#csr #swscr
We are proud to announce that the Offecct products CORNFLAKE chair, LITE chair in laminate, FLOAT HIGH and HIGH LARGE, OYSTER HIGH and LOW, as well as the easy chair QUEEN and the chairs QUILT and QUICK have just been certified by Möbelfakta.
 Möbelfakta Möbelfakta provides guidelines within three areas:
1. quality,
2. environment and
3. social responsibility.
 Möbelfakta: Quality, Environment, Social Responsibility “With a range from strictly functional and safety-based requirements to a consistent “green awareness” as well as ethical striving in the production process, Möbelfakta aims for a durable development in order to become the obvious reference an and labeling system for the Swedish furniture industry.”
Offecct product line Playback was previously certified by Möbelfakta, and we are happy to see the group of certified products grow. The environmental requirements of Möbelfakta are based on criteria from the Council of Environmental Control (Miljösyrrådet), the technical requirements are based on established European as well as international standards (EN and ISO), and the requirements of social responsibility are based on principles set by the United Nation’s Code of Conducts. The criteria for Möbelfakta are continuously reviewed to always match the highest and latest standards.
Möbelfakta fills an important gap in the furniture industry, namely a reference and labeling system of furniture that includes the three aspects of quality, environment and social responsibility all in one.
More about Möbelfakta here >>
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#offecct #khodifeiz #design
We are proud to present the first of the new products this year: MOMENT by Khodi Feiz.
 Moment by Offecct and Khodi Feiz MOMENT is an easy chair that supports different activities, apart from sitting, such as snacking, reading a newspaper or working, thanks to the little table attached on the side. In short, the easy chair invites you to take a moment in the chair to do something you like.
 Moment by Offecct and Khodi Feiz When designing MOMENT, Feiz was originally inspired by old school desks made up of a wooden chair with a table attached on the side. This design gave Feiz the idea to design an easy chair supporting more activities than just sitting.
“Observing those “moments” which we engage in while seated was the key inspiration for this project. Noticing that we rarely “just sit”, we started to reflect on all the activities we do while sitting: all the moments that we read, we drink a cup of coffee, we work, we engage in conversation… ‘Moment’ was born out of these situations.”
 Khodi Feiz In his design, Feiz works from the three concepts Clarity, Concept, and Context, which is obvious also in the design of MOMENT. The easy chair has a clear design language, strong concept and high adaptability to different settings.
“The design is based on a generous flowing cup shape, supporting your body, which gently transforms into a small articulating table opening up for a surface for your coffee and closing in front of you when you want to work. This opening and closing gesture also reinforces the notion of private and public, almost suggesting to others that you are available for conversation or you are busy with work, a social gauge, if you will. “
MOMENT will be presented in Offecct’s stand A20:20 at the Stockholm Furniture Fair between February 7 and February 11 2012 together with a number of new products. Welcome!
Below you will find some interesting pictures from the development process; as well as a number of photos of the finished product.
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#delivery
Here at OFFECCT we take pride in our high delivery performance. For the year of 2011 it was as high as 98.6%. This means that our customers can be sure that their products will arrive on time, and they never have to worry.
The process begins when the customer places an order with us. From this date it takes 3-5 weeks for us to prepare the product ordered, depending on the quantity and what product it concerns. At this stage the customer is given the date of delivery.
Once the order is prepared for shipping, we contact the customer letting him know that the product is being shipped, and give him the number code which allows him to follow the package at all times.
In the rare event of delay we contact the customer with a new date of delivery; the customer never has to call us to make delivery controls.
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#design #furniture
Kurt Tingdal, our CEO here at OFFECCT, was recently named Sweden’s Furniture Industry Personality of the Year, at this year’s Möbelriksdagen (Swedish for “the Furniture Parliament“). Möbelriksdagen is one of Sweden’s most important furniture events, gathering the most influential opinion leaders, companies and individuals within the Swedish furniture industry.
Möbelriksdagen named Kurt the furniture industry personality of the year because:
“With his true entrepreneurial spirit and modern leadership, Tingdal has taken OFFECCT to an international level. He has created a strong team spirit within the company all through his active participation in developmental and environmental questions.
Kurt is very committed to his work within the steering group of Trämöbelföretagen and in his cluster work with Inredia, showing a true commitment to the industry and a strong networking spirit. This commitment is truly important and fruitful to the furniture industry as a whole.”
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#GoodDesignAward #Broberg&Riddestråle
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have chosen the OFFECCT chair LITE for the 2011 Good Design Award.
The Good Design Award is the oldest and world’s most recognized program for design excellence worldwide. For the 2011 Award, several thousands of designs were submitted from 48 countries.
LITE is designed by the duo Broberg & Riddestråle and is a stackable chair with several smart solutions and options. It can be fitted with armrests, multiple chairs can be connected, and the chair can be equipped with a removable upholstery.
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#HV71 #design
One of OFFECCT’s suppliers is a great fan of the Swedish hockey team HV71. 2011 marked the teams 40th birthday, and the supplier wished to provide the team with a great and useful gift.
He therefore turned to us at OFFECCT, asking us to chose one of our products and costum make it for the team. We chose the easy chair OYSTER HIGH, a product that could easily be adapted in terms of color, and which would look great with broidery.
OYSTER was given the colors of the team; blue and yellow, and four stars were embroidered on the top. These stars represent the four golds the team has won in the Swedish Championship.
Embroidered between the stars is the word “Stjärnfotöljen”; Swedish for “the star easy chair.” The chair was made to be used for very special occasions and events.
The team was thrilled to receive this special gift, and assured that it would indeed be used for such special occasions.
More information about the original OYSTER HIGH – designed by Michael Sodeau – can be found here >>
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#healthcare #design
Design in healthcare environments is important, and maybe even more so in children’s hospital environments. When a child is sick, both the child and the parents are stressed, and an environment that can turn their attention towards something else can mean a lot.
At Queen Silvia’s Children and Youth Hospital, Östra Sjukhuset in Gothenburg, OFFECCT is contributing to a better care environment for sick kids. In total four rooms at the hospital have been renovated by BittraBritta, a Gothenburg-based interior design company. The interior designers chose to use furniture from OFFECCT because of the environmental standard OFFECCT maintains, and because of the good quality, the local production and the adaptability of the furniture in terms of size and color.
Already before the renovation the hospital had a jungle theme with photographs of animals on the walls. With the renovation the interior designers wanted to go all the way with this theme. Each renovated room has been given a distinct theme accompanied by a story about an animal. In each room the children can read the story about the life of the animal.
 Courtesy of BittraBritta One of the waiting rooms is Lisa the Chimpanzee’s room. The color of the room are those of bananas; brown, yellow and green. The Palma chairs from OFFECCT are perfect for the room. The smaller ones are perfect for one person, and in the bigger ones a parent can sit together with the child. The shape of the chair is like a leaf that embraces the person sitting in it, giving a sense of protection.
 Courtesy of BittraBritta In the other waiting room the children find Peppe the Parrot. This room has been given the vivid colors of a parrot, and is accompanied by OFFECCT’s Flower. The bigger Flower serves as table and the smaller ones as stools for the children. With their soft texture Flower fitted well into the environment.
 Courtesy of BittraBritta The two examination rooms are inhabited by Siv the Zebra and Lelle the Leopard. The rooms look the same apart from the color setting that corresponds to the animal of the room. The OFFECCT Palma chairs have been used in both rooms, and have been upholstered to match the rooms.
 Courtesy of BittraBritta The new rooms were inaugurated on December 15, 2011.
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#healthcare #design
The environment in health facilities is most often associated with functionality. However, research today shows that poor interior design can have negative health effects and that by producing a more sound and beautiful interior, patients as well as staff profit.
During this year OFFECCT has had its furniture introduced into a number of projects within the healthcare environment throughout Europe. One of these is the St Gallen public hospital in Switzerland. The interior architects of the hospital chose products from the Bond series to improve the interiors of the hospital. Important considerations by the architects were questions of quality and fire safety, and they felt that the Bond products corresponded well with their demands.
 St Gallen Weight loss company Xtravaganza in Finland has also chosen to make their interior environment more inspiring. The company chose products from the series Bond, Spoon, Flower and Cornflake among others for the many meeting rooms at their headquarters. Not only inspiring for creative meetings, it was also important to the company that the furniture was eco labeled.
Two clinics in Sweden have also chosen to purchase design furniture from OFFECCT. One of them is the dental practice Tandhälsan in Skövde, who highly value locally manufactured products, proximity to service as well as prompt delivery and therefore decided to choose OFFECCT.
Another Swedish company is the aesthetic surgery practice Art Clinic and their facility in Jönköping. Art Clinic wanted to create an exclusive and distinctive environment corresponding to their corporate identity. By installing furniture from OFFECCT the company not only met these requirements, but also their standards of eco labeled Swedish furniture.
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#design #supplier
Yesterday we organized our annual supplier event. Suppliers from different areas such as textile, leather, compression molding and metal came to listen to lectures on future developments at OFFECCT.
The day began with the traditional Swedish Lucia procession before the rest of the day was filled with talks and lectures. OFFECCT CEO Kurt Tingdal talked about the future and our strategic goals, Anders Englund, Design Manager, informed about innovation, new materials and the importance of new ways of thinking. Acting Environment and Quality Manager Joachim Schubert talked about corporate social responsibility and international standards that we follow here at OFFECCT.
Every year at this event, we launch a challenge to our suppliers, something that they can work on during the coming year, and thereby have the chance to win the title Supplier of the Year. The challenge launched in 2009 was to become the most innovative supplier. The winner, who collected the title in 2010, presented the results of the challenge at this year’s event.
Together with Anders Englund, the supplier went to New York this past spring to visit Material Connexion, a material library with over 6000 different materials (read more about this here). The visit presented an excellent opportunity to discover new and innovative materials that we can use in the future.
Supplier of the Year 2011
The “Supplier of the Year” 2011 is Anderssons Mekaniska AB. They were awarded the title for their excellent delivery performance, great flexibility as well as the long-term price policy which has provided both parties with a successful sales story.
 Supplier of the Year 2011: Anderssons Mekaniska AB Anderssons Mekaniska AB also shows a low complaint frequency and good routines for any potential problems that may arise. Their customer focus and swiftness is highly valued and contribute to making the company a worthy Supplier of the Year 2011.
Newcomer of the Year 2011
The title the “Newcomer of the Year” was awarded to G. Magnusson Snickerifabrik AB for their 100% delivery performance and high quality. The company has shown how an OFFECCT supplier can develop and create customer confidence.
 Newcomer of the Year 2011: G. Magnusson Snickerifabrik AB
The winning suppliers have since last year performed the best improvement work in their production process. They have developed better structures in their production such as upgraded routines, decreased wastes as well as created a more rational production process. They have also improved their delivery performance during the measurement period.
Next Year’s Challenge
The challenge next year will be to decrease energy use, an important step in becoming more environmentally friendly. At OFFECCT we continuously improve our environmental impact, and it is important that our suppliers do the same. The winner will be presented at next year’s supplier event.
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#SaintLucia
Tibros Saint Lucia Olivia Hultman and her handmaidens visited us here at OFFECCT this morning of December 13, bringing light and beautiful traditional hymns.
The Lucia tradition can be traced back both to St Lucia of Syracuse, a martyr who died in 304, and to the Swedish legend of Lucia as Adam’s first wife. It is said that she consorted with the Devil and that her children were invisible infernals. Thus the name may be associated with both lux (light) and Lucifer (Satan), and its origins are difficult to determine. The present custom appears to be a blend of traditions.
The first recorded appearance of a white-clad Lucia in Sweden was in a country house in 1764. The custom did not become universally popular in Swedish society until the 20th century, when schools and local associations in particular began promoting it. The old lussegubbar custom virtually disappeared with urban migration, and white-clad Lucias with their singing processions were considered a more acceptable, controlled form of celebration than the youthful carousals of the past. Stockholm proclaimed its first Lucia in 1927. The custom whereby Lucia serves coffee and buns (lussekatter) dates back to the 1880s, although the buns were around long before that.
Olivia Hultman was crowned Lucia this Sunday, and has delighted people all over Tibro with their procession led by Jenny de Carvalho.
Now that Lucia has been here, we can really feel Christmas approaching.
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