The Marshmallow sofa was designed by George Nelson and Irving har[er and originally produced by Herman Miller the giant US based office furniture manufacturer.  Originally the cushions were presented by an inventor who had found a low cost way of producing them but the idea to use them as a sofa didn’t come to mind immediately. The sofa consists of 18 round cushions that appear to float on a steel frame. There are a number of stunning colours available although the sofa is equally compelling in a plain colour. The cushions are also detachable this enables the owner to spread wear by redistributing the cushions and if multi colours are used to create a totally new design. Often considered quirky and an early Pop Art classic the sofa is a favourite in many modern reception schemes. We have also specified the Marshmallow sofa for a number of executive suites.
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A favourite armchair is the Sumo designed by Xavier Lust and produced by Balleri Italia. Balleri were founded in 1984 from a Leather based seating Company by Enrico Balleri. The Company produces high end seating and tables for the contract and office markets. In 1997 the company achieved ISO 2001 and in 2000 reached ISO 14001 environmental standard and finally in 2008 reached GREENGUARD certification.
Other products within the Balleri collection include the Bloom coat stand by Jeff Miller and the T-Table collection by Angelo Mangiarotti, a family of finely detailed conference or meeting tables with MDF, Glass or marble tops with a stove enamelled satin frame. Successful projects for Balleri include furnishing the Tama University Art Library in Tokyo

Plank are based in northern Italy and design and manufacture high end office chairs, conference chairs, meeting tables and café tables. Founded in 1893 by Karl Plank the company is still in the same family being currently run by third generation Martin Plank and his son Michael.. The company is based in the town of Ora north of Milan and collaborates with a number of established designers. The most notable product produced of late is the Myto cantilever conference chair. Designed by Konstantini Grcic who worked in cooperation with German chemical giant BASF. Manufactured from BASF Ultardur high speed plastic this stackable chair is suitable for indoor and outdoor use and is offered in a number of contemporary colours. Myto won the Interior Innovation at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne and has been accepted into the Museum of Modern Art in New York

The Victoria and Albert collection is not manufactured in the UK but by Moraso and Italian firm specialising in soft furnishings for the contract market. Designed by Ron Arad the collection was named for an exhibition of his works in the famous London Museum. Ron Arad works at his practice in Hampstead. As with many renowned designers he is also an architect. In the world of furniture he is known for the Rover chair, recycled from car seating as well and tables that are constructed so they appear to be climbing walls. He also recently designed a chandelier for Swarowski that can receive text messages. Ron Arad’s work can also be seen at the Pompidou centre in Paris, The Metropolitan museum of Art in New York and the Vitra design museum in Germany. Moraso supply soft furnishing from many international designers from their factory in Udine near Trieste. Their product shave been sold throughout the world including the Queen Victoria cruise ship, Moorfields Eye hospital in Dubai and the VIP lounge and Amsterdam Airport.

OFFECT are a Swedish Company specialising in the production of office chairs, reception seating, public area seating and break out chairs. Founded in 1990 by Kurt Tingdl and Anders Englund, they decided on te Company name as a play on words Public and Affect in Swedish, reflecting their desire to produce outstanding designs that would win critical acclaim.
Orbit designed by Eero Koivisto is a stunning example of how simple modular seating elements can be used to create a wide raging series of configurations across a defined area. Equally as impressive is the Solitaire tub chair with its optional arm which can be used as a writing facility. This chair could be used in a reception, break out space or for a conference application.  Offect have also undertaken a lot of work with sound absorbing panels which are provided within office screens and room dividers. There are six designs available which are lightweight and intended to absorb sounds within high frequency rages ie above 500HZ where the most distracting types of noise occur.
The Company also produces very elegant conference and dining tables to be used in conjunction with its seating portfolio.

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Sting plus the new fabric from Camira has been developed after four years of research. It is based on the common stinging nettle, hence the name, and is on of the most environmentally sustainable fabrics available to the contract market. The stinging nettle has strong fibres that have inbuilt fire resistance. This is blended with
pure wool to give the finished product. Sting is available for te upholstery of office chairs, conference chairs and reception seating and is available in 9 contemporary colours. We are currently pricing this fabric on recently added break out chairs Button and Gloss. We will be adding this to our other office seating and chair lines over the coming.

Based in Motta di Levenza near Venice Magi produce design orientated conference chair and tables as well and public and soft seating for the contract furniture market. Magis was founded in 1976. The first product they produced was a ladder called Step. Although this was an unusual product at the time and wasn’t well received the Company now boasts to having sold over one million units. Magis is “factory free” and outsources its production to sub contractors in the region. This enables them to concentrate on design and they collaborate with many renowned furniture designers, such as Jasper Morrison  and Stefano Giovannoni. The later bringing the Bombo to the table which has now become a design icon. The Bombo is now available as a swivel chair and with a fixed stem for public spaces. Magi best selling chair is a stool called the Lyra, probably one of the most copied stools in the contract furniture market. In addition to contract and office furniture Magis have also designed a range of office accessories including coat stands and waste paper baskets

Kartell are an Italian manufacturer of office furniture, accessories and labware specialising in the use of plastics. Founded by a chemical engineer Giulio Castelli in 1949 the Company’s early days were spent producing plastic car accessories and labware. It was in the laboratory products that Kartell first gained success with its push to replace laboratory glassware with equivalent plastic alternatives which were cheaper and more durable. Kartell embraced Italy’s international success in te 60’s when the “Mare in Italy” ethos represented the best the interior design trends.  Moving towards the contract and office furniture markets Kartell collaborated with successful European designer such as Alberto Meda, Philippe Starke, and Pierro Lussini which opened up the export market. Today Kartell’s products are distributed in over 90 countries. There is a separate labware division which makes around a third of the sales. The Habitat division provides contract and office furniture including office chairs, conference tables and conference chairs always with plastic as the main component of manufacture.

Howe specialise in the manufacture of conference tables and chairs and founded its European manufacturing base in the Nederland’s in 1989 where they currently employ around 6+0 people. The Company started life in Connecticut and was founded by Harold Howe in the1920’s. In its Early years Howe specialised in the supply of a comprehensive range of folding tables to clients all over the US including the Waldorf hotel in New York.  The Victory table which later became the ubiquitous Tempest table was designed for use in the confined conditions of US submarines during the second world war. After the war Howe came to specialise in selling training furniture to giant US corporate such as IBM. The European arm has enjoyed strength growth within the office furniture and conference market with products such as 40/4 high density stack able conference chair designed by David Rowland. Howe also sell a range of  swivel office chairs, the Motio office chair is one of the few that have a five star base and can be stacked. The Motio office chair won the NeoCon award as best in show in 2005. Howe conference chairs can be found in Universities, Colleges, Churches and Offices throughout the UK

Exhibiting some of their products at this year Prima exhibition the Swedish based Johansen Design is moving to a new purpose built location to cope with their recent growth. The new building will give the Company over 8,000 square foot for production, offices and a new showroom. Run since the early 90’s by Paul and Dan Johanson  they specialize in office furniture, office seating and contract furniture promoted through the A and D community. Outside of Scandinavia the UK is Johansen’s biggest marketplace. Working in collaboration with well known furniture designers such as Mattias Ljunggren, Simon Pengelly and Anders Hjelm the company has a breathtaking range of break out and reception seating such as the U Sit range of modular seating and the Nemo range of break out chairs shown above. Johansen prides itself in offering furniture designs that are simple and minimalistic, they were pleased to be awarded entrepreneurs of the year in 2008 for their locality in Sweden.