The book “Antonio Citterio Design” looks back on the 50-year career of Antonio Citterio, one of the key players in global industrial and furniture design, who has played a crucial role in the development of Technogym.
Technogym is without doubt the only brand in the sport & fitness world that is also an integral part of the design industry. A story that goes way back: in 1986, in a sector dominated by the body building stereotype, Nerio Alessandri designed Unica, the first fitness design product for the home. Over the years, Technogym has since received many design accolades, and participated several times in the Salone del Mobile.
Italian style and design have always been two of the distinctive characteristics of Technogym globally: no other brand in the fitness sector pays this much attention to the aesthetics of its solutions, making it a defining feature alongside performance, technology, innovation and functionality.
“Technogym was the first to introduce design into the world of fitness and wellness. They understood the importance of design and decided to invest in it, making it an essential feature of the product and an integral part of the industrial process.” – Antonio Citterio
In this journey that has always seen the Technogym story interwoven with design, Antonio Citterio has played a key role: from the design of the state-of-the-art Technogym Village, the company headquarters opened in 2012, to that of the unique premium products of the Personal line.
Antonio Citterio is one of the most influential figures in Italian design and created items that have made the design history (some of these can be seen at the MoMA in New York and the Pompidou in Paris) with B&B Italia, Kartell, Flexform, Arclinea, Vitra, Flos, Axor, Cassina and Knoll.
The publication celebrating the designer’s career was launched on 13 June 2023 at the Triennale Milano’s Salone d’Onore (Hall of Honour). Chapter 6, “Objects and their context”, looks at the projects developed together with Technogym, more specifically in the “Domesticating the exercise machine” section.
It is a collaboration that started over 20 years ago on the development of the Technogym Village, the world’s first wellness campus: a complex and multifaceted project that evolved from the coming together of the entrepreneurial vision of Nerio and Pierluigi Alessandri and the design of ACPV ARCHITECTS – the architecture and interior design studio that works internationally across industries – founded by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel in 2000.
The complex – opened in 2012 by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano and by Bill Clinton – covers an area of over 150,000 m2, of which 60,000 indoors, and is located in Cesena, just a stone’s throw from the garage where Nerio Alessandri founded Technogym in 1983, 40 years ago. Alessandri and Citterio designed the Technogym Village on the one hand to house a rapidly expanding business, and on the other to inspire the industry in the direction of innovation and design.
The Technogym Village was planned and designed by Alessandri and ACPV ARCHITECTS to create a place where innovation, sustainability, quality, design and productivity are brought together. As well as its everyday function as a unique workplace for employees (both in terms of offices and production), in over 10 years of existence, the Technogym Village has become a benchmark for the industry across the world, and every year attracts around 30,000 professionals, including industry operators, athletes and architects from all corners of the globe.
The mark of ACPV ARCHITECTS on the Technogym Village is clear in the modernity of the working and communal spaces and in their management, in the external contours of the production facility and offices, in the choice of furnishings, in the use of glass and light, as well as in the attention to detail given to the 90,000 m2 of park.
The Technogym Village was the flagship project of the collaboration between Technogym and Citterio, allowing the architect to enter the world of wellness, to gain a deep understanding of the Technogym ecosystem and build a strong relationship with its founder Nerio Alessandri. The partnership then extended to products, with the development of the Personal line by Antonio Citterio Design, the collection of premium home fitness equipment, winning several design awards over the years (Red Dot, ADI, IDEA, iF, Good Design, German Design).
The Personal line solutions are produced using premium materials and exquisite craftsmanship, and are designed not just as fitness equipment, but also as true works of art. The line includes 6 pieces of equipment – Run Personal, Bike Personal, Recline Personal, Cross Personal, Power Personal and Kinesis Personal – all products designed by Citterio and characterised by distinctive lines and aesthetics that enhance any space they are installed in.
Alessandri and Citterio’s intention was to give the products a visual language that reflects the energy of a modern home. As well as the aesthetics, the architect’s contribution was key to adapting the products to purely domestic spaces, in terms of both the footprint and the choice of materials never used before in fitness (such as high-pressure cast aluminium, already used with Vitra, and oak).
“What all the designs for Technogym have in common is the wellness aspect of the company, with different aims. With the Personal collection, we set ourselves the goal of implementing product design content, so that the products could become part of the interior design of residential spaces. It is a project that was achieved thanks to a shared awareness of the concept of quality of life.” – Antonio Citterio
About Technogym UK
Technogym's globally renowned products are perfect for both home and commercial gyms. They strive to create gym equipment and accessories that are not only professional and sleek but also adapt easily to every surrounding space. For more than 40 years Technogym have been helping people live healthier and happier lives with a range of products that are exceptional in both function and aesthetics. With modular collections, they offer the ultimate wellness experience anytime, anywhere, at home, in the gym, in the office, or in a hotel.
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Franklite celebrated a very prestigious milestone in 2023, its 50th year in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-quality decorative lighting. Over the years Franklite has manufactured exquisite products for the retail, commercial and hospitality markets including bespoke project designs.
The passion for lighting has been within the Lissauer family for three generations. Taking his father’s passed down knowledge and many years of experience owning a number of lighting shops in various provinces of South Africa Frank Lissauer decided to relocate to the United Kingdom and establish Franklite in 1973.
Growing and developing the business over the years took dedication and countless hours of hard work by Frank Lissauer but these responsibilities were eventually shared when his son, Mark Lissauer joined the business in 1999.
The family owned business has achieved significant milestones over the 50 years which include moving to a much larger purpose built factory in 1990 after quickly outgrowing the previous premises, an in-house laboratory which holds state-of-the-art lighting technology which very few other lighting manufacturers within the UK possess, an expansive warehouse and assembly area where products and parts undergo stringent quality control and finally an exquisite showroom.
Franklite’s first ever catalogue included the Delft range as one of its first products. The traditional ‘flemish’ style design has made these fittings classic and timeless. 50 years later this popular range is still available in the current Catalogue 26. Many iterations have followed over the years, like the Halle and Mondrian which continue to follow the ‘flemish’ design style.
2021 was the year Franklite received recognition for winning two awards within the hospitality industry – Best in Tech and Best Retail Decorative Lighting Manufacturer.
Franklite has a story to tell. They are far more than just a lighting manufacturer; they are creators, visionaries and craftspeople who continue to pride themselves on their manufacturing and service excellence. At the heart of Franklite is a highly-skilled team who understand the importance of good product design that will stand the test of time, both technically and aesthetically.
Over the next 50 years the hope is that Franklite continues to grow and remain a renowned family business whilst maintaining the core principle which Franklite was founded - to offer products that balance optimal performance with beautiful aesthetics.
About Franklite Limited
Founded in 1973, award winning Franklite is one of the leading innovators in high-quality decorative lighting. Working with clients, architects, lighting consultants, interior designers, M & E consultants and distributors for the residential, hospitality and commercial markets throughout the UK, Europe, Middle and Far East. Franklite has a story to tell. They are far more than just a lighting manufacturer; they are creators, visionaries and craftspeople who continue to pride themselves on their manufacturing methods and excellent service. This includes offering products that balance optimal performance with beautiful aesthetics and have successfully supplied exceptional luminaires to palaces, embassies, hotels, private residences and multi-residential projects. Franklite remains at the forefront of the lighting industry with incredible in-house technology which includes the Rigo Near-Field Goniophotometer and highly-skilled design and technical teams who continue to develop signature products. Our LED plates and most recently award winning tuneable light engines are manufactured in-house and compatible with many of our luminaires.
House of Rohl is delighted to once again be part of the interiors event of the Summer, WOW!house at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour from 4th June - 4th July. For its third installation, House of Rohl has collaborated with renowned architecture and interior design practice, Michaelis Boyd, to create a primary bathroom suite that offers a space for tranquillity, relaxation and luxury escapism.
The suite features the statement Taizu circular bath from Victoria + Albert, made for the first time in a subtle Matt finish, and presented with an on-trend Olive Green exterior. This is matched with Perrin & Rowe Georgian brassware in a beautiful Satin Brass finish from the House of Rohl portfolio. The design project was led by Christina Gregoriou, a Partner at Michaelis Boyd who saw the design as “An opportunity to reframe our traditional understanding of the bathroom, elevating it from a place for private time to a luxurious experience.”
Taking place from the 4th June – 4th July, WOW!house is built within the Design Avenue and is a one-of-a-kind showhouse stretching 500 sqm2 with 19 full-size rooms and outdoor spaces to be explored. Nigel Palmer, Head of Communications Marketing for House of Rohl said, “Now in its third year, WOW!house has become one of the pre-eminent interiors events in Europe. As one of the event’s initial sponsors, House of Rohl is delighted to be involved once again. Christina and her team at Michaelis Boyd have conceived a spectacular bathroom, full of flair and imagination, wholly original and meticulously planned. It is the perfect showcase for our Perrin & Rowe and Victoria + Albert brands, and has many clever ideas for visitors to take away.”
On specifying Victoria + Albert’s Taizu bath Christina said, “The Taizu bath was the perfect ‘protagonist’ in both style and scale. Once its location was decided the remaining design and layout unfolded from there”. Surrounding the bath within an uplit dome is an ethereal woodland mural by French artist Claire Basler. Claire was commissioned for her outstanding attention to detail and an ability to encapsulate serenity, with a sense of movement within her work.
The brassware is from Perrin & Rowe’s Georgian collection in Satin Brass. Christina comments, “We love the craftsmanship of Perrin & Rowe, from the hand-poured casting to the perfectionism of the final polishing. The Georgian collection gives the bathroom a root in tradition.”
The charming feature vanity unit was designed and built by Goldfinger. Finished with a Rainforest Green marble from Diespeker, it includes two Laceno 56 basins, new this year from Victoria + Albert. They are paired with Perrin & Rowe Georgian Wall Mounted Basin Mixer taps, once again in Satin Brass. The vanity unit is wrapped in a ruffled skirt made of ‘Old Hollywood, Flame’, a linen-blend material by de Le Cuona.
The bathroom was strategically designed to include transitional areas of separation with areas to bathe, wash and rest. To achieve this, the team created a chequerboard effect by using Encaustic and Zellige tiles from the Mosaic Factory in three sizes to create a visual and whimsical transition for the occupier to navigate the space. Within the more intimate areas of the bathroom, the Koyohen Border tiles in ‘Vintage Green’ from Raven were chosen for their sleek design. The flecks of amber compliment the warm tones of the timber and marble. The team strategically positioned the tiles vertically to extenuate the curvature of the shower area, powder room and drying area. To complement the natural colour palette, the woodwork including the skirting boards and door architraves are painted in ‘Invisible Green’ by Little Greene.
Offering a place to reflect and relax, a bespoke daybed, designed and built by Goldfinger, is upholstered by Lawson Wood in a linen fabric named ‘Douce Nightscape’ from LF Trading. Above, a show-stopping Diamond Olive Chandelier (Amber) from COX London is positioned above. Michaelis Boyd’s design ethos of ‘luxurious design should tread lightly on the planet’ influenced Christina’s decision to render the bathroom’s walls and dome with Clayworks; a clay plaster made of unique blends of unfired clays mixed with minerals and pigments to provide healthy, breathable internal finishes.
Diversity and sustainability are core themes to this year’s WOW!house. Perrin & Rowe’s two UK sites in Wolverhampton and Rainham in East London reflect their diverse communities, helped by local apprenticeships. Victoria + Albert’s South African factory provides skilled manufacturing jobs in an area where there are few. Like many responsible organisations, House of Rohl has a long-term programme to enhance the sustainability of its processes, but there has always been a focus on making products that last, avoiding the need for wasteful replacement. Perrin & Rowe, for example, stock spares for almost every tap they have ever made. Their Customer Services team in Rainham take pride in helping owners make old taps work like new.
At the inaugural WOW!house, the House of Rohl bathroom was conceived by 2LG Studio, who created a ‘Cave of Wonders’ that provided an alternate reality to escape to in a Covid-affected year. In 2023, Studio Mico deftly blended influences from many cultures, choosing natural materials and textures to create a bathroom that felt entirely original, yet resonated with every visitor to the space. This year, the ‘Maximalist Whimsy’ of Michaelis Boyd’s delightful design offers their own unique take on a luxury bathroom. Christina comments, “The bathroom has an intimate, tranquil feel and sanctuary aesthetic, making it a room where you feel at peace and want to spend time.”
About Perrin & Rowe
The World's finest range of bathroom and kitchen fittings. Perrin & Rowe is a British-based brassware and sanitaryware manufacturer with an unrivaled reputation internationally – bringing together traditional craftsmanship and manufacturing methods with precision engineering. Perrin & Rowe is a distinctive member of the House of Rohl.
RAK Ceramics, the leading brand in ceramic and porcelain products, has enhanced its popular RAK-Des and RAK-Valet sanitaryware collections with the launch of new basin frames and towel rails.
In response to the growing demand for classical, minimalist, and boutique hotel-inspired styling, the basin frames and towel rails are available in sleek matt black and elegant chrome finishes.
The basin frames are meticulously designed to complement RAK Ceramics' wall-mount basins, offering a seamless integration that exudes modern elegance. Available in four sizes - fitting 120cm, 100cm, 80cm, and 60cm wall-mounted basins from the RAK-Valet and RAK-Des ranges - the frames ensure a perfect fit for various bathroom dimensions, leaving the floor visible and accessible.
The towel rails, available in two sizes of 76cm and 56cm, are designed to accompany the basin frames, offering convenience and style in equal measure. Whether for hand towels or bath towels, the rails provide a stylish solution for keeping essentials within easy reach while adding a touch of luxury to the bathroom space.
About RAK Ceramics Ltd
RAK Ceramics products feature in some of the most iconic buildings in the world. Known for a wide product range and the ability to produce bespoke solutions for both small and large scale projects, RAK Ceramics enable clients to bring their ideas to life. They respect, inspire, improve and deliver; today, tomorrow, no matter the ambition, no matter the challenge, RAK Ceramics take care of all the details, so you don’t have to.
Leading bathroom retailer C.P. Hart launches its Summer Sale, with savings of up to 40% on many premium bathroom collections, including those from world-leading brands and C.P. Hart’s own exclusive ranges.
The Summer Sale presents an excellent opportunity to refresh your bathroom with beautiful, durable, and functional products, from brassware in trending finishes to innovative furniture with clever storage solutions and cocooning baths for spa-like relaxation.
C.P. Hart’s Summer Sale is available to shop online or in any of its 15 showrooms. To view the offers included in the Sale, C.P. Hart’s Summer Sale Guide outlines the entire Sale offering, including collections only available from their showrooms. The Guide also acts as a useful resource for specifying projects.
A showroom appointment is an excellent place to start your bathroom planning journey. Here, C.P. Hart welcomes trade professionals to inspect product quality first-hand, discuss project ideas with a sales consultant, and arrange a meeting with a C.P. Hart designer. Please ask about C.P. Hart’s free-of-charge design and consultation services.
To ensure the availability of a sales consultant, please book an appointment here.
C.P. Hart invites all clients and industry professionals to its flagship Waterloo bathroom showroom, renowned for its café and bar inspired by the industrial aesthetic of Waterloo’s railway arches. Here, professionals can browse the very best in bathroom design over a coffee or sit down with their clients and/or C.P. Hart’s bathroom experts to discuss their specification requirements at length.
The Waterloo showroom is a source of bathroom inspiration, home to several industry-leading design studios and displays, including: - The UK’s only Cielo Studio - The UK’s only Dornbracht Design Studio - The UK’s only AXOR Design Studio - The largest number of displays featuring the exclusive Italian furniture brands Artelinea and IdeaGroup - The most extensive representation of Effe wellness in the UK - First to market and exclusive brands Park Avenue and Franz Viegener - Room set collaborations with leading designers, including Eva Sonaike, Kit Boon, Bradley Van Der Straeten, and more.
Explore C.P. Hart’s ‘Inspiration’ area here.
About C.P. Hart
C.P. Hart are an established bathroom supplier with over 80 years’ experience of specifying and sourcing the world’s most innovative and durable premium bathroom products. A successful Contracts division works for architects, interior designers and builders, often on major commercial property developments and hotels. While a highly qualified in-house design team works with individual and private clients, ensuring that each of these bespoke bathrooms is unique.
For more than 100 years, La Cornue has striven for excellence, with high standards as a guide and the pleasure of the senses as its inspiration. From the vaulted oven conceived and patented in 1908 to the custom-designed ‘haute couture’ ranges of today, La Cornue has always been able to combine authenticity and modernity, tradition and innovation, in order to embody a certain idea of the art of living the French way. La Cornue’s exceptional cooking ranges are crafted by artisans, passionate women and men. They are the result of precision know-how, which combines meticulous handling, the finest materials, attention to detail and five-star service. Appreciated throughout the world, La Cornue's creations have earned it the trust and friendship of great names in gastronomy and are suitable for preparing everything from a simple cake through to a seven-hour leg of lamb. The centrepiece and true keystone of La Cornue cookers, the vaulted oven is the fruit of the abundant imagination of Albert Dupuy, a herbalist-perfumier and a renowned gourmet. His invention in 1908, just like La Cornue, was inspired by the vaulted tunnels of the Paris metro, inaugurated in 1900. Thanks to its particular shape – then unprecedented – the vaulted oven allowed air to circulate in a natural and even way, making it the first convection oven.
The product range from La Cornue is designed to be flexible and versatile. The use of colour, the wide selection of trims and the numerous size options available all make it easy for the customer to transform their home and tell a design story through its interior. As well as its iconic ranges, La Cornue also makes kitchen islands and cabinetry. In fact, we have just launched new cabinetry designs that allow for greater symmetry in kitchen design and the lining up of horizontal surfaces for a cleaner look. The breadth of La Cornue's offering means the consumer can achieve a stylishly pared-back, look or an opulent kitchen with a real sense of drama.
The kitchen is generally seen as the heart of the home and the cooker the centrepiece of that space. La Cornue is an artisan brand which, for more than a century, has offered luxury ovens that are hand-crafted, designed for performance and are utterly beautiful. Our products are investment pieces, once-in-a-generation purchases that come with a long history of French culinary savoir-faire as standard.
La Cornue works with some of the world's most renowned interior designers and does so in a spirit of true partnership. We see ourselves as an extension of their in-house teams, working directly with them and their clients. We usually begin with a virtual consultation during which we explore every aspect of the brief, and pinpoint what is most important to the designer. We then interpret the brief to provide either a quotation or an initial design concept. The starting point can either be an interior designer's ideas and how we work within that or, more usually, we begin with the La Cornue cooker and they build around that.
One of the highlights of the past year was the launch of the gorgeous Castel 60. A brilliant small space design solution, the award-winning 60cm model is our very first cooker with a touch-sensitive induction hob, offering a range of functions and it is a joy to use. It’s also been a year of hugely successful exhibitions for La Cornue, including KBIS – the largest kitchen industry show in North America – EuroCucina in Milan, and our first-ever appearance at kbb at the NEC in Birmingham. Over the past 12 months, we've also been involved in many significant and truly exciting (but sadly secret) client projects.
There’s a real move towards adding more personality everywhere in the home and this is particularly true in the kitchen. People are moving away from the idea that everything should be neutral and are embracing colour and pattern more and we are seeing the same thing. We’ve been able to help clients make a real statement in kitchens where budgets have been tighter. For example, we've been able to meet investment level expectations – while still achieving an ultra-high-end look – by using two 90cm Cornufé models side by side to create a dramatic statement making focal point in the kitchen. Colour, too, has become more popular with designers taking advantage of La Cornue's extensive colour palette, bespoke colours and our hugely accurate colour-matching service.
Homes are becoming more personalised, with many of us wanting somewhere they feel at home in, more than one that is simply super-fashionable for a short time. We see people looking for buy-once investment pieces, subscribing to a more sustainable, longer-term approach based on high-quality pieces that will stay with them for a long period. It is the opposite of fast fashion.
We have been working with internationally renowned artists and designers to create stunning re-imaginings of three of our most iconic cookers. Ferris Rafauli is best known for seamlessly integrating timeless architecture and sumptuous interior designs into each project, with a masterful attention to detail. To create his exclusive reworking of the iconic Château Suprême collection for La Cornue, Rafauli considered and revised elements of the range to bring out its most quintessential qualities, taking the precision of the lines and exquisite details to a whole new level. Matthew Quinn – an international figure in design and architecture – has created the Château Moderne to offer contemporary styling and a new aesthetic symmetry. Finally, the French jeweller Tournaire has created a series of intricate bas-relief sculptures in bronze to further enhance the controls, handles, brackets and trims on the La Cornue collections. We have also launched a new range of sumptuous gold-plated and silver-plated trims, as well as Blue Velvet, a gorgeous navy blue satin finish, and two new bronze trims. Our smaller projects, too, are also very satisfying. It is so rewarding when you work directly with the client and provide something really special that makes a huge difference within a smaller kitchen project. Equally, we are seeing projects getting bigger and bigger and ever more elaborate.
We love working with designers and value hugely the creative conversations that come from being a member of a body like the SBID. We are also excited to see what others are doing. Every project is so very different and, having a bespoke product range, we are always challenging ourselves to realise the look and feel interior designers are striving to achieve. It is amazing how a 360º vision can be achieved through creative partnership.
About Middleby Residential Luxury and Premium Brands
La Cornue is part of Middleby Residential, a collection of premier international consumer brands dedicated to manufacturing and distributing many of the best-known and loved kitchen appliances in the world. Middleby is a world leader in developing advanced innovation and solutions for commercial, residential, and industrial foodservice. The company is proud to connect with communities through philanthropic engagement, sustainable initiatives and more. Middleby’s aim is to set the standard for tomorrow, with a goal of serving excellence in everything we do.
Adding to the family of impervious contract upholstery solutions from Skopos, Encanto provides a burst of colour and texture into commercial spaces. Marrying the key attributes: antimicrobial, impervious, soil and stain resist, the 3 designs offer amazing performance without compromising on style. Following in the footsteps of Chamonix, Moritz and, most recently, Chamonix Deuxième, the choice within the collection is designed to compliment a range of different interior schemes. With 23 completely new Skus, and 13 hot colours from our Cuba quality, each design works beautifully alone or in combination, to create simple, contemporary and stylish contract furniture pieces.
The fractured herringbone, Onda, injects a familiar yet unique texture, alongside a flexible small-scale check and our familiar Cuba linen design. The palette provides pops of colour or a choice of classical neutrals.
The three designs are provided are Halogen-free, Oeke-tex 100 compliant, Reach compliant, with Crib 5 Flame Retardant backing, the designs achieve 50,000 Martindale rubs, offering a beautiful choice for any contract interiors, whether office, education, care or high-end hospitality and cruise interiors. Along with many other Skopos upholstery fabrics, this collection comes under the Skopos Protect+ banner. Perfect for flagship interiors, with colours that compliment Skopos drapery and bedding designs, the full palette can be viewed on-line.
The collection meets the requirements for Flame Retardancy standards across the UK and Europe and meets IMO standards with the added benefit of the MED wheelmark, confirming suitability for marine/cruise-line interiors. Available immediately, with short lead-times for larger order quantities, Skopos are pleased to add this collection into their Accents range. For a copy of our Encanto shade-card pls contact our customer service team: [email protected], or for free samples of our collections, visit our website.
About Skopos Fabrics Ltd
Skopos has over 50 year's experience of supplying innovative statement fabrics and soft furnishings into flagship hotels, marine interiors and other commercial spaces. Working globally with designers and specifiers, the Skopos brand thrives on innovation. Skopos fabrics deliver on style but also meet the needs of customers looking for technical assurance and key attributes, such as acoustic options, impervious upholstery fabrics, antimicrobial and blackout; providing a fabric-only, or made-to-measure and installation service. Accredited as a Carbon Neutral organisation in 2023, sustainable operations go hand in hand with the development of new recycled products and the use of local suppliers.
Bolon, the Swedish family-owned design company, celebrates 75 years of pioneering sustainable practices in the design industry. Since its inception in 1949, Bolon has been at the forefront of transforming waste into premium woven flooring and rugs, revolutionising the way we perceive sustainable design.
From the outset, Bolon embarked on a mission to repurpose textile waste into stylish rag rugs, setting the stage for decades of sustainable innovation. Today, Bolon proudly announces a ground-breaking achievement – all products now contain an impressive 68% waste material, with zero climate impact per square metre.
Operating from its climate-neutral factory in Ulricehamn, Sweden, Bolon has made a bold decision to integrate sustainability into every aspect of its operations, abstaining from the concept of a separate green collection. Instead, sustainability is ingrained in every product, reflecting the company's unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship.
Bolon is one of the only climate-neutral commercial flooring brands where all collections are climate neutral without the need to offset carbon. Production is in its climate-neutral factory in Ulricehamn, Sweden.
In 2020, Bolon set an ambitious goal to halve its climate impact and ensure that all products contain at least 50% recycled material by 2028. Through strategic investments in talent and technology, Bolon is proud to announce that it has surpassed this goal, offering 68% recycled material across its entire product range.
"Sustainability has always been embedded in the DNA of the brand. With the implementation of BIO-sourced PVC, recycled PVC, and recycled chalk from marble slab production, we have not only exceeded our goals but also achieved zero climate impact. This is a testament to our unwavering commitment to sustainable innovation." - Marie Eklund, CEO and owner of Bolon.
As innovators in the design industry, Bolon remains steadfast in its mission to thrill the world with brave innovation for a sustainable design experience. With 75 years of pushing recycling boundaries, Bolon continues to inspire change and set new standards for sustainable design practices.
About Bolon UK
Bolon specialise in the creation of high-performance design floorings. They believe in design for the long run. Where durability and aesthetics are equally important. Where effortless cleanability and maintenance comes naturally, and honest sustainability stands above it all.
Forbes & Lomax is excited to announce its range of Invisible Lightswitch® and dimmer plates are now made from 100% recycled Perspex.
The Greencast® sheets of Perspex are created from the waste and scrap material of manufacturers and fabricators, which would ordinarily end up in landfill.
By sourcing this sustainable material, Forbes & Lomax is helping ensure it is doing its part to reduce its impact on the environment.
With offices in London, New York and LA, Forbes & Lomax switches, dimmers and sockets are sold worldwide.
All plates are handcrafted and assembled at the Forbes & Lomax workshop in Battersea.
Find out more about sustainability at Forbes & Lomax here.
About Forbes & Lomax
Forbes & Lomax has been producing elegant, innovative light switches and sockets for over thirty-five years. Renowned for launching The Invisible Lightswitch®, it has always approached lighting control from an aesthetic point of view. The Forbes & Lomax collection comprises nine carefully chosen finishes, which are suitable for traditional and contemporary interiors, making it the brand of choice for many top interior designers, architects and decorators. The range includes push buttons and dolly switches for integrating with intelligent lighting control and home automation systems. It also offers a bespoke engraving service. Visit the showroom at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.
Befitting a luxury, clean aesthetic, the Minimalist Rose is compatible with our Elements and Classic door levers and turns, as well as our Classic knobs.
At only 26mm in diameter – 16mm for turns – the Minimalist Rose sits unobtrusively on the door, allowing the fine detail and silhouette of the hardware to take centre stage.
Pair with the Minimalist Escutcheon to create a unique aesthetic. Both the Minimalist Rose and Escutcheon are available in over 25 of our signature finishes and patinas.
About Croft
Croft are passionate about perfection. Perfection in design, in manufacture and, most importantly, in meeting the requirements of its clients worldwide. It’s an ethos born and nurtured over 150 years of history and is reflected in a beautifully curated portfolio that includes over 1000 project ready designs. The knowledge and experience of the Croft team ensures they are the perfect partner for your project. Whether you require the latest collection or a custom solution, Croft combines design innovation and expert craftsmanship to produce beautiful products of the very highest quality that are as pleasurable to use as they are to look at.
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