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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019

Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019
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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019

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Overview

This document is the 2019 catalogue of Tectona, a French premium garden furniture brand with over 40 years of expertise. It showcases a curated selection of internationally renowned designers and studios, presenting their backgrounds, design philosophies, and notable works. The catalogue also serves as a practical guide for customers, detailing Tectona's points of sale across several countries.

1. Designers and Design Philosophy

Tectona collaborates with a diverse group of designers who emphasize craftsmanship, material exploration, and timeless design. The featured designers include:

  • Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Known for reinventing everyday furniture with surprising yet intuitive solutions.
  • Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby: Graduates of the Royal College of Art, recognized for experimenting with various materials and iconic designs like the 2012 London Olympic torch and the "Tecto" teak bench.
  • Constance Guisset: Celebrated for light, playful, and ethereal color compositions, with a retrospective at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.
  • Anthony Guex: Former cabinetmaker focused on material respect and detailed craftsmanship.
  • Nendo (Oki Sato): Design team creating joyful, surprising, and life-affirming products.
  • Julie Richoz: Blends artisanal and industrial design, exploring materiality and form.
  • Pierre Charpin: Inspired by minimalist art, creating playful and original furniture.
  • Isabelle Baudraz: ECAL graduate known for discreet yet impactful benches featured at Musée Picasso-Paris.
  • Inga Sempé: Focuses on essential, intuitive forms avoiding fleeting trends.
  • Christophe Delcourt: Combines craftsmanship with elegant lines and raw materials for timeless contemporary forms.
  • Wieki Somers & Dylan van den Berg: Dutch designers known for humorous reinterpretations and introducing colored powder-coated aluminum.
  • THINKK Studio: Bangkok-based studio producing simple, joyful designs with meticulous detail.
  • Tino Zervudachi: British-Greek designer with international experience in private and commercial projects.
  • BIG-GAME: ECAL graduates redesigning everyday objects with optimism and good sense.

The designers emphasize a balance between tradition and innovation, focusing on essential forms, functionality, and emotional engagement. Their works span furniture, lighting, and everyday objects, often blending artisanal techniques with industrial processes.

2. Product Collections and Specifications

The catalogue presents multiple collections, each with distinct materials, design features, and usability considerations:

  • Muse Collection (Isabelle Baudraz): Indoor oak benches with polyurethane varnish, designed for flexible interlocking configurations. Dimensions: Bench 75 (75x46x44 cm, 9 kg), Bench 110 (110x46x44 cm, 12 kg).
  • Batten Collection (THINKK Studio): Solid natural teak furniture with stainless steel screws, including armchairs, sofas, and tables. Features rhythmic spacing between battens for comfort and aesthetics. Tables partially assembled; armchairs fully assembled.
  • Clubhouse Collection (BIG-GAME): Solid teak seating with simple lines, including stackable chairs, armchairs, and sun loungers with Sunbrella cushions. Suitable for year-round outdoor use.
  • Chelsea Collection (Constance Guisset): Outdoor modular sofa in powder-coated aluminum with white Sunbrella cushions and teak-topped coffee tables. Soft lines and neutral colors suited for urban environments.
  • Grasshopper Collection (Wieki Somers Studio): Powder-coated aluminum furniture with perforated seats and backs, lightweight and agile design. Includes chairs and tables requiring leg assembly.
  • Lausanne Bench (Anthony Guex): Combines solid teak seat with powder-coated aluminum backrest, available in white, red, and blue. Dimensions: 180x63x85 cm, 24 kg.
  • Delta Outdoor Shower (Inga Sempé): Simple, discreet outdoor shower made of solid teak and stainless steel, connects to garden hose without plumbing, delivered partially assembled with ground fixing kit.

3. Materials and Construction

Collections primarily use premium materials such as solid natural teak, powder-coated aluminum, and type 304 stainless steel screws to ensure durability and weather resistance. Cushions are made from Sunbrella acrylic fabric, known for outdoor suitability. Assembly varies by product, with some items delivered fully assembled and others requiring partial assembly.

4. Design Features and Usability

  • Modularity and flexibility allow users to adapt furniture arrangements to changing spaces.
  • Designs balance aesthetics with comfort, employing rhythmic patterns, soft lines, and ergonomic proportions.
  • Collections cater to diverse environments including private homes, hotels, patios, poolsides, and heritage-listed buildings.

5. Sales and Distribution

Tectona products are available through multiple points of sale across France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The catalogue provides detailed contact information including internet addresses, email contacts, telephone and fax numbers, and physical store locations.

6. Additional Information

  • The catalogue prohibits full or partial reproduction of its content.
  • Photographers credited include Matthieu Gafsou, Jonas Marguet, and Morgane Le Gall.
  • Pricing is indicated excluding VAT.
  • Company details such as capital, registration numbers, and VAT identification are provided.

Summary

This Tectona 2019 catalogue serves as both a showcase of contemporary furniture design by renowned international designers and a practical guide for customers worldwide. It highlights the brand’s commitment to craftsmanship, innovation, and timeless design philosophy, offering a diverse range of elegant and functional outdoor furniture collections.

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Catalog excerpts

Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-2

Iremo Tino Zervudachi Muse ECAL/Isabelle Baudraz Batten THINKK Studio Clubhouse BIG-GAME Cicala Julie Richoz Copacabana Christophe Delcourt Pebble Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Chelsea Constance Guisset Grasshopper Wieki Somers Studio Tecto Barber & Osgerby Tennis Pierre Charpin Lausanne ECAL/Anthony Guex Fatback Nendo Delta Inga Sempe

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-3

Tino Zervudachi Tino Zervudachi, a Briton of Greek heritage, launched his career in London alongside the renowned British decorator David Mlinaric. The studio Mlinaric, Henry & Zervudachi (MHZ) has offices in London, Paris and New York, and has worked on several private projects worldwide, as well as large-scale commercial projects such as Porto Montenegro marina. They are Augustin Scott de Martinville, Elric Petit and Grégoire Jeanmonod. Destiny brought them together at ECAL, Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne, and this encounter ultimately led to the founding of BIG-GAME studio in 2004. Together...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-4

ECAL/Isabelle Baudraz THINKK Studio Isabelle Baudraz graduated from ECAL, following the footsteps of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and the BIG-GAME trio. With unassuming discretion, Baudraz joined the ranks of renowned designers when her benches entered Musée Picasso-Paris located in Hôtel Salé. While comfortably seated on these benches, visitors can admire and contemplate the works of the magnificent artist alongside furniture by Diego Giacometti, brother of Alberto. THINKK Studio entered the catalogue after participating in the design competition held in 2017 to commemorate Tectona’s 40th anniversary....

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-5

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Constance Guisset Ronan Bouroullec began his career in the world of furniture and drew in his younger brother, Erwan Bouroullec, who became his partner in 1999. From their base in their native Brittany and now in Paris, they have collaborated with several Italian, Scandinavian and German brands, gaining experience in varied worlds, in both public and private spaces. Each of their works is a surprise but at the same time obvious. Above all, they have a flair for reinventing everyday items. Constance Guisset's achievements are an inspiration to all female designers....

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-6

Studio Wieki Somers Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby Wieki Somers and Dylan van den Berg, graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven, created their studio in 2003. They belong to the new generation of Dutch designers who reinterpret, with insouciance and humour, our everyday environment, particularly in the garden. This approach has won praise from, among others, MoMA in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It is they who introduced Tectona to the possibilities of coloured powder-coated aluminium. Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby met while studying at the Royal College...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-7

Tectona cultivate the art of encounters in design. For over 4O years, Tectona have placed their know-how at the service of premium garden furniture. The French brand brought design and elegance to your gardens, balconies and patios, forging close relationships with a first-rate team of designers each of whom brings their own unique touch. Whether poolside or on a patio, a private home or a hotel, a listed building or at the vanguard of architecture, the winds of modernity blow wherever Studio Tectona collections are present, thanks to collaborations with renowned designers from around the world,...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-11

Iremo, 'calm' or'tranquil' in Greek, combines the warmth of teak with the lightness of aluminium, in a collection that is both classic and timeless, comfortable and generous. Whether poolside or on a patio, a private home or a hotel, a listed building or at the vanguard of architecture, Iremo features the warmth of wood, delicately mounted on a refined metal frame. Material Collection in solid teak with a structure in painted aluminium (powder-coat paint). Screws in type 304 stainless steel. Cushion covers in Sunbrella sand colour (100% acrylic). Delivered assembled (except the round table, for...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-13

ECAL/Isabelle Baudraz The new Muse seating provides a level of flexibility that is well suited to spaces that never stop changing such as Musée Picasso-Paris, for which it was created, and other spaces with ever-changing scenography. You can combine the benches in twos or threes, in fact in any way you like, thanks to a nifty design whereby benches can be interlocked discreetly. These pieces invite contemplation and meditation — who would not be delighted to have them at home or to encounter them in a hotel lobby? This collection, in oak, is for indoor use only. Benches in oak, 2-component polyurethane...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-17

THINKK Studio The Batten collection was an immediate hit with the jury of the design competition organised by Tectona in 2017. The collection, in solid teak, has fun with the spaces between battens, creating a rhythm of regular filled and empty spaces, and at the same time provides comfortable seating. The design is in the form and comfort. Harmonious and well-balanced proportions feature in every piece of this collection, which has expanded this year with the addition of a lounge and a new table size. Table and chair in solid natural teak. Screws in type 304 stainless steel. Table delivered partially...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-21

The Clubhouse collection, created in 2018 by BIG-GAME, is a collection in solid teak, with simple yet compelling lines. The seating pieces can be stacked easily and, for additional comfort, seat cushions and back cushions can be ordered. A new addition for 2019 is the sun lounger. Clubhouse can be enjoyed all year round, in a restaurant outdoor area, by a pool, in a garden or conservatory. Material Low garden lounge in solid natural teak. Screws in type 304 stainless steel. Cushions and mattress in Sunbrella Natte grey (100% acrylic) Delivered fully assembled. Mattress sunlounger Seat and backrest...

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Catalogue Studio Tectona 2019-23

Julie Richoz The Cicala collection by Julie Richoz is a combination of materials mastered by Tectona: teak and stainless steel. The gentle ondulation captivates while the sleek lines invite you to sit down. The round table has a top in rough granite, a natural accompaniment to traditional teak. Material The tables and armchairs have a frame in type 304 stainless steel painted black (powder-coated epoxy paint, granular satin finish). Screws in type 304 stainless steel. The round table has a top in granite. The square table has a top in solid teak. The stackable armchair is in solid teak. Delivered...

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