Italian office chairs Juno

 Juno and Saya by Arper, distributed by La Mercanti, just won the Interior Innovation Award 2014

Juno and Saya collections were proclaimed laureates of the German Interior Innovation Award 2014 in the furniture category.

The award, organized by the German Design Council in collaboration with IMM Cologne, now in its twelfth edition, is a prestigious award for design products that represent innovation and quality in different categories of home and office furnishings.

The price includes three levels of recognition : Selection , Winner and Best of Best.

Saya and Juno, presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2012, are very different in form, materials and functions : Saya,  designed by  , Lievore Altherr Molina, is an oak plywood chair with a comfortable backrest and iconic figure. Juno , one of the last projects of James Irvine, with a polypropylene seat  is characterized by the ability to use diverse and versatile interior and exterior spaces in the office or at home.

The jury was composed of experts and designers from various sectors, including the Sebastian Wrong, designer and co -founder of Established & Sons, London, Barbara Friedrich, editor of A & W Architektur und Wohnen, Hamburg and Andrej Kupetz, Managing Director, German Design Council, Frankfurt.

The products have been awarded as part of the opening of the IMM Cologne 2014 ceremony, the leading German trade fair dedicated to the world of interior design. The winners have been exhibited from 13 to 19 January 2014 in different areas within the fair and are present at the permanent exhibition of the Design Post Cologne .
Saya and Juno collections, as well as being visible in all showrooms and exhibition spaces of Arper in worldwide, will be featured in the www.interior-innovation- award.de portal and on an annual publication available from March 2014, with all the award-winning products with the Interior Innovation Award 2014.

For more information on the price, you can visit the website of the German Design Council.

Italian office chairs Saya

Another important international recognition has been awarded to italian sofas. The prestigious “GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2013”, awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, was assigned to the modular system of seating Kaleido, designed and produced by Kastel Driusso study in Italy. The award confirms the aesthetic and functional quality of this modular sofa ideal for contract spaces. See more photos here.

Kastel Kaleido sofas

Italian sofas Kastel

cookie shaped pillows

Now, everybody talks about it, everyone wants one, everyone chooses their favorite, he gives or requests it for gifts, this is one of the latest fashions: this year we talk about cookie shaped pillows, which resemble well the most popular cookies in Italy. A pillow -shaped cookie is soft to rest on one’s office chair, you can put a cookie-pillow at home, to get an even more comfortable sofa, everything is handmade.

The shape of the star cookie is certainly ther easiest to make: in a store we buy a foam pillow, round, and dark brown and cream fabric. First, we put the brown fabric face down on a table, we put above it the pillow and with chalk or a pencil we draw the outline, leaving it an inch taller, we repeat the same procedure twice and we cut to get two pieces of fabric around the same.

At this point, we begin to sew by hand, when half of it is sewn we will return it in the right direction, insert the foam pad and finish sewing. Once the pillow is finished, with fabric cream color, we can create stars of different sizes then apply them with hot glue, and get a pillow that looks like a delicious star cookie (Italian: Pan di Stelle). Yum ?

Design is not only an expression of aesthetic creativity, but also a gauge of social relations

In ancient times, the hierarchical domination of leaders was much stronger. Whether emperor, king  chieftain, head of city or local government, the executive desk and chair of the chief were aimed primarily at demonstrating his power and authority to the subjects. The design of the executive chair was the aesthetic expression of the almost absolute power of the chief at the time there was still no democracy, no team spirit . Often, this chair was not really comfortable, especially not ergonomic or practical. Indeed, his back at an angle of 90 ° with the seat was rather unpleasant, while its plush and high armrests formed a small cage for the chief’s body, preventing any movement of relaxation. Would you like to work one day at office sitting on a chair similar to the leadership throne right here ?

With the modern era, with democracy, equality (more or less!) of all before the law, leadership is pêrceived and exercised more if not as a service, which would be great, at least as a power of coordination rather than direction. Nowadays the executive desk and chair, rather than illustrating the power of the chief, wants to provide him maximum working comfort. The beautiful executive chair beneath is an example.

executive office desk and chair

The retro and postmodern design is all the rage, we already knew. Just look at the huge success of cars like the 500 or the Mini, which reproduce very famous models who began selling more than 40 years ago.

Add to that the high cost of raw materials, ecological awareness that fortunately grows more and more, and you will understand why recycling cars to make design office desks is a great idea. Basically, cars are stable, sturdy, and offer a good work plan. I let the images speak: [nivo source=”current-post” ]