the general public that distinguishes itself for a unique sensitivity for enviromental impact. For Aria23, architecture studio Marconato e Zappa, has developed a selection of décors.

The common and idenitfying feature of this collection is indeed the use of WPC, wood and plastic composit, an entirely recyclable material.

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Jaime Hayon's Gardenias collection is part of an ongoing collaboration with Catalan furniture brand BD Barcelona Design. "The story with BD Barcelona starts back in 2004," says Hayón in the movie. "At that time I'd never really designed a chair, I was doing more art work. When we met for the first time we wanted to create something that had to be fun."

The new collection, entitled Gardenias, includes cast aluminium seating in muted colours and terracotta vessels with small hoods.

Armchairs and benches in the collection have slatted backs, with some extending over to form canopies. Hayón explains: "For some reason in the history of making chairs for terraces or outdoor spaces we've lost the glamour, we've lost the passion for delicacy."

The chairs have padded seats and backs, with aluminium tubes that loop around to form armrests and flick out to create feet. "We have worked with aluminium in the way you would work with wood," adds Hayón.

Shelving units in a similar style consist of three semi-circular platforms that sit under a half dome.

Other items in the range include handmade terracotta flower pots in a selection of smooth sculptural shapes and a white watering can with two golden handles and a golden spout.

Hayón previosuly created 40 hand-painted vases for the brand's 40th birthday and has previously exhibited tubular furniture for Sé.

More furniture collections on show in Milan include Rem Koolhaas' rotating, sliding and motorised pieces for Knoll and items with golden noses for handles by Studio Job.

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Called Village, the stacking chair by Jasper Morrison is made of aluminium and comes with an optional fabric seat pad and backrest.

"This chair pays respect to the long standing codes of metal stacking outdoor chairs while gently refreshing the look," says Kettal.

The collaboration follows Morrison's Park Life outdoor chairs for the same brand last year. See all our stories about furniture by Kettal.

Village will be on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile from today until 14 April, where Morrison will also show a chair inspired by camping furniture for Italian brand Mattiazzi. See all our stories about design by Jasper Morrison.

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Created for outdoor furniture brand Nola, bikers' rest is a steel tube with a domed top circled by two rings.

Positioned about waist height when on a bike, the upper rung can be grabbed by a free hand to aid balance.

The second loop just off the ground is covered over with extruded metal mesh to create a panel with improved grip for shoes.

"I wanted it to blend in with the existing crowd, the steel tubes and extruded metal mesh, they are all familiar materials in the urban landscape," says Abrahamsson.

He has also designed a bench made from stacks of colourful pine batons for Nola, whose chairs that join together like shopping trolleys and concrete furniture we've featured before.

Other stories about cycling on Dezeen include a see-through bicycle and magnetic bike lights.

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