Nucraft, Ativa | Jun 2010
Congress style table without the legs to hinder seating applications-
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Fixtures Furniture, IZZY + | Jun 2009
Neocon 2009 Gold Award
The best learning tools don’t just accommodate new teaching styles. They also inspire better approaches. That’s why Dewey by Fixtures Furniture, a complete collection of ready-to-roll tables with power/data troughs, mobile storage for wireless technology and freestanding bookcases, is listening, learning and leading in design for today’s and tomorrow’s learning environments.
Leading means listening and learning first. During Dewey’s development, instructors from leading universities and community colleges helped evaluate its design and functionality. These focus group discussions inspired secure storage, reconfigurable class settings and technology-enabled furniture – including the iPod-ready teacher’s station, the Helpdesk.
Think social networking. Dewey’s tables, teacher’s Helpdesk, Lectern and Buddy help level the playing field for students and instructors with function, approachability and scalable power options. In particular, the teacher’s Helpdesk features easy access to technology and power connections. Its inviting soft urethane edge topography intuitively illustrates how the teacher-to-student classroom has morphed into collaborative learning that’s more peer-to-peer.
“On the bus, in hallways, and in stairwells – it’s outside of the classroom where the real learning takes place,” says Joey Ruiter of Jruiter Studio, designer of Dewey for Fixtures Furniture and izzy+. “With Dewey, these things happen naturally because of the intricacies of the design. The top and underside urethane edge of the teacher’s Helpdesk edge is very approachable. You won’t know why you’re more comfortable approaching it, but you just are. On the surface, the Dewey collection is clean and basic. But underneath, as you peel away the layers, it gets more involved.”
With aluminum frames and legs, and solid and wood-grain laminates, Dewey features more than 20 percent recycled content. Designed for minimal impact on indoor air quality, it has powder coat finishing and PVC-free components. No welded parts ease product breakdown for reuse.
“As a result of our acquisition last year, izzy+ is fortunate to offer our customers
Dewey as part of the Fixtures brand, a well-established name in the higher education
market,” says Chuck Saylor, chairman and CEO of izzy+. “Dewey is influenced by
today’s mobile, wireless technology, which you can see manifested in the integrated
teacher’s station. Dewey is also based around the Socratic nature of learning, a
shared interactive knowledge and leveraging of each other’s ideas and experience.
The timing is right for Dewey. And we’re excited to work with designer Joey Ruiter on
this collection.”
Opening June 15, izzy+ showroom 1150 at The Merchandise Mart in Chicago hosts
an entire space devoted to the learning market, showcasing the Dewey learning
collection by Fixtures Furniture. Architect design firm Perkins+Will created the newly
designed showroom.
http://fixturesfurniture.com/dewey/
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Herman Miller, Intent furniture | Jun 2009
SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE CHOICES FOR UNIFYING A SPACE
A mix of private offices and open plan workstations? Nothing brings a consistent look to both types of workspaces better than Intent furniture. That’s because Intent is designed to be compatible with Vivo® interiors. The same parts that come together to form desks and storage in private offices can join with Vivo walls in workstations.
Thoughtful design and smart engineering let you combine Intent’s concise set of parts into everything from a single or double-pedestal desk to returns, credenzas, and hutches. Whatever the form Intent takes, its parts come together with a few simple tools. That makes assembling and rearranging Intent easy and straightforward. With Intent, you have the choices needed to tailor furniture to match the way an individual works. And those choices are very affordable. A variety of materials options as well as multiple leg options let you scale Intent furniture’s price to match your needs. Which makes Intent very easy to own.
Nucraft, Neos Conference | Jun 2009
Neos
From the innovative Articulating Table, to the glass & wood stationary tables, media consoles, visual products & benches, Neos delivers a family of hard working, value-oriented products for a wide range of applications.
OFS, swank chair | Jun 2008
A cube with a dynamic,flexible seat that expresses itself from every perspective. Swank is a statement about comfort and convenience through simplicity in form, and brevity in material use. It’s designed for a wide range of applications: team spaces, lounge areas, project rooms, and reception areas. The integrated shelf below the seat is an intuitive and convenient place for all the stuff we seem to carry along with us these days.
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Nucraft, Neos | Jun 2008
Neocon 2008 Gold Award
In the era of the incredible, shrinking 401(k) comes the amazing, shrinking office. Neos saves the day with a U-shaped station and a bevy of storage compartment sidekicks. Fit for use either as an executive open workstation or as a private office case good system, it has double-height overhead storage cabinets, high and low wall partitions, a single-pedestal desk, wardrobe compartment, and an 18- or 24-inch-wide tower. It is available in FSC-certified wood, with 75 percent rapidly renewable content and up to 80 percent recycled content. It comes in 18 wood finishes with clear, anodized aluminum hardware.
http://www.nucraft.com
3 Rms, Lk Vu | Jun 2007
The first goal of the 3 Rms, Lk Vu concept was to create an inspiring living environment that jettisoned old ideas about what a “pontoon boat” should be. This is a study in creating small interior spaces for the exterior environment: how a comfortable boat on the water can offer a variety of spaces for dining, entertainment, relaxing, and cruising.
The second goal was to bring an up-to-date residential furniture perspective to a boating environment.
3 Rms, Lk Vu is part apartment, part outdoor living space, part family room. It includes a kitchen/dining space, a living room area, and a “basking deck” complete with fireplace pit and teak floor. The deck is ideal for practically any activity under the sun, from swimming, sunbathing or picnicking during the day, to sunset cruising or stargazing during the evening. Its varied spaces give users more freedom to use the boat on their own terms.
The boat’s defined spaces work equally well for small groups or one large gathering, and offer varied seating choices. The living room space is a welcoming space positioned amidship –a step down from the dining and deck areas– and integrates the two ends of the boat. The residential furniture aesthetics suggest actions to users: mingle, relax, move about, gather, adapt the spaces to your activity.
Traditional needs for a water craft are not ignored, but are designed to be both more efficient, and inspire and comfort boat users: Partitions above the main sidewalls protect from the wind, but they’re translucent and provide light and visibility. The dining area’s canopy is peaked, echoing a house roof, shedding rain and offering shade. Safety equipment is stowed, yet visually apparent and easily accessed. A full-length bumper rail is quietly integrated into the hull Typically unused space here becomes storage area. The pilot’s space for operating the boat has also been reconsidered. The controls and seat are positioned near the center of the boat, bringing the captain into the conversation.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT OR BETTER?
The new concepts here are simple, low cost, and easy to manufacture. Yet the boat uses space in new ways to create more opportunities for people to interact with sun, wind, and water, as well as with each other. Space is also used in new ways for equipment and storage. Finally, the residential aesthetic offers a new take on comfort and convenience.
3 Rms, Lk Vu speaks to my design philosophy: the design process is less about creating a product than it is about creating a person’s experience with the product. I see people using 3 Rms, Lk Vu as an efficiency apartment floating on the water: entertaining, cruising with family or friends, fishing, enjoying a sunset by the fire, dining –with many ways to move about the boat to find a space that works just right.
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nucraft, moment | Jun 2007
Moment, a collection of contemporary occasional tables, benches and consoles. The collection incorporates mitered corner joints for crisp, straight lines on the top and outer edges that contrast with soft curves on the underside, creating a dynamic visual interplay. The signature element of the tables and consoles is a back-painted ½”-thick glass top featuring optically clear glass to allow the true color of the painted underside to shine through.
“The Moment collection was designed to blend the natural warmth of wood with the bold, reflective nature of glass for a unique, contemporary aesthetic,” says Joey Ruiter, designer of the Moment collection. “The piece began by incorporating soft curves on the undersides of the support structure, reminiscent of the curves found in turned or hand-carved furniture, and combining that with crisp, straight edges on all outer surfaces. When combined with the shimmer of the back-painted glass, the end result really pops!”
Moment’s breadth of offering provides solutions for a wide range of needs. The Moment collection of tables are available in square and rectangle shapes in two heights, providing a simple yet flexible offering suitable for most settings. The Consoles feature an adjustable glass shelf and two storage cabinets, which make them a perfect solution for anything from food service to technology accommodation. Finally, the bench offering includes a large Island bench designed to accommodate multiple users in a single piece. Individual cushions and an optional power & data device in the center of the Island bench offer both aesthetical and functional flexibility.
Nucraft quality sets Moment apart.
Moment’s handcrafted artistry is enhanced by Nucraft’s modern high-quality manufacturing processes, which are used to produce fine wood furniture. The product meets or exceeds BIFMA durability standards and is backed by Nucraft’s 10-year warranty.
“Moment is a very progressive contemporary design while being both elegant and timeless,” says Bob Bockheim, Nucraft’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “The combination of soft curves and sharp, clean lines in the wood pieces creates a simple, minimalist structure that can work well in a variety of settings. When you add the iridescent qualities of the back- painted glass, the result is very striking. This product was designed specifically for customers who appreciate a mix of materials in clean, contemporary forms.”
http://www.nucraft.com
expanded metal bowl | Dec 2006
A bowl holds your attention as easily as it cradles its contents. This bowl reflects light off of its playful geometry of shapes and space. It begins as an intricate pattern cut into a sheet of stainless steel. The form slowly takes shape as the sides are hand-pulled into the three-dimensional form. Since each bowl is shaped by hand, the horizontal spaces vary slightly, making each Lattice Bowl a unique piece of art. Made in USA.
Material
Stainless Steel
Measurements (nominal)
H 3.5” Diameter 15”
Nucraft, Tiro | Jun 2006
Tiro features a clean, minimalist aesthetic and is ideal for creating large or small gathering places in lobbies or corridors.
the collection features a modular motif based on a lightly-scaled steel frame complemented by a mixed use of painted and veneer surfaces. “The goal was to be flexible enough in the design that the furniture would fit in most any architectural environment,” says Ruiter. “Using a thin, yet solid steel frame, we were able to provide a simple, clean support structure for all the pieces.”
All tables, consoles and benches in the Tiro collection are available in numerous sizes and shapes. The surface material offerings are many, and include a wide variety of veneers and paint options, along with custom finishes. Taking advantage of this combination of materials provides striking aesthetic alternatives. Coordinating table lamps provide accent lighting within the same aesthetic.
The handcrafted artistry needed to create Tiro is enhanced by Nucraft’s modern high-quality manufacturing processes, which are used to produce fine furniture of aesthetic integrity. The product meets or exceeds BIFMA durability standards and is backed by Nucraft’s 10-year warranty.
“This is a practical yet versatile product,” says Bob Bockheim, Nucraft’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “The reasonably priced Tiro occasional table collection is at home in any environment, which in today’s ever-changing surroundings means it can move with you as your company changes and grows.”
Founded in 1944 and based in greater Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nucraft is a privately held manufacturer of high-quality wood furniture for conference and training rooms, lobby and reception areas, and private offices. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at HYPERLINK “http://www.nucraft.com/” http://www.nucraft.com. Nucraft was recently recognized with the West Michigan 2005 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For award.
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