Claesson Koivisto Rune and Offecct have collaborated for 15 years and have together designed a great number of successful products. This year two new products are presented: the chair/armchair FASTBACK and the table NOBIS. In addition an anniversary exhibition is held in Offecct’s showroom in Stockholm.
(PRWEB) February 07, 2012
FASTBACK is an upholstered conference chair with an unmatched comfort making it very pleasant even when one is seated longer moments. The excellent comfort comes from technology used in car seats, where the secret lies with the use of suspension systems.
FASTBACK has a soft, yet alert and crisp design language. The chair’s rounded angles characterize the design, and also add comfort: when one changes seating position one does not encounter hard or uncomfortable angles. FASTBACK is available as a chair and an armchair.
Claesson Koivisto Rune’s other news is NOBIS, a table that was originally created for the new luxury hotel Nobis in Stockholm where Claesson Koivisto Rune were responsible for the interior design.
The table was designed for the Gold Bar of the hotel, and was initially produced entirely in brass. Both Claesson Koivisto Rune and Offecct thought that the result was very successful and decided this year to develop a whole product line with the name NOBIS.
NOBIS’s form can paradoxically be described as a sort of round square, that is to say, the square that constitutes the table top has no sharp angles but is characterized by a round softness. This special form is present everywhere in our surrounding, often without us noticing it. The form can for example be found in soaps, spoons and old TV-sets. The form is not new and can be expressed with the help of a mathematical formula that Claesson Koivisto Rune departed from when the design program for NOBIS was created.
The table NOBIS fits well into all types of environments, and offers possibilities for many people to be seated around the table at the same time. NOBIS comes in five different sizes, and can also be produced with the table top in the form of a square or a circle.
In connection with the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2012 an anniversary exhibition to highlight the 15 years long and successful collaboration between Claesson Koivisto Rune and Offecct will be held. The exhibition will be shown in Offecct’s showroom on Torsgatan 13, Stockholm.
About Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune has since the start 1993 obtained international recognition and received several honorable awards.
Claesson Koivisto Rune design both buildings and interior details. The list of performed projects contains buildings, private homes, offices, exhibitions, advertising agencies, restaurants and hotels.
The agency has received several awards, among others the Elle Interiör Design Award, magazine Disajn’s award Designer of the Year, as well as design magazine Residence award Sofa of the Year for the sofa GHOST for Offecct. Claesson Koivisto Rune was also the first Swedish design agency ever to exhibit at Venice’s architecture biennale.
About Offecct
Offecct was founded in 1990 by CEO Kurt Tingdal and Design Manager Anders Englund, and is situated in Tibro, Sweden. Offecct has 42 people employed with sales of SEK 115 million. More than 50% of the sales are made up of exports to 55 countries.
Offecct has grown rapidly to become a major furniture manufacturer with high design ambitions, which is particularly evident in the many international design awards that Offecct has received over the years. Offecct believes that qualitative, innovative and sustainable design creates interiors that have a positive impact on people - in meetings, at home and at work. Offecct works closely with some of the world's most renowned designers.
Offecct also believes that Corporate Social Sustainability (CSR) is as important as quality and design, which is evident in the choice of materials, energy, transportation and logistics. Many of Offecct´s products have been approved by the Nordic ecolabel, and Offecct is also certified in accordance with ISO 9001 (quality) as well as ISO 14001 (environmental).
Several public spaces all over the world have been furnished with objects from Offecct. A few examples are the offices of Skype and the Swedish Association of Architects as well as Nobis Hotel in Stockholm; MoMA and the MTV studio in New York, Microsoft in Hong Kong, Philips in Istanbul, MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York; Schiphol in Holland, Statoil in Norway, and BMW in Belgium.
Contact Information
For further information and high resolution images, please contact:
Ulrika Darheden, Marketing Assistant, OFFECCT AB, phone: +46 504 415 00
Kurt Tingdal, CEO OFFECCT AB, phone: +46 504 415 00
High resolution images can be downloaded from http://www.offecct.se
Blog: blog.offecct.se
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Ulrika Darheden, Marketing Assistant
OFFECCT
+46 504 415 00
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