Wednesday 11 November 2009

naughtone raises the bar

The Parlour is a 300-cover bar/restaurant situated within one of London’s largest landmarks, One Canary Wharf. Naughtone worked closely with the designers to utilise a rustic yet modern style. The Parlour consists of a main restaurant complete with long party tables, a cocktail lounge, mezzanine area for private events and 68-cover alfresco area leading onto Canada Square Park.
White Ped tables were carefully chosen for their simple, understated form. This is complimented throughout by the elegant wire framed Reg chair range. Different citrus colours were used to add vibrancy to the interiors and cleverly separate the interior/exterior spaces.The result is stunning, unique interior which performs well as a flagship for the rapidly growing bar franchise.

Friday 6 November 2009

Executive Reception Area designed to minimise environmental impact.

naughtone worked with a local designer to create a classic executive reception area for their £10 million redevelopment of Toronto Square. The brief demanded a sophisticated space for the building’s main reception gateway by using distinguished and refined furniture pieces.
Toronto square has excellent sustainability credentials which naughtone are proud to support. The building recently received a top rating for its environmental performance. Becoming the first extensive redevelopment/refurbishment project it the city to achieve an ‘excellent’ REEAM rating.
naughtone continues to reduce the environmental impact of our products. Our frames can be supplied with FSC certified hardwoods and carbon neutral fabrics. Our manufacturing efficiencies continue to develop and as with all naughtone pieces, the range is designed and manufactured locally in the UK. This ensures manufacturing miles are kept to an absolute minimum. The Cyde chair was originally designed especially for the BBC who fell in love with the shape of naughtone's portion range but preferred a more formal upright seating position. The resulting Clyde has been a successful choice for unique executive areas ever since.
Clyde compact was used due to its defined and distinctive profile; which is then complimented by the luxurious and comfortable buttoned seat. In this instance Black JMT Leather was used to contrast with the white interior and coffee tables to great effect.
the naughtone team share a passion and expertise for furniture and architectural interiors. It is this enthusiasm that helps us to offer the best possible service to all our friends and clients. If you think we could help with a current project then feel free to ring our helpful team on +44(0)113 242 7403.

Tuesday 29 September 2009

naughtone at London Design week - Hush lounge chair Launch




The newest addition to the naughtone collection was met with a great response at this year's 100% design. Here are the first studio shots following the Hush's September launch.

Visit the naughtone homepage for more images and info. http://www.naughtone.com/

This year's Icon Design Trail Cafe was produced using unique British Furniture supplied by naughtone. This allowed visitors to appreciate the collection in a much more relaxed setting whilst planning their next stop on London's exciting design trail.

Friday 18 September 2009

Hussssshhh.....it's a sneak peak - Hush chair launch at 100% design 2009

On Thursday the 24th September at 4pm naughtone’s newest product, the Hush chair (pictured below) will be unveiled at 100% design.

As you settle down into the Hush its flared sides offer a sanctuary from the everyday hubbub. Allowing you to finally make that important call or sit down and finalise those plans with a colleague. All the while the Hush’s wings provide gentle comfort and security to communicate or relax in confidence. View the chair at www.naughtone.com
The piece is designed by Kieron Bakewell, and features naughtone’s distinctive, award winning style and high quality finish. Hush is constructed with a moulded plywood frame and finely upholstered over CMHR foams. Available with splayed solid hardwood legs in a variety of finishes or an elegant steel sled base.
naughtone will be sponsoring this years Icon café where you will find us at stand L80. Our finest pieces will be on show including the recently launched Pollen stool range by David Fox. You are invited to come and visit us and experience the new pieces including the Hush chair for yourself. Feel free to pop by, or if you would prefer, book a showing with one of our team by simply contacting info@naughtone.com or 0113 242 7403

Monday 7 September 2009

Toronto Square

naughtone worked on this Leeds based project with a local designer to create a classic executive reception area. The Clyde was originally designed especially for the BBC who loved the shape of naughtone's portion range but preferred a more formal upright seating position. The resulting Clyde has been a successful choice for unique executive areas ever since.
Clyde compact was used due to its defined and distinctive profile; which is then complimented by the luxurious and comfortable buttoned seat. In this instance Black JMT Leather was used to contrast with the white interior and coffee tables to great effect.
the naughtone team share a passion and expertise for furniture and architectural interiors. It is this enthusiasm that helps us to offer the best possible service to all our friends and clients. If you think we could help with a current project then feel free to ring our helpful team on +44(0)113 242 7403.

Monday 17 August 2009

naughtone turns to face the summer sun

A recent addition to the naughtone range is a smooth running swivel mechanism, helping our Gloria lounge chair and trim armchair face the sun where ever it is.
Both swivel additions are grounded with our elegantly shaped solid aluminium pedestal base. This detail is shared across the pedestal table range allowing collections of lounge seating and tables to be used coherently.
To compliment the spinning chair trim is also now available in acompact dimension (700mmx700mm). Trim compact on theswivel base is a functional alternative to any traditional tub chair.
For more information on the Gloria and trim swivel chairs visit the relevant sections on our website www.naughtone.com or contact naughtone directly. +44(0)113 242 7403

Wednesday 12 August 2009

Pollen Stool and Table

OFFICIAL 2009 LAUNCH
naughtone is proud to announce our newest product for 2009. Designed by award winning British designer David Fox, pollen is a dynamic breakout seating system that can be creatively configured to suit any corporate, public or educational space.Pollen’s obvious tessellation capabilities follow naughtone’s approach to graphic, approachable products. The hexagon is a natural shape to repeat and create patterns with. We hope it will obsess others as it has naughtone, to move the shapes around and lock them into place.
Pollen is a response to a growing need for loose furniture in open spaces that can be reconfigured, create a lively atmosphere and above all perform. The limitless configurations allow the pollen to adapt to any interior, be it a winding meander amongst high columns or a group of clusters in an open space.
Pollen is available on two styles of base and has a comfortable upholstered seat. The table pieces use the same options and tessellate perfectly with the stools. A wide variety of upholstery finishes and table surfaces are available.

Monday 10 August 2009

Track Seating Islands

Following the success of the track sofa system, naughtone has worked closely with architects and designers to specify useful combinations of this modular system.
One of naughtone's big advantages to architects and designers is our design literate team and UK production. This allows us to tailor products to exact requirements where necessary. Recently we have worked with a London architect to create large sculptural seating islands for a vast atrium space. The seating islands are based on the track sofa's CNC quilting detail which is what originally caught the eye of the architect. Here, the track seating islands compliment the other naughtone products in the scheme perfectly.naughtone prides itself on its ability to work with architectsand designers closely; the two founding directors are designers themselves and are always focussed on getting involved with the details when naughtone products are specified. The technique of CNC quilting was first used in the UK by naughtone for upholstered furniture. It was a long process to develop the quilting technique for upholstery foam and achieve consistent results; but naughtone was determined to perfect the process for the track sofa system knowing full well that it had many more possibilities such as the recent seating islands.
Now fully developed, the system to create endless shapes of the track seating islands is available to all. Alongside developing current collections and new products naughtone is now on the look out for the next furniture challenge!

Wednesday 5 August 2009

trim sofa. Now in full production

After launching the Trim sofa collection as a prototype at 100% Design 2008, naughtone are proud to announce the Trim collection is now in full production. The new Trim sofa collection is the latest naughtone product designed by Stefan Bench of In the Detail. Utilising naughtone’s quality approach to upholstery Trim has been created with a deep understanding of upholstery detailing, giving the product character, comfort and a competitive price point.
naughtone prides itself on its quality upholstery, and this attention to detail has given the Trim collection its name. By concentrating on the meeting points of the separate elements the Trim sofa is more a kin to contemporary automobile detailing. This collection also continues naughtone’s family of designs with a considered repetition of radiuses allowing the eye to flow easily over each piece.
The pure graphic form of the armchair, two seat, three seat and
bench options is complimented with two leg options and a vast selection of fabrics and leathers. The option to create a two tone effect between the backrest and seat allows colour to be introduced to the piece whilst not letting it overwhelm the design. Leg options consist of subtle, straight aluminiumlegs or brushed stainless steel sled legs allowing the piece to be fully customized.
Trim is constructed with a solid hardwood frame from a sustainably managed forest; the range is part of naughtone’s localised and environmentally aware production process. naughtone’s full environmental policy is available upon request.