From time to time Bob is asked to make something special, for example the University of Auckland 125 year celebration, Oxfam Trailwalkers, his wife’s birthday (when he had to create something due to a default commission by another artist). The Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards, the ICFF showing at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York (May 2008), by essenze (of Parnell). Some examples of these are shown here.