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Offecct opens a new meeting arena in central Stockholm
Swedish furniture and design company Offecct makes a new start in Stockholm and moves from the modern Flat Iron Building on Torsgatan to a historical station building at Lilla Bantorget 11. Here a meeting arena is created where Offeccts contemporary design meets 19th century architecture.
− Stockholm is a center for design and innovation and continues to be an important base for us as we expand internationally, says Offecct CEO Kurt Tingdal.
Offecct with headquarters and production in western Sweden has been established in Stockholm since 1992, in recent years in Torsgatan ("Flat Iron Builiding"). The company also has meeting arenas in Milan, Oslo, Gothenburg and Stockholm.
The new arena in Stockholm is located in a station building from 1893, designed by architect Folke Zetterwall, just 200 meters from the former premises.
− The contrast between the historical architecture and our contemporary international design make this a very exciting and inspiring place, says Kurt Tingdal.
The 180 square meter arena has a soft tonality with a slightly stricter color scale in gray and nature. Conference rooms, lounge and offices are based on an activity-based way of working.
Kurt Tingdal emphasizes that this will be an active meeting arena for discussions about design, sustainable furnishings and future attractiveness.
- Traditional showrooms where visitors only look at furniture has played out its role. Here we want people to get knowledge, talk and meet other people. A little like coming home to us, he says.
FACTS
Offecct Stockholm Address: Lilla Bantorget 11
Opening: May 31st Time: 17.00-20.30. Food & music. Opening ceremony around 18.00
More information:
Katarina Fellbrant, Press Manager Offecct Tel: +46 709-997771 E-mail: katarina.fellbrant@offecct.se
Offecct is today one of the leading design companies in Scandinavia. Development is made in close cooperation with some of the world leading designers, such as Jasper Morrison, Jean Marie Massaud, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Neri & Hu, Cecile Manz, Front, Monica Förster and others. The company’s business model, Offecct Lifecircle, is the soul of the company and is based on the desire to create a sustainable life cycle for all business in the company and responsibility in each detail – before, during and after the product is being sold.
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Offecct AB is a Swedish entrepreneur-led company with its headquarters and production in Tibro, Sweden. The company was founded in 1990 by Kurt Tingdal (CEO) and Anders Englund (Design Manager). They are both still actively involved in the company. The Group has 80 employees and had sales of SEK 150 million. Half of sales comprise exports to more than 50 countries. Our business is run in our own premises which have a total area of around 20,000 m2. The company has showrooms in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Tibro (Sweden), Oslo (Norway) and Milan (Italy). Offecct is a part of the Scandinavian Business Seating Group (SBS), an international group focusing on design and development of furniture for working places.
For more information, please contact:
PR manager Maria Ragnarsson, +46(0)70-585 27 82, maria.ragnarsson@offecct.se
PR support & images Sanna Rosell, +46 (0)70-872 02 15, sanna.rosell@offecct.se
