Kristalia Open Day @ eOffice Soho
Founded in the north of Italy in1994, Kristalia was established by young local entrepreneurs who were joined by two common passions – design and jazz. Their strive towards innovation and aesthetics has earned them many accolades within the design community. These award winning designers have now recently established a workspace in London, in so doing contributing to the creative environment of eOffice Soho during the Kristalia Open Day. The Kristalia Open Day showcased the latest collection to a select number of influential people within the design and furniture production industry. It allowed attendees to enjoy the state-of-the-art interior which forms part of their open plan office space servicing SMEs.
As eOffice’s main furniture supplier Kristalia adds innovation to the artistic work atmosphere, giving it a character of modernity and style. The novelty of shapes and the originality of forms compliments the quality and comfort which is deeply embedded within in all of Kristalia’s creations. The colours range from soothing, natural, earthy hues to bold colours such as red, purple and green.
Here is a sample of their catalogue:
For information please visit Kristalia
New Herman Miller Line – SAYL
This new line of office chairs from Herman Miller is supposedly inspired by the graceful design of suspension bridges. The line is called SAYL, and in keeping with the suspension inspiration the back is absolutely frameless, encouraging a full range of movement. The chairs are created using injection moulded urethane, and boast extensive green credentials. They are made from 21% recycled materials and are 93% recyclable themselves. SAYL is designed to adapt to a person’s shape and movements.
The line was designed by well known designer Yves Béhar, his mandate was to “design a highly affordable chair that would incorporate everything Herman Miller is known for—beautiful design, first- class ergonomics, elegant engineering, and respect for the environment.” Béhar, based in San Francisco , naturally looked towards the Golden Gate Bridge for inspiration.
More information can be found at Herman Miller.
Thermo Sensitive Chair – Leave your Shadow behind you
Love Handles Chair is a thermo-sensitive chair by Nunoerin.
“The Love Handles Chair is a full-figured lounge chair inspired by body’s natural cures. The chairs’s lounge profile and generous cushioning encourage relaxation and optimal comfort. The Love Handles Chair features a dynamic thermo-sensitive finish that shiflts color in sresponse to boday heat. Sitting on the chair will activate the piece’s color changing propeties and leave behind temporary prints of the body in surprising new colors.”
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Heated Portable Chair
If you’ve ever spent an extended period of time outside during the late fall or winter watching some sort of parade, sporting event, or interpretive dance, you’ll have no doubt A) had plenty of time to re-examine your life and B) wished you’d brought a chair. Now add C) to that list: wished the chair you didn’t bring was heated.
According to Hammacher Schlemmer, “This is the only portable folding chair with a heated seat.” It costs $120 and “undetectable carbon fiber heating elements woven into the chair heat from 120º F to 140º F to warm your legs and posterior.” Now we’re talking.
The built-in battery is good for four hours on the lowest setting and two and a half hours on the highest setting. Recharge time takes about two hours and can be done via standard AC or using the included automobile adapter.
Last but not least, the chair supports up to 275 pounds, there’s a fold-out cup holder, and three pockets for stashing some snacks, magazines, and anything else that’ll make the time spent watching 22 six-year-olds chasing a soccer ball in the wrong direction go faster.
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Roughly Drawn Chair – V&A Design Award
The RD (Roughly Drawn) Legs Limited Edition chairs are hand woven from 100% recycled molten plastic waste. Building on the early experimental plastic processes developed by Richard, the design uses no glues or additional fixings in its production.
All we add is heat and skill.”
The RD Chair has been widely recognized as one of the major iconic eco products of the decade and was short listed in the category of innovation in the House and Garden Classic design awards at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
These are the final RD chairs produced by Richard as he’ll be hanging up the process soon to concentrate on new work for Cohda.
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Turn any Chair into a Rocker
‘Rocker’ is an universal attachment to turn almost any four-legged chair into a real rocking chair. Designed by OOOMS in cooperation with Meinte van de Meulen. Depending on the chair of your choice, you can get any kind of rocking chair.
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The Embody Office Chair
After 6 years and millions of dollars in R&D, Herman Millers highly anticipated office chair, the Embody, finally hit the market in the start of 2009 mu
ch to the delight of office ninjas around the world. The Embody builds upon the massive success of its predecessor, the Aeron ergonomic office chair, which 14 years ago began allowing workaholics to spend their entire weekends sitting at their desks without developing serious back injuries.
The chair was designed by the late Bill Stumpf along with Jeff Weber, and features a remarkable 4 layer seat cushion, of which one layer has 93 interconnected plastic hexagon discs, or “pixels”, which move independently as the person sitting in it shifts their weight around.
The Herman Miller office chair comes in 13 colors and three finishes, and sells for as low as $1,495.
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The 20mm Desile Chair
With modern spaces shrinking day by day, folding and portable furniture are becoming an integral part of the modern lifestyle. Designed by Christian Desile, the “Desile” is a folding chair that unfolds to provide instant seating to the users. Made of bamboo and recycled PET, the folding chair is not only light in weight but also promotes a more ecological lifestyle. Presenting a unique two-way opening, the sustainable chair folds flat into a 20mm thick sheet for easy storage as well as transportation. When not in use, you may simply fold it and hang on the wall like a calendar.
Details: 360° by Konstantin Grcic
It’s safe to say the 360° chair is a love it or hate it product, one of those objects that are impossible to ignore. The unique office chair designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Magis is striking for its unconventional proportions and the somewhat odd choice of materials.
3Sphere Charta Chair Competition Winner
3Sphere have now announced the winner of their online Charta Chair competition held during May 2009. Amazingly, the competition generated over ten thousand inquiries within a 4-week period. The lucky winner is Charlotte Richardson, who stated:
I entered into this competition in the remote hope of winning an attractive office chair for my study as I have recently joined a creative writing course. I am spending hours in their now so winning the Charta Chair could not have happened at a better time. I am genuinely thrilled.
Nice chair, huh? Stay tuned for more similar competitions on 3Sphere’s website, http://www.3sphereonline.com.