A Reminder for Rainy Days: Inspiration in Three Dimensions

As you probably have noticed 3D technology is experiencing a major revival at the moment. Hollywood is releasing motion pictures such as Avatar in 3D versions, and leading manufacturers of electronics – such as Samsung, LG and Sony – are presenting TV sets developed for 3D viewing at home.

As the summer holidays are getting closer, we all hope for a beautiful weather. Although, we better prepare ourselves for a number of rainy days, and what better way to do that than in three dimensions?

We would therefore like to remind you of OFFECCT’s 3D tool, which gives you the opportunity to plan a lobby of or a conference room using a selection of our products in different settings, textures and colors. Are you ready to get inspired in three dimensions? Great. Click here.

OFFECCT's 3D Tool

OFFECCT's 3D Tool

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The OFFECCT Prize Laureate #1: Daniel Johansson

Yesterday we handed out OFFECCT Priset (the OFFECCT Prize) to Daniel Johansson for his thesis Urban Corridors – a Stockholm Fantasy. The 2010 nominees were – besides Johansson – Anneli Åhlén, Anna Jacobson, Karl Johan Nyqvist & Daniel Sundlin and Caroline Csemiczky.

OFFECCT Priset is established to reward a young promising architectural student at the School of Architecture at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, in our ambition to promote the next generation of architects.

The selection of the five nominated architect students’ theses have been made by a competent and renowned jury led by Thomas Sandell. This year’s jury consisted of Thomas Sandell from sandellsandberg, Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård from Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, Anna Pang from KTH and Patrik Persson from OFFECCT. The jury’s statement reads:

“The project Urban Corridors – a Stockholm Fantasy is a challenging and thought-provoking architectural project. It has its origins in a historical analysis of the emergence of Stockholm where the relationship between land and water has constantly been changed by man as well as nature.

The project proposes the development of Stockholm under the water surface in submerged structures. Powerful images communicate this possible future and jump-start the viewer’s imagination.

The project moves between reality and fiction and discusses what architecture could be.

A very convincing, conscious and visionary project that leaves us with the idea that what is fantasy today is reality tomorrow.”

Below are some pictures from the well attended and appreciated prize ceremony.

OFFECCT Prize - The Stockholm Showroom OFFECCT Prize - The Prize Ceremony

The five nominees and the winner is displayed in an exhibition at the OFFECCT Showroom in Stockholm throughout the summer. Welcome to Torsgatan 13!


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The OFFECCT Prize – A Sneak Preview

Today we are proud to present the first ever OFFECCT Prize, a new architectural award in collaboration with KTH School of Architecture.

Tonight OFFECCT Prize laureate Daniel Johansson will receive the award at our Stockholm showroom for his architectural project Urban Corridors. Daniel’s project was chosen by a distinguished jury led by Thomas Sandell, due to its’ provocative and thoughtful qualities.

We will give you more information about the OFFECCT Prize, the award ceremony and of course about also about the winner in the coming days. Until then we give you a sneak preview…

OFFECCT Prize 2010

OFFECCT Prize 2010

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OFFECCT Creates SOUNDWAVEs in France

Not only has OFFECCT been awarded with a prestigious Parisian design award, as mentioned in an earlier blog post about this year’s Designer’s Days in Paris.

Now French design portal deco.fr has published an appreciative article about our SOUNDWAVE® acoustic panels.

deco.fr describes our panels as “acoustic and environmentally conscious, simple to install and very decorative. [---] made by top designers such as Karim Rashid and Teppo Asikainen, the panels create a very contemporary and graphical composition.”

Furthermore, the journalist is very impressed by the sound quality created by SOUNDWAVE®, especially the fact that SOUNDWAVE® reduces noise above 500 Hz including voice or phone signals.

The human mind is influenced by all our senses. This fact has been taken on board by OFFECCT in the product development process. We have been working with sound absorbing materials for a long time, and OFFECCT was the first furniture company to launch designed acoustic wall panels. We constantly work with product development of acoustic panels, room dividers and sound reducing furniture materials.

Designed to be used as lightweight sound absorber in the upper frequency range (500 Hz and above). These panels help reduce disturbing reflections of environmental sounds. Soundwave Swell are available as a Swan-labelled alternative.

More about SOUNDWAVE® here >>

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Our Parisian Love Affair: FLY Awarded at Designer’s Days

Just back from Paris we are proud to report from Designer’s Days in Paris, where OFFECCT and French designer Patrick Norguet recieved the Entreprise Designer award for our FLY chair.

Designer’s Days is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2010. For the past ten years, Designer’s Days has become a summer rendez-vous attended by designers, architects, interior decorators, brand ambassadors and collectors alike.

The Entreprise Designer award was delivered by L’Express Style and Maison Française, and OFFECCT got a lot of appraisal for our sustainable design philosophy. We also got a lot of media attention from French television as well as from international press covering the event. Examples: L’Express; Liberation; La boite a sorties (blog).

This wonderful Parisian love affair was concluded by a terrific party at the docks of the river Seine, attended by more than 1500 representatives of France’s design elite.

We are thrilled that our collaboration with Patrick has been so well received. Besides the award at Desginer’s Days, FLY received the Red Dot Design Award earlier this spring.

More about our FLY chair and designer Patric Norguet can be found in this blog post >>

More about the Red Dot Design Award >>


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