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Enjoying the Outdoors Since 1947 Vestre of Norway Presents Street Furniture with Emphasis on Quality, Innovation and Function VESTRE AT CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK 2014 Enjoying the outdoors since 1947 Vestre of Norway presents street furniture with emphasis on quality, innovation and function. The design is rooted in the principle of the Scandinavian aesthetic: products that are accessible and available to everyone. DATE: 20-22 MAY 2014 POP-UP EXHIBITION LOCATION: ST JAMES’ CHURCH GARDEN, CLERKENWELL CLOSE, LONDON EC1R 0EA Vestre invites you to visit our exhibition at the historic Clerkenwell site, which is the perfect venue to exhibit Vestre’s collection of street furniture and to enjoy the outdoors. We are delighted to announce that we will be serving genuine Scandinavian outdoor lunches. Vestre’s furniture is intended to bring something unique to, and cope with use in, the urban streetscape. It has to be usable summer and winter, year after year. This challenges the designer to create furniture that is not only timelessly elegant, but sufficiently strong and durable too. “The quality requirements for our furniture are tough and uncompromising, but not at the expense of innovative, playful design,” says CEO Jan Christian Vestre. He stresses how important it is to try out new concepts and a selection of this year’s news is part of the pop-up exhibition at Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: • Vestre BUZZ is a retro futuristic-inspired bench and table in circular form. • Vestre MOVE is a bench inspired by motion that is an invitation to take a welcome breather. • Vestre BLOC sun bench adds something more to a seating area: a place to Contacts: sit and be while soaking up some sun. VESTRES STAND E37-F36 In order to ensure continuous product development and a high degree of innovation, it is important to have an ongoing and open dialogue with the Marianne Preus Jacobsen designers and in-house production. Vestre’s new factory in Torsby, Sweden – PR designed by Snöhetta Architects – provides for this creative process, which T: +47 911 52 493 [email protected] follows the furniture from concept to production and quality control, then out into the world. Jan Christian Vestre CEO “It is an advantage for the designers to be familiar with the demands made on T: + 47 41 54 58 05 the ability of outdoor furniture to withstand wear and tear. Over the years, we [email protected] have developed a good working relationship with designers who are good at vestre.com coming up with new ideas and solutions,” says Vestre. Behind the design of Vestre’s new products are Norway and Scandinavia’s leading furniture and industrial designers, all of whom have previously developed furniture series in collaboration with Vestre. This is the first time Vestre of Norway participate at the Clerkenwell Design Week. BUZZ DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Espen Voll, Tore Borgersen and Michael Olofsson In the course of a successful partnership extending over many years, this Norwegian-based designer trio have developed a number of well-known, awarding-winning furniture ranges together with Vestre, including VROOM, APRIL and PORTO. They have helped to upgrade and set the standard for contemporary furnishing in streetscapes, parks and schoolyards, especially in Norway and Sweden. This year’s new Vestre product from the designer trio is BUZZ – a vehicle for enjoying the best company. Inspired by hanging out with friends and family, or simply meeting new people, Buzz is a combined table and bench named for its ability to share space. Buzz has a light design, welcoming appearance, without compromising on Vestre’s manifesto for lifetime usage and high quality. MOVE DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Allan Hagerup Award-winning Norwegian furniture designer Allan Hagerup drew his inspiration from the caterpillar track and motion, resulting in the new Vestre bench MOVE. In addition to presenting two new products at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, Hagerup has designed Vestre’s stand for the second year in a row. MOVE has a clean, homogeneous look with an enclosed junction between the sitting surface and steel structure. Rounded corner slats that continue down the sides make the bench comfortable to sit on any which way, which makes MOVE a sociable, flexible bench for people on the go. BLOC SUN BENCH DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Atle Tveit and Lars Tornøe In 2006 Tveit and Tornøe established a design studio based in Bergen, Norway. They have both a Master Degrees in Furniture and Spatial design, and focus on furniture - and product design. They are responsible for the homogeneous BLOC furniture range, and this year they have developed the BLOC sun bench as a natural continuation. BLOC sun bench has the same diagonal fold that is the instantly recognizable feature of the furniture series. It adds structural rigidity and provides a visual theme. The sun bed is freestanding and can stand separately or connected in rows, with varying length of the foot end/seat. STOOP DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: JDS JDS is a multidisciplinary office that focuses on architecture and design, form large scale planning to furniture design. Founded and directed by Julien De Smedt and with offices in Denmark, Belgium and China. STOOP is an informal, social meeting place on the universal idea of using steps as places for sitting and interacting. This concept enables the creation of an urban auditorium by using several benches, with each bench being able to accommodate up to 9 people. Choose between sitting surfaces made of either wood or recycled rubber, sports flooring. Fast Company voted Vestre STOOP to one of 2012’s top 32 products news and received the 2013 Award for Design Excellence by The Norwegian Design Council. ICON DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Bård Eker and Katinka von der Lippe Bård Eker, the owner and CEO of Eker Design, is most famous for design of fast cars and boats. The development of the Hydrolift high performance powerboats and the Koenigsegg world record holding super car has given the company a high competence in composite materials. Through many years of naval and automotive product development Eker Design with its Head of Design, Katinka von der Lippe, has gained great skills with glass fiber, carbon and other composite materials. ICON bench is a result of that the designers saw the opportunity to use this competence in a different field. ICON is a distinctive seating furniture, using unconventional materials and a modern expression. It is untraditional and it gives architects, interior - and landscape architects, and planners with passion for design, a playful alternative when choosing furniture for their projects. ICON received the 2013 Red Dot Award for product design. APRIL DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Espen Voll, Tore Borgersen and Michael Olofsson APRIL is a complete series with minimalistic benches, tables and chairs as well as the more exclusive APRIL Stavanger benches, which are longer and with an extra rib in the back. The series comply with universal design requirements, and APRIL benches and stools are available with energy- saving LED under-seat lighting. This creates an exciting atmosphere and reduces the need for other, more dominant lighting in parks and community areas. APRIL received the Award for Design Excellence by the Norwegian Design Council. CODE DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Johan Verde and Hong Ngo-Aandal Hong Ngo-Aandal is a Swedish industrial designer who developed the CODE modular bench system together with Johan Verde. Verde is not only one of Norway’s best-known industrial designers, but is recognised as a leading figure in Europe too. CODE consist of advanced building blocks that creates multidimensional and social meeting places. This bench system is characterised by its numerous combination options, and the armrest can easily be positioned as required. The modern, minimalist design will fit seamlessly into both urban and countryside environments. VROOM DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Espen Voll, Tore Borgersen and Michael Olofsson VROOM is a modern, flexible furniture system. The VROOM bench is available in several different lengths and widths, with or without a back and armrest. The VROOM module system consists of different bench tops and connecting features, which enables the creation of an almost unlimited number of shapes and variations. VROOM received the Award for Design Excellence by the Norwegian Design Council. CITY RECYCLE DEVELOPED BY VESTRE Design: Jahn Aamodt, Roy Fiddaman and Jarle Slyngstad For many decades, this design team of industrial designers have created furniture for Norwegian manufacturers. The CITY recycling container is litterbin with separate insertion openings for waste and for recycling of bottles and drink cans, which is collected in a separate chamber. This can easily be delivered for recycling or be collected by residents who wish to get money back by returning the items. The CITY recycling container is supplied with or without an inbuilt ashtray. VESTRE Vestre was founded in 1947 in Haugesund, Norway. Today, the family-owned company develops and manufactures hard-wearing designer furniture for urban and outdoor environments. Vestre works closely with industrial and furniture designers because aesthetically pleasing, intelligent solutions make a difference. Vestre has a deliberate, uncompromising approach to design, quality and the environment – and has won a total of 11 design awards. The extremely high quality of its products helps to prolong their life and save resources. All production takes place in Scandinavia, with Vestre having its factory in Torsby, Sweden. Vestre is a leading supplier of designer furniture for urban and outside environments in Scandinavia. Head office: VESTRE AS VESTRE AB PO 0801 Oslo Bergebyvägen 27 Norway 685 34 Torsby T: + 47 23 00 78 40 Sweden F: + 47 23 00 78 41 T: +46 560 688877 [email protected] F: +46 560 10250 vestre.com [email protected] vestre.com.
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