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can help you to meet the changing needs of your workforce with all
the furniture options you may require to create ‘breakout’
areas. Where the office is less about desks and more about other
kinds of settings - cafes and bars – and are as much about
leisure as they are about work, workstations are out
and sofas are in. The creation of such concepts as ‘town squares’,
‘neighbourhoods’ and ‘streets’ all reflect this: designed
to promote different working patterns and greater interaction
between people - so different furniture is needed. Environments
that support people in thinking more creatively need these
alternative products for new patterns of work to develop. Here are
just some of them from Amat,
Artifort, Hitch
Mylius, Kron, Knoll
Studio, Fritz Hansen, Fredericia, Randers, Howe
Chorus and Wilkhahn.
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Amat
The Toledo chair, designed by Jorgé Pensi, has enjoyed
international success on a truly global scale. Incorporating as it
does the quintessence of good design with clearly contemporary
criteria, Pensi has redefined the traditional café chair using
skeletal references that make it ergonomically perfect. |
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Artifort
The Apollo chair was introduced in January 2002
during the Now Fair in Paris and the International Furniture Fair
in Cologne. Designed by Patrick Norguet for the residential and
contract market, the chair has a foamed wooden shell with a round
disk base but can also be supplied with a 4-leg base
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Hitch
Mylius The
'hm88', designed by Chijioke Aguh is a sculptural form of
‘voluptuous bench’ combining a strong visual impact with
practicality and comfort. The aeroply frame is upholstered in CMHR
foams and supported on elliptical steel feet finished in a silver
epoxy coating. |
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Kron
'Multipla' designed by Jane Dillon and Peter Wheeler is an eye-catching,
almost whimsical modular seating group which has many
practical applications, providing endless configurations, from a
stand-alone armchair to a sinuous snaking multiple-unit
combination. |
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Knoll
Studio In 1952, sculptor
Harry Bertoia bent metal rods into art and made a chair that
consists mainly of air and is now revered as a timeless
enhancement to any environment. Full cover upholstery and seat
cushions (as illustrated) are available in a range of fabrics and
leathers.
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Fritz
Hansen Arne Jacobsen's 'Swan' was a
technologically innovative chair in 1958, incorporating only
curves with no straight lines . It is made from a moulded
coherent shell of synthetic material on an aluminium star base
with a layer of cold foam covering the shell.
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Fredericia
The 'Icon' chair was designed by Nanna Ditzel in 2002 and is well
named as it is fast becoming a favourite amongst designers across
Europe. There is a smaller 'sister' chair which can be
beam-mounted (as used at Billund International Airport) and it can
also be specified with a pedestal / swivel base. |
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Randers
"Avoid making the simple
difficult" is the principle of the Danish architect and
designer Hans Haugaard and one he applied to the new Pentagon
Chair. Made from a pentagonal piece of plywood, thin enough to be
folded into a quadrant, bent backwards and then emphasized with a
circular cut-out.The result is a clever wooden shell of sublime
simplicity. |
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Howe
Chorus The Lounge chair - Designed by Alexander
Lervik is mounted on a polished chrome 4-star swivel base and is
available upholstered in a wide variety of contract fabrics. Lounge
is ideal for both receptions and break out area's offering an
alternative to the static tub chair |
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Wilkhahn
A healthy chair is merely a myth. Anyone
wanting to survive an eight-hour office day should stand up as
often as possible and get away from his or her desk. Stitz has
been designed for this very purpose: this leaning aid supports
your natural need for movement by encouraging you to change
your posture with the greatest of ease. |
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