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It is no secret that nature is one of the great healers. In our day-to-day lives, a short walk or even a moment outside on the doorstep provides us with a short, sharp burst of oxygen needed to refresh and reinvigorate our minds. In contrast, the buildings in which we spend so much time can feel sterile, dry, and ‘airless,’ and can affect our health and ability to Pollutants and poor indoor air quality are causing loss of concentration, fatigue concentrate. Indoor air is often more polluted than outdoor air, brought about by a cocktail of pollutants more formally known as Volatile Organic...

Eames House, California, 1945 Kamal Meattle Whilst architects and planners place great emphasis O2ASIS , an assortment of furniture items have been on orienting their buildings to maximise views to designed with the added function that they can easily nature and vegetation, in so doing have somehow ‘host’ a variety of vegetation. Four renowned design created a greater split from our natural surroundings. studios – Claesson Koivisto Rune, Front, Jean-Marie It is this paradox that caught the imaginations of Massaud and Luca Nichetto – have responded to the Offecct’s founders Kurt Tingdal and...

Areca Palm, Mother-in-law’s Tongue and Money Plant do all actively absorb toxins and release more oxygen. O2 ASIS – GREEN PADS by Luca Nichetto allergies. As people settle into new buildings, they in- of yesteryear, where “every entrance way, corridor, stinctively want to introduce greenery.” and room integrated plants in a unique way.” Koivisto has enjoyed observing the integration of Offecct have chosen to take his GREEN PADS de- vegetation in our urban environment, and he cites sign into production, the idea for which came about multiple inuences to the development of his ideas when the...

O2 ASIS – GREEN TRAYS by Claesson Koivisto Rune O2 ASIS – GREEN ISLANDS by Jean-Marie Massaud for vegetation in a exible way that makes it possible in recent years. It’s not about the vegetation in itself, to integrate greenery into interiors.” but about the added value that green environments French designer Jean-Marie Massaud’s designs create. In line with our longstanding commitment to are large upholstered divans with space for vegeta- create sustainable designs, it was an obvious step for tion, called GREEN ISLANDS . A plant can be inser- us to create conditions for a better indoor...

O2 AS I S – G R E E N PE D E STALS by Front GREEN PEDESTALS can be used as room dividers. Some versions have dimensions that t perfectly at the side of a desk, other ts in height next to a seat or a window. It is possible to add a seat or a table top to the round models.

G R I P VAS E by Satyendra Pakhalé GRIP is a table made of Corian® that is easy to move thanks to the handle on the tabletop. GRIP VASE ts perfectly into Grip’s handle, creating the opportunity for integrating greenery into the table. O2 AS I S – G R E E N TRAYS by Claesson Koivisto Rune GREEN TRAYS is a set of tables in three different sizes for placement of owers and plants. GREEN TRAYS are built upon a large tray in black lacquered metal with a frame and legs lacquered in green with plastic glides.

O2 AS I S – G R E E N I S LAN D S by Jean-Marie Massaud GREEN ISLANDS are ottomans with space for vegetation. The key is that the vegetation is part of the furniture. GREEN ISLANDS come in two versions – one circular and one square.

O2 AS I S – G R E E N PE D E STALS by Front O2 AS I S – G R E E N I S LAN D S by Jean-Marie Massaud

O2 AS I S – G R E E N PAD S by Luca Nichetto GREEN PADS is a table for the placement of owers and plants. By combining a number of GREEN PADS next to or on top of each other, a feeling of a single piece of greenery is created.

O2 AS I S – G R E E N TRAYS by Claesson Koivisto Rune

O2 AS I S – G R E E N PE D E STALS by Front GREEN PEDESTALS can be used as room dividers. Some versions have dimensions that t perfectly at the side of a desk, other ts in height next to a seat or a window. It is possible to add a seat or a table top to the round models. SOU N DWAVE PLANTE R by Mario Ruiz SOUNDWAVE PLANTER is a complement to the SOUNDWAVE collection, offering the possibility to add greenery into SOUNDWAVE interiors.

O2 AS I S – G R E E N D IVI D E R by Louise Hederström GREEN DIVIDER meet the demands to create a room within an ofce environment or any other open space. Angled corners in both ends makes it exible and it can be placed in different formations or simply by itself. GREEN DIVIDER works perfectly well with smaller plants; or in fact – even without plants. WI N DOW PLANTE R by Eero Koivisto WINDOW is a table with a tabletop in white lacquered MDF with coloured glass and legs in chrome. WINDOW PLANTER integrates greenery into WINDOW by replacing the original glass with an insertion for owers and...

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WI N DOW PLANTE R by Eero Koivisto SOU N DWAVE PLANTE R by Mario Ruiz Production and art direction: Markus Moström Design, Wolfgang Design Cover photography: Patrik Enquist Illustration: Jonas Bergstrand Photography: Peter Råberg and Jann Lipka Copyright © OFFECCT 2012

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