This beautiful central island design by Stefan Price for kitchen specialist Evitavonni is based on the ying yang icon.

The principle behind this central, freestanding unit is that all the cool, water-based and calm parts of your kitchen - fridge and sink - are stored within the Yin (the white area) and the hot more aggressive elements - hob and oven - are in the Yang (the black area).

The design is innovative and the feel is very “oriental”, perfect for Chinese cooking. The price is £102,577 ($200,000) for the complete, including the majestic Elica Star extractor fan.

The Yin Yang lounger by German luxury outdoor furniture maker DEDON was conceptualized as a piece of furniture that reflects the harmonious unity of two elements. Designer Nicolas Thomkins sketched the first designs using a stick on the sand on the beaches of Olango on the Philippine island of Cebu.

Made of 4,000 meters of fiber, in bronze and platinum colors, the two chairs can be used as standalones, or combined with their alternating convex and concave surfaces shaped perfectly to form a cohesive whole – forming the yin-yang symbol when viewed from the top, hence its name.