Louis IX | OFFECCT

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Recently OFFECCT’s QE manager Joachim Schubert participated at a forum in Gothenburg on the theme of CSR (corporate social responsibility) held by CSR Västsverige.

The forum brought together enterprises and students to explore the concept of CSR. The day began with a researcher talking about the concept and its meaning. The truth is that the concept is disputed among researchers, but all agree that it has to do with the responsibility corporations take within three areas; environment, society and economy.

Offecct Joachim Schubert

Joachim talked to the audience about CSR Västsverige’s challenge OFFECCT was a part of in 2010, and the results of that challenge. Within the frame of the challenge, climate initiative 2010, OFFECCT chose three ways to improve their environmental responsibility. We streamlined our energy consumption, chose to use only wind and water power in our factory, and managed to decrease our use of paper with 50%.

To illustrate our commitment to the environment, Joachim showed the chair Louis IX to the audience. The chair is made out of recycled bottles. Like Joachim pointed out, the chair uses the most important material of the future – waste products.

Louis IX

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Carlos Tíscar, born in 1964, graduated in Industrial Design on 1982 at the the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts in Valencia. Two years later he continued his studies in Italy at the polytechnic School of Design in Milan. In 1987 Carlos started to work professionally as a designer and was part of the design team Factoría Diseño Industrial. Later, in 1991, he became a member of the Gesto Design Management. Since 1993 Carlos has got his own studio.

Carlos Tiscar

Carlos has developed his design activity covering several aspects of design, such as object design, furniture design and design for exhibitions and stands. He has given lectures in industrial design at a number of design schools.

Carlos was selected for the Bienal de Jóvenes Creadores del Mediterraneo in Bologna in 1987, by the city council of Valencia; in 1990 he received the Valencia Innovación design award. In 2008 ha was selected for Spain Emotion at Designer’s Week in Tokyo in 2008.

Carlos Tiscar Riveiro, born in 1964, has a professional education in industrial design. Carlos started his career by first studying at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts in Valencia, and later at the Polytechnic School of Design in Milan. Since 1993, he has been running his own studio in Valencia, designing primarily furniture for residential and commercial environments. Carlos Tiscar Riveiro has collaborated with a number of well-known companies, including Sellex, BM 2000, Hodema Oficina and Paularte Design.

Carlos Tiscar has designed two products for OFFECCT.

1. The Louis IX Chair, which is stackable and completely upholstered inclusive black mesh and welt seam. Shell consist of recycled plastics polypropylene and polyethylene.

Carlos about Louis IX:

“Hoop chair has an obvious point of reference in the classical Louis XVI chairs or Gustavian chairs with their back and seat with oval shapes. This oval shaped scheme has been a recurring subject during the twentieth century, many authors have recreated this archetype with diverse materials and proportions. What makes the difference between my project and its’ ancestors is the incorporation of a second layer or level of significance added as a membrane form that visually unifies and includes the two oval shapes. This layer recalls a period during the fourties and fifties of the twentieth century.” – Carlos Tiscar

Louis IX

More info about the Louis IX chair here >>

2. The Origami easy chair has got a wooden frame with details of molded wood covered with cold foam wrapped with flameproof fibre. Bottom of Nozag spring. Upholstered in fixed fabric. Legs in chrome.

The Origami easy chair

More info about the Origami easy chair here >>

Carlos web site here >>

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