Italian Evening at Our Showroom

Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming our designer Luca Nichetto to our showroom in Stockholm for an inspirational evening.

Luca Nichetto speking about design

During the evening Luca spoke to the spectators about what design means to him, what inspires him, and how his design process functions.

Italian evening at our showroom

Additionally, he spoke about his cooperation with Offecct, and the products that have come out of this strong and long-lasting collaboration.

To accompany the Italian theme of our evening, everyone could enjoy a Bellini, a drink made from puréed white peaches and Prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine. The Bellini was invented in Venice sometime during the first half of the 1900s, and thu s comes from the same town as Luca himself!

Bellinis at the Offecct Showroom

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Jean-Marie Massaud innovates with AIRBERG

Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud is currently being presented to visitors at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Airberg is an innovative piece of furniture that breaks with conventions, and one of the first results that come out of the work at Offecct Lab, our strategic initiative designed to concentrate our efforts in the development of new solutions and new products.

Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud

The inspiration behind the form of Airberg is a combination of a comfortable, inviting piece of seating furniture and an iceberg filled with vacuum. The furniture’s abstract form is light in its expression and Airberg is contemporary both in its design and in the technique used. Airberg consists of a structural case which gives the impression of being filled with a vacuum, but is in reality filled with a flexible padding material.

Airberg is not ready for production yet, but should be seen as a result of an ongoing research and development process where Offecct and Jean-Marie Massaud dared to develop a piece of seating furniture for the meeting places of the future.

Jean-Marie Massaud

Massaud’s designs are characterized by an understanding of the surrounding world and he creates designs through a holistic approach that captures the zeitgeist in an interesting way. Massaud has been named Designer of the Year several times and has worked with companies such as Cacharel, Lancôme and Renault.

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The Chair BOP

In Milan at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile we are currently presenting the news of 2013. The chair Bop is one of them, and has been developed in collaboration with Norwegian design bureau Knudsen Berg Hindenes.

Bop by Knudsen Berg Hindenes

Originally, Bop was designed for USF Verftet, an arts arena for music, theater, film and modern art in Bergen, Norway. USF was established in 1993 and is an important actor within arts and culture in Bergen and Norway with the aim of collaborating, strengthening and participating in the development of culture and creativity.

Bop by Knudsen Berg Hindenes / Photo: Frederik Lieberath

– When we were redoing the cultural center and creating a larger concert hall we wanted a new concert chair. The development has been a close process between us here at the cultural center, the designers and Offecct, says Jon Tvilde, Head of the cultural center.

Knudsen Berg Hindenes

Knudsen Berg Hindenes is a Norwegian award winning design bureau consisting of Norwegian designers Petter Knudsen, Anders Berg and Steinar Hindenes. They are all educated at Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Knudsen Berg Hindenes mainly works with furniture, product- and interior designs, but is also involved in a series of project based design initiatives.

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Luca Nichetto Creates Continuity with the Sofa LINEA

One of the novelties currently on exhibition at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan is Luca Nichetto’s Linea. The original idea to the sofa Luca Nichetto got from The Line, an Italian animated TV-show he used to watch as a child. With this inspiration Nichetto wanted to create a sofa with a back, when combined in greater numbers, forms a line that creates continuity.

Linea by Luca Nichetto

The possibility to combine modules to a greater entirety gives architects and interior designers the opportunity to play with the product and its lines. The sofa is available in two sizes; two or three seater. Small tables link the sofas together and provide functionality. This makes Linea adaptable and possible to use in large as well as small rooms.

The development of Linea demanded intensive work in order to find the right proportions that could create the above mentioned continuity. The result is a piece of furniture with proportions that wander between a sofa and a bench, landing somewhere in between.

Luca Nichetto

Luca Nichetto was born in 1976 on the island Murano just north of Venice, a place known around the world for its distinctive glass designs. Luca Nichetto’s interest in design led him to studies of industrial design at the IUAV in Venice. He began his professional career in 1999 by designing his first projects in Murano glass for Salviati. In 2006 he launched his own design firm, Nichetto&Partners, which specializes in industrial design and offers its services as a design consultancy. In 2011 he also opened another professional office in Stockholm, Sweden.

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The chair CAPE by Nendo

One of the new products we are currenly presenting in Milan is Nendo’s chair Cape. Cape is the result of our first cooperation with and is a complex chair with an exciting look, with ultra-thin dimensions and a very low weight, made possible through our involvement in the development of new steel materials.

Cape by Nendo

The development behind Cape, just like the development of Airberg, has taken place within the Offecct Lab, a comprehensive strategic initiative which aims to concentrate Offecct’s efforts in the development of new solutions and new products.

Cape is an elegant chair that gives the illusion of a cape spread over a frame. The subtle twist in the design of Cape makes the chair stand out all the while being obvious and simple in its design language.

Nendo / Oki Sato

The Japanese designer Nendo (Oki Sato) is based in both Tokyo and Milan and is a rising star on the international design scene. Among earlier clients Boffi, Hermes, Issey Miyake, Kenzo, Lexus, Louis Vuitton and Starbucks can be mentioned.

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Luca Nichetto on Linea

Luca Nichetto

One of our returning designers of this year is Luca Nichetto with whom we have previsouly developed the very succesful chair Robo and Green Pads from our O2asis collection. This year Nichetto has designed the very promising sofa Linea.

Below an interview with Luca where he talks about LINEA.

Nichetto was born in 1976 on the island Murano just north of Venice, a place known around the world for its distinctive glass designs. Luca Nichetto’s interest in design led him to studies of industrial design at the IUAV in Venice. He began his professional career in 1999 by designing his first projects in Murano glass for Salviati. In 2006 he launched his own design firm, Nichetto&Partners, which specializes in industrial design and offers its services as a design consultancy. In 2011 he also opened another professional office here in Stockholm.

Linea by Luca Nichetto / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Over the course of his career, Nichetto has been awarded a number of international prizes, such as the Grandesign Award, the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Architecture’s Good Design Award, and the IF Product Design Award among many others. He was announced as Designer of the Year in the Young Designer Talent category (2009) and designated as Designer of the Year 2012 by Elle Decor Italia.

The chair Robo by Luca Nichetto

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Luca Nichetto

March 03, 2013 at 1:51 am

Hallo my friends, ahahahahahaha my surname is Nichetto, ahaha not Nicetto see you soon in Milan kram kram

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Our New Products Presented Today at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

Today we present a number of new products at the opening of the 2013 edition of the Stockholm Furniture Fair, by designers such as Cate & Nelson, Jean-Marie Massaud, Knudsen Berg Hindenes, Luca Nichetto, Mattias Stenberg, Nendo and Richard Hutten!

Carry On by Mattias Stenberg / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Carry On, designed by Mattias Stenberg, is a portable seating furniture that can both stand alone and be a complement to other pieces of furniture. Carry On offers solutions for the activity-based working place where focus shifts from working spaces to meeting places.

Islands by Jean-Marie Massaud / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Jean-Marie Massaud has designed three products for us this year. One of them is Islands, a system of flexible and functional seating furniture that can be easily adapted to the surrounding.

Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud

Massaud’s second design is an innovative piece of furniture that breaks with conventions and challenges the limits of the characteristics of traditional seating furniture. Airberg is the first result to come out of Offecct Lab, a strategic initiative with the goal of developing new solutions and products. Airberg is not yet in production, but is the result of these ongoing developmental efforts.

Soundwave Pix by Jean-Marie Massaud

Massaud has also designed a new sound absorbing panel, Soundwave® Pix. Soundwave® Pix’s design reminds us of the keys on a keyboard, and gives architects the possibility to create unique rooms by combining panels in different colors and forms.

Soundwave Stand by Richard Hutten / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Richard Hutten has followed up his Soundwave® Stripes of last year by creating Soundwave® Stand, a new tool for architects. Soundwave® Stand is a stand on which all of our sound absorbing panels can be attached.

Bop by Knudsen Berg Hindenes / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Knudsen Berg Hindenes have developed Bop, an exclusive chair for concert halls and other rooms that was originally designed for the cultural center USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway. Bop lives up to the high demands of comfort, lifespan and adaptability that is needed in a concert chair.

Cape by Nendo / Photo by Frederik Lieberath

Last but not least we have the pleasure of presenting the chair Cape by Nendo, an elegant addition to our collection. Cape is an elegant chair that gives the illusion of a cape being draped over a frame. ###

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Another Great Designers Corner in Oslo

This week we have been present at Designers Corner in Oslo, Norway. Designers Corner is a collaborative event between four Norwegian showrooms, in one of which Offecct is present.

We really want to thank everyone present in Oslo, especially for all the feedback you have given us.

Offecct at Designers Corner

Jonas Hurtigh Grabe gave an inspiring lecture which was followed by some mingle. The architects not only got to see the latest designs, but meet, exchange and socialize with likeminded.

Offecct at Designers Corner

The event invites about 100 interior architects from outside of the Oslo area to come to the capital and experience the latest news from 25-30 interior design and furniture producers.

Offecct at Designers Corner

Offecct at Designers Corner

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OFFECCT at SWEDENTAL

We regularly supply interiors for hospitals, clinics and – in this case – dental practices.

You can read more about Offecct in healthcare environments in previous blog posts:

Together with Götene Specialinredningar we are currently at Swedental, a dental fair in Gothenburg. Our furniture is exhibited in a modern waiting room.

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In the picture you can see Playback, Window Magazine and Planter, Soundwave Swell, Green Pads, and K-line coat stand.

Dental clinic with Offecct furniture

Playback is a module sofa, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune, that combines playfulness and tight elements. Playback is characterized by the opportunity to choose different fabrics and colors for the frame and cushions. In this sofa the cushions have been given a relaxing and calming green color, while frame is a sober black.

Window Magazine comes in two various sizes, including three magazine trays and room for plants in lacquered metal. The table is designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

Dental clinic with Offecct furniture

Soundwave Swell was one of the first panels launched by Offecct, and is designed by Teppo Asikainen. The piece has a very strong personality and acts as a kind of 3D wallpaper giving the room the right aesthetic feeling and acoustic at the same time.

Green Pads is designed by Luca Nichetto who was inspired by the architecture of the 1950s when he took on the task of producing a product for our O2ASIS project. In the 1950s, vegetation was an integral part of architecture. As Luca began the development work he put a number of flowers in flowerpots on flowerpot saucers of different sizes next to each other. Then he removed the flowers and the flowerpots but kept the flowerpot saucers on the floor. These flowerpot saucers of various sizes formed a sort of pattern which was then reworked by Luca resulting in the piece of green furniture that has been named Green Pads.

And finally, the K-line coat stand, designed by Khodi Feiz, is part of a range of meeting accessories for Offecct under the name K-line.

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An Inspiring Evening with Monica Förster

Last week we had an event at our showroom in Stockholm. Monica Förster, who has designed several interesting products for us, spoke to the audience about her work, design, cooperation with producers, and about Swedish design in an international focus.

Monica Förster speaking to audience at our showroom

Offecct and Förster first cooperated 10 years ago, and this event commemorated these years of successful and interesting collaboration. Throughout the years this collaboration has resulted in the sofa Grand, the chair Mood, the easy chairs Spoon High and Spoon Low, and the portable room Cloud.

We would like to thank everyone who participated at this event for an extraordinary evening!

Cloud by Monica Förster

Grand by Monica Förster

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Italian Evening at Our Showroom

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Jean-Marie Massaud innovates with AIRBERG

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The chair CAPE by Nendo

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Luca Nichetto on Linea

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Our New Products Presented Today at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

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