Dominion Post 30 th June 2014
A Wellington company’s chair design has recently won gold in the marquee event at the “Olympics” of commercial interior design in the United States.
Lower-Hutt based Formway Design, originally established in 1956 as Petone Engineering, won the award at the NeoCon trade show in Chicago this month.
NeoCon was attended by more than 40,000 architecture and design professionals, and is considered North America’s largest conference of its type.
Entries were made by 700 exhibitors in 39 different categories, ranging from desking to lighting and chairs.
Formway Design’s Remix office chair won gold in the task seating category, which company co-general manager Kent Parker described as equivalent to winning the 100 metre sprint at the Olympics.
“If you win this one, you’ve got a pretty good foundation for the upcoming period.
WINNER: The Remix family of chairs in the Knoll showroom at the Neocon fair in Chicago.