Released on: February 28, 2008, 6:38 am

Press Release Author: M. Buchanan

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: New innovative furniture merges functional design with light
to give any interior a contemporary, urbanite feel.

Press Release Body: Madrid, Miami - 29 February 2008
In anticipation of the arrival of spring light and spring cleaning, buyers are
taking a new interest in household light elements that use LED light technology to
warm up cold and worn spaces. Such lighting elements are no longer purchased solely
for functionality; emerging artists such as German designer Robert Schlegel are
creating lighting elements that are the objects of desire of new and veteran art
collectors alike. During the long wait for spring, leading online art gallery in
design, PicassoMio is offering a 5% discount on all lighting elements including
work by Schlegel and Jule Witte.
PicassoMio proudly features ten of Schlegel´s unique and practical pieces.
Originally trained as an electrician, Robert Schlegel combines light in all shapes
and sizes with the architectonic, almost sculptural shape of contemporary
furniture. Schlegel´s minimalist, organic shapes and ever-changing light ensure his
design objects always embody sleek, yet funky sophistication.

Jule Witte, another promising German designer incorporates objects, space and light
inspired by materials and technology to form some of the most unique light
installations. While focusing on products of everyday use, Jule believes that
letting oneself be inspired by associations and analogies is a chief part in the
development methodology. This ultimately increases the poetic dimension of design
and stimulates the observer's imagination.

In addition to design, at PicassoMio.com, one can find curated, one-of-a-kind or
limited-edition works, including paintings, graphic prints, photographs and
sculptures, by modern masters, such as Matisse, Chagall and Miro; contemporary
masters, such as Hirst, Hockney and Wegman, and hundreds of extraordinary emerging
artists. The current online-catalog includes more than 50,000 different artworks
valued at $200 million, with prices ranging from $100 to $100,000.

About PicassoMio.com/PicassoMio Galleries

With a presence in Europe and the U.S., PicassoMio.com / PicassoMio Galleries is an
art company that operates the leading online gallery. In operation since 2000,
PicassoMio.com has sold contemporary art by over 4,000 artists to clients in over 50
countries. The gallery's sales are growing at a rate of over 50% per year.

At PicassoMio.com, one can find curated, one-of-a-kind or limited-edition works,
including paintings, graphic prints, photographs and sculptures, by modern masters,
such as Matisse, Chagall and Miro; contemporary masters, such as Hirst, Hockney and
Wegman, and hundreds of extraordinary emerging artists. Their current catalog online
includes more than 50,000 different artworks valued at $200 million, with prices
ranging from $100 to $100,000.

Every month PicassoMio.com receives approximately 1 million visitors and serves over
a hundred clients. The average order size is approximately $1,500. Clients include
private parties, businesses and trade companies, including interior designers and
galleries and dealers. Customers are served by art consultants, all of whom have
significant art business and art history experience.

The website's powerful art search engine allows buyers to find the artwork of their
choice by selecting from medium, style, theme, colour, price, etc. All clients are
also assured of a 7-day, no-questions-asked return policy. The company contributes
5% of its gross profits, in cash or kind, back to the art world.

In 2005, El País called PicassoMio Gallery "the world's biggest gallery",
Emprendedores magazine selected PicassoMio.com as one of the "100 Best Companies",
the Wall Street Journal's Smart Money magazine selected PicassoMio.com as the only
recommended art website, and Financial Times called PicassoMio.com the "Amazon.com"
of the contemporary art scene.

In 2007, PicassoMio Europe was ranked as one of the Top 50 companies by the European
Tech Tour. In 2004, the company was nominated as a finalist for FAST50, organized
by Fast Company magazine, and was selected for the Gate-2-Growth forum, sponsored by
the European Commission. In 2001, PicassoMio Europe was nominated as a finalist in
the pan-European "Milestones" Business Awards. PicassoMio has also been recommended
by the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Real Simple magazine and ArtsWorld TV,
amongst others.

PicassoMio was founded by Allan Majotra and Nicholas Marchalleck and has offices and
galleries in Miami and Madrid.


Web Site: http://picassomio.com

Contact Details:
PicassoMio Madrid
Calle Lagasca, 11 1ºB
28001-Madrid
España
Tel: 34 917.81.07.89
Fax: 34 940.46.00.93

PicassoMio Americas
233 S. Federal Highway, Suite 303,
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
USA
Tel: 1(877) 212-5879