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— We care about happy and healthy spaces BuzziSpace creates solutions for happy and healthy workspaces around the world since 2007. Driven by an unbounded passion for solving modern workspace design challenges, we continuously reimagine furniture, lighting and acoustic office solutions. Our in-house studio collaborates with talented designers to provide new ways of working and living—comfortably, collaboratively and sustainably. Improving the world through design is what drives us every day. This is reflected in numerous design awards and partnerships with well-known designers. With showrooms...

Our journey FOUNDED IN ANTWERP BELGIUM SAS ADRIAENSSENS DESIGNED THE FIRST PRODUCTS FOR BUZZISPACE OVAM Ecodesign Award PRO 2009 (BuzziScreen, BuzziZone and BuzziBoard) OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL FAIRS ALAIN GILLES STARTED DESIGNING FOR BUZZISPACE THE FIRST YEAR WE ATTENDED ORGATEC (DE) Henry Van de Velde Award 2011 (company) OPENING LONDON SHOWROOM FIRST TIME EXHIBITING AT NEOCON (US) KONTICH (BELGIUM) WITH THE BUZZICHICKENS We welcomed some BuzziBees at the BuzziCampus, because treating them well is very important to our planet 2011 Designer of the Year 2012 (Alain Gilles) The year we started...

Manufacturing At heart, we’re all makers. We’re born that way. Each one of us possesses the skills to create things that will amaze and surprise others, even ourselves. It happens daily at our local manufacturing facilities in Bladel (NL) and High Point (US)—fueled by a shared desire to make durable and highquality furnishings, both facilities bring out that extra sparkle in every BuzziSpace product that sets the brand apart from the compe

Local Manufacturing in Bladel & High Point Furniture-making is a tradition that goes back many years in both Bladel and High Point. While the story behind each facility is unique, a common thread unites them: the ability to create quality products of the highest standards. In fact, the rich legacy of manufacturing furniture in both areas is a major reason why BuzziSpace chose Bladel and High Point for its manufacturing locations. Just across the border of Belgium in the Netherlands, you will find our manufacturing facility in Bladel. From the outside, it might look like any other production facility,...

Designers BuzziSpace has always given opportunities to both upcoming and established designers to develop products and ideas that match the DNA of BuzziSpace. These designs are often ahead of their time and each tells a unique story. They do not only look good but they also meet a particular need

14 — BuzziSpace Stories BuzziSpace — 15 14 — BuzziSpace Stories BuzziSpace — 15 Sas Adriaenssens (t I don't design with the 'new way of working' in mind, because I believe that people work and live how they want to. It's my role as a designer to listen to their needs and try to give them a personalized solution. Sas Adriaenssens obtained a master's degree in graphic design and illustration and after several years in marketing, naturally moved into the world of interior and product design. After many years of experience in companies of all shapes and sizes, she went freelance in order to create...

16 — BuzziSpace Stories BuzziSpace — 17 13&9 Design tt We encourage interdisciplinarity in every design project. Our different backgrounds give us the flexibility to use unconventional skills in developing new products. Austrian product design firm 13&9 was founded in 2013 in Graz and is based on the partnership between architect and CEO of INNOCAD Architecture, Martin Lesjak (Contract magazine's Designer of the Year) and designer Anastasia Su (who also studied medicine). 13&9 is a design studio for international companies and also has its own label that designs, produces and sells their own...

Gerd Couckhuyt All our furniture designs share a certain relationship: there is always a link, a kind of visual logic and a magical interplay of relationships. Call it unity in diversity if you will. Conspicuous details give all our designs a distinct identity and catch everyone’s eye. AWARDS  Interior Design HiP Awards 2017 in category ‘Hospitality: Seating’ (BuzziBounce - Honoree) BUZZISPACE PRODUCTS BuzziBounce BuzziPlank Belgian designer Gerd Couckhuyt opened his own design studio ‘Bhoom’ in 2012 and was a late bloomer in the design world. At a very young age, he began his career at Bekaert...

20 — BuzziSpace Stories BuzziSpace — 21 Axel Enthoven Axel Enthoven (1947) a big name in design land. With his design bureau, Yellow Window (formerly known as Enthoven Associates Design Consultants), he not only designs furniture but also buses, trams, trains or even medical equipment. This Antwerp-based design bureau has already made 1,900 products, and is active worldwide in product development, design consultancy and innovation research. The team has won several awards, including various Red Dot Design Awards and IF Design Awards. For his pioneering work in the design sector, Axel Enthoven...

is Not a Luxury From the very beginning, acoustics have been a driving force when developing or considering new products. A well-balanced room with a perfect acoustical level is a key factor to the performance and well-being of workers all over the world and therefore our logical main concern. For BuzziSpace, acoustics is more than just a generic word. It’s our way of caring for workers and contributing to a pleasant working environment by balancing any given space with the recommended reverberation time and enhancing the speech intelligibility.

24 — BuzziSpace Stories UnderstandinguAeiSpaliicis — 25 24 — BuzziSpace Stories UnderstandinguAeiSpaliicis — 25 UNDERSTANDING ACOUSTICS Sound consists of pressure waves running through the air. It can be described as energy, created by vibrations, transmitted through the air or any other medium. The inner ear converts those vibrations into electric signals, which are sent to our brain, where they will be processed and perceived as the actual sound coming in. Consequently, sounds are perceived differently depending on the frequency, intensity (decibel), and reverberation time in a room. Frequency...