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Offecct International

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At the recent Salone del Mobile we got a chance to show how international our company is. In order to get the most out of every meeting during the fair, we had people in our stand speaking, besides Swedish of course, nine other languages: English, Danish, German, Russian Japanese, Dutch, Italian, French and Spanish!

Apart from meeting and talking to the many visitors of the fair, our Design Manager Anders Englund met and discussed with many established international designers, such as Alfredo Häberli, Jean-Marie Massaud, Ineke Hans, Khodi Feiz, Michael Sodeau, Patrick Norguet, Christophe Pillet, Louise Hederström, Läufer & Keichel, Tengbom arkitekter among others. We also met and talked to new interesting designers from Argentina, Germany and England with the future in mind.

Now that Offecct is established in South America, represented by Jeanette Verhulst, interest for our company has grown among the population, something that was evident at our stand during the fair where many Southern Americans came to visit us.

Offecct at Salone del Mobile 2012

Offecct at Salone del Mobile 2012

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OFFECCT Voices:

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OFFECCT Voices: is a documentary book giving an insight into the OFFECCT history. People both from within and outside of the company give captivating accounts of how our little company grew into becoming a significant actor on the international market. It also gives an insight into contemporary design and industrial history.

OFFECCT Voices

OFFECCT Voices

Mixed with sections of images and external voices talking about OFFECCT, a dinner conversation between CEO Kurt Tingdal, Design Manager Anders Englund, Art Director Eero Koivisto, and writer Max Fraser takes the reader through the book’s 242 pages.

Read fascinating testimonies from Alfredo Häberli, Patrick Norguet, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Karim Rashid, Ineke Hans, Luca Nichetto and Christophe Pillet, all prominent designers who have worked with OFFECCT over the years, and learn more about what keeps us going!

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Please click here for more images from the book and information on how to order the book.

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OFFECCT Voices: Preview #4 – Alfredo Häberli on OFFECCT

In our fourth preview from the book “OFFECCT – Voices: Furniture, passion and entrepreneurs” Alfredo Häberli tells us how he started to work together with OFFECCT.

In Alfredo’s own words:

“One day, Eero Koivisto and Anders Englund passed by my studio in Zürich to talk about a possible cooperation. I’m a big admirer of Swedish design, so I was happy to be given the chance to work on something up there in the North! We spent a fantastic day together, discussing everything.

There was no real brief for our project but more of a desire to work together. For me, that was motivation enough. I developed the idea of adding a small table to an easy chair.

In my way of thinking and working, there is always the desire to go one step beyond that which already exists, so I try to find or define new themes. In the case of this project, called Solitaire, I found a new typology.

Overnight, Solitaire made me very well known in Scandinavia and it was one of the most celebrated pieces at the Stockholm Furniture Fair when it launched. It is anOFFECCT Voices: Preview #3 – Art direction: Eero Koivisto important piece for me.”

Solitaire by Alfredo Häberli. For OFFECCT.

Solitaire by Alfredo Häberli. For OFFECCT.

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Pick Up Royal – Our Gift to the Crown Princess Couple

Yesterday we had the honor to welcome H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel to our head office in Tibro, as part of the Crown Princess Couple’s visit to Västergötland.

We were very impressed by the interest shown by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel in our company and our products.

As a token of our appreciation we presented a special gift to the Newly Weds, namely an exclusive version of our PICK UP “minitruck” designed by Alfredo Häberli in royal blue and gold, to fit into their new home in the Haga Palace.

We call it the PICK UP ROYAL.

The PICK UP ROYAL by OFFECCT designed by Alfredo Häberli

The PICK UP ROYAL by OFFECCT designed by Alfredo Häberli

- When my son took his first steps and grabbed a stool to help him, I immediately saw what was needed. Pick Up is a combined chair, walking aid, travel and transport facility. Now that Luc can walk without any difficulty, the Pick Up has become his car, loaded down with all his books. And when he has visitors, he takes them for a ride in his Pick Up, says Alfredo Häberli, designer of the original Pick Up.

Our gift was appreciated by the Crown Princess Couple, who also expressed gratitute for the fact that OFFECCT supplied furniture to the gala lounge at the Drottningholm Palace the night before the Royal Wedding earlier this summer.

The Crown Princess Couple inspect the Pick Up Royal

The Crown Princess Couple inspect the Pick Up Royal

We at OFFECCT are much grateful for the fact that the Crown Princess Couple chose to visit os and and wish H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel a wonderful life in their new home at the Haga Palace.

The Crown Princess Couple in the OFFECCT Showroom

The Crown Princess Couple in the OFFECCT Showroom

More about the Crown Princess Couple’s visit to Västergötland: Dam; Åsa; D2; D3; D4; LN: GT; GT2; GT3; DN; GP; GP2; MND; RNB; SvD; TTELA; LN; LN2; SR; HD; TV4; SVT; SR; SDS; HD; DN

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OFFECCT Designer Profile #1: Alfredo Häberli

We will publish a number of profiles of the designers that OFFECCT collaborates with in the coming months. First out is Alfredo Häberli.

Alfredo Häberli was born in 1964, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to Switzerland in 1977, where in 1991, he graduated in Industrial design at the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. He received the Diploma Prize, SfGZ in 1991. From 1988 onwards, he worked in Zurich for the Museum für Gestaltung, where he was responsible for numerous exhibitions. In 1993 he set up his own studio, and besides OFFECCT Häberli has worked for firms such as Iittala, Joop!, Moroso and Volvo.

Alfredo Häberli has designed Pick Up as well as the easy chairs Solichair and Solitaire for OFFECCT.

Alfredo Häberli

Alfredo Häberli

Pick Up by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

Pick Up by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

Solichair by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

Solichair by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

Solitaire by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

Solitaire by OFFECCT and Alfredo Häberli

“For me it is extremely important that furniture encourages activity and movement. Nowadays people work in a different way than they used to, which puts new demands on our environment – people are expected to take more initiative in discussions and to be more active in meetings. I always try to develop and create new solutions. Good ideas should be able to be expressed in one or two sentences. I keep history in the background, and always endeavour to invent new design aspects.” says Alfredo Häberli

Alfredo Häberli’s web site: www.alfredo-haeberli.com

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