SPLINTER WORKSHOP – DESIGN IN ACTION

Invisible Citizens: Designing for the Disabled

Have we failed to provide equal access and equal opportunity for the disabled community? Where can A+D improve?

Pelikan Modular Sofa Series designed by Pelikan Copenhagen

This Sofa Series is made up of five basic modules, Curved Corner Back; Straight Back; 1 Seat; 2 Seat and 3 Seat.  You can make endless combinations, for example, three, four, five, six seater sofas, chaise, corner sofa, single seats, love seats, benches and ottomans that can be single, two seater, three seater etc. It’s […]

Andrea Stevens

Andrea is Indesign’s New Zealand correspondent, inspired by the creative people she meets and the places she visits.   What you do: I write about people, architecture, art and design. I collaborate with New Zealand architecture photographer Simon Devitt. Where you live: Point Chevalier, a harbour-side suburb close to Auckland City, New Zealand. Favourite designer/design: […]

Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair

In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.

Think Circular – Circularity Principles for Furniture & Fitout

Presented by Living Edge

What sits behind your desk design now matters more than what’s on it.

Specification now centres on systems that drive performance, compliance, and lasting impact—not just materials.

Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair

In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.