Amazonas on display at the Väner Museum

On Sunday, November 14, the Väner Museum in Lidköping, Sweden, inaugurates its new exhibition “In Green Form” (sv. I grön form). The exhibition will feature art glass, fashion, furniture and lighting – all from a sustainable perspective. The ambition is to combine design and sustainable development is an exciting combination. Through the exhibition the Väner [...]

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. [---] [...]

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 [...]

Sustainable Design #2: The Amazonas is Saving the Amazon

Amazonas by Eero Koivisto

In a previous post we presented how we achieve sustainable design throgh the Nordic eco label; the Swan. One of our Swan labeled products is the Amazonas table, designed by Eero Koivisto. The Amazonas table series originated when Koivisto saw aerial photographs of the rain forest where the tree crowns created kind [...]

Sustainable Design #1: The Swan – a Nordic Eco Label

We believe that there are two aspects of sustainable design, and both are equally important. Firstly, we make innovative and contemporary design that should stand the test of time. We aim at producing sustainable high quality products that are contemporary and timeless at the same time. Secondly, we have a strong environmental commitment, where we [...]