Life, sustainable comfort

Life is a sustainable chair deign from Knoll, manufactured using clean technology in keeping with the eco design principles of reduce, reuse and recycle green guard certified, Life helps people meet the U.S. green building Council’s leed™ requirements. Uses minimum materials in construction and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminium structure and VOC-free paints and adhesives Raw materials with a recycled content of 52% (plastic version) and 62 % aluminium version that provides a 100 percent recycled content chair.

Unique ceiling structure

 

The project is a 3500 sf art gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The client requested two gallery spaces, an office area, a storage packaging area, a reception desk, a meeting table where clients could scan the website for other pieces in the collection and finally a bar area for art openings. The existing space had a beam and column configuration that ran down the middle north south in a wiggly line. Initially, this existing condition was thought to be a problem. The solution was to use the pattern of the existing beam and columns to organize the space and direct the form.

Primarily the existing beam and column pattern was used to create a custom luminous ceiling that contains all the HVAC, sprinkler and lighting elements. The lines in the ceiling are made of mill finish aluminum flat bar that hold up translucent panels and, in some instances,  extend from the ceiling to become light fixtures over key locations in the space. The office and packaging area were placed in the middle creating the division between front and rear galleries.

Change what you got

packaging for Re-use is a product that recycles the cardboard your laptop arrives in by changing it into a protective carrying sleeve. Assembly is easy, and all necessary materials are included in the original packaging. The cardboard casing is treated with natural wax to protect it from spills, and instead of the usual polystyrene foam , Packaging for Re-Use utilizes sheep’s wool felt which can be recycled and composted. All it takes is a few simple cuts, folds, and glue to make the transformation. Check out the other pics to see how it works. From the portfolio of Eoin McNally in Dublin, Ireland.