innovative Seating Furniture by brunner - Edilportale
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Press release<br />
CommuniCative and oPen –<br />
<strong>innovative</strong> <strong>Seating</strong> <strong>Furniture</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>brunner</strong><br />
<strong>brunner</strong> presents a modular piece of seating furniture<br />
and a stool and table ensemble. both are exceptional de-<br />
signs <strong>by</strong> osko+deichmann and jehs+laub.<br />
New forms of sitting – for more creativity. At this year’s Salone Internazionale<br />
del Mobile Brunner presents new contract furniture for a relaxed way of<br />
sitting <strong>by</strong> the designers jehs+laub and osko+deichmann. Their products<br />
range from a modular piece of seating furniture to an indispensable everyday<br />
object with a new design, a new interpretation of the traditional stool and a<br />
matching table.<br />
2 – 3 plot – More than a Sofa: a Way of Living<br />
4 – 5 hoc – Sculptural and Minimalist Design<br />
6 – 7 In Profile – Designers and Architects for Brunner<br />
8 – 9 Individual Designs – Brunner in Profile<br />
10 A Poetic Quality of Sitting – the New Brunner<br />
Trade Fair Stand <strong>by</strong> ippolito fleitz group<br />
11 – 12 Table of Pictures<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com
Press release<br />
Plot – more than a SoFa: a Way oF living<br />
The young Berlin design studio osko+deichmann created plot for Brunner –<br />
a space-creating, modular piece of seating furniture for various sitting positions,<br />
which can be integrated into offices, foyers or lounges like a natural<br />
“loungescape”. The open concept of use, which is based on a square module,<br />
fits in well with those who do not only want to sit but lean against, move,<br />
interact and communicate in a relaxed way. “We wanted to create a product<br />
which the user handles in a different way. You should feel free and mobile – this<br />
releases productive energy and promotes creativity,” Dr. Marc Brunner, Managing<br />
Director of the family business of the same name, is convinced. The concept<br />
of plot offers seats adjustable on three levels and interprets the function of<br />
arm and back rest in a completely new way.<br />
“How do we sit, when we are on the road? Do we wait or do we work? Do we meet<br />
and interact? Or do we rest?” These questions led osko+deichmann to the<br />
surprisingly unconventional design of plot. On the basis of a square module,<br />
six combinations of seats and rests can be realised. The middle level – the arm<br />
rest – was designed in a highly flexible way and can be repositioned without<br />
the use of tools. The upper level – the back rest – cannot be changed because<br />
of static reasons and is closely connected to the base element <strong>by</strong> striking,<br />
powder-coated diagonal bars. Various configurations are possible with this<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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concept – from individual module and classic sofa to linear structures to<br />
structures spanning corners, islands or structures stretching into a room<br />
which can be extended in all directions. A concept suited perfectly both for<br />
compact as well as for very large floor plans.<br />
Space for Personal Items<br />
For locations at which people carry luggage and bags, plot offers unconventional<br />
variants of the modules with shelves. Larger pieces of furniture can<br />
be extended <strong>by</strong> space-creating add-ons – trays, tables, planting vessels and<br />
functional wall screens – and can also be divided into different communication<br />
zones. Use of the individual levels is open and flexible: They offer generous<br />
seats and space for laptops, trays and other items.<br />
Appealing to the Senses – Colour and Material<br />
plot is characterized <strong>by</strong> a carefully developed colour concept which appeals<br />
to the senses and features a subtle mix of earthy, warm or even cooler colours.<br />
The range of colours is adapted to the colour of the lowest cushion and<br />
is available in seven colours; there are also two monochrome options. The<br />
material of the coloured seats is just as appealing: high-quality imitation<br />
leather with a fabric structure and a metallic look combined with side and<br />
back rests in grey Trevira.<br />
“We create objects on the borderline between design, new inventions and art,”<br />
Blasius Osko and Oliver Deichmann describe their design approach. Architecture,<br />
too, is not far away. The observer has the impression of architecture<br />
miniature moving dynamically in a space with shifted levels. The designers<br />
also were inspired <strong>by</strong> the form and structure of natural cascades of waterfalls,<br />
for example.<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Press release<br />
hoC – SCulPtural and minimaliSt deSign<br />
Chairs and stools are a new challenge for manufacturers again and again.<br />
How can everyday products like these be designed in such a way that they<br />
offer something new and surprising? Brunner was fascinated <strong>by</strong> the idea to<br />
extend their large range of contract furniture <strong>by</strong> a minimalist, high-quality<br />
stool; a sculptural design object of everyday life, which can be used anytime,<br />
everywhere.<br />
With “hoc”, licenced <strong>by</strong> Davis <strong>Furniture</strong> USA, the company based in Rheinau/<br />
Germany presents a new product developed <strong>by</strong> the Stuttgart designers<br />
jehs+laub, which is a new interpretation of the traditional stool: a stool made<br />
of form wood with an extremely reduced designed. Its three identical legs<br />
combine to create the seat in an elegant line – “An easily understandable,<br />
simple structure looking like a sculpture”, say the designers. The inlay of the<br />
wood emphasizes the reduced, straightforward use of forms. By dispensing<br />
with a back rest, sitting is flexible and strengthens the back; this also creates<br />
a relaxed communicative situation which is open on all sides. The well-proportioned<br />
stool is available in two heights – as a bar stool with a footrest and<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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as a low, version, which is even stackable. Clients can choose among options<br />
in beech with a natural, stained or coated finish or options in oak with a light,<br />
wenge, black stained or matt finish – suitable for various interiors.<br />
Communicating in a Relaxed Way<br />
Undoubtedly a stool has something of the improvised – an object you can<br />
easily move from one place to the other. However, with the new matching<br />
table, which will be presented in Milan for the first time, Brunner now also<br />
offers the possibility to create a harmonious ensemble with the hoc range –<br />
to communicate with your family, friends or colleagues in an uncomplicated<br />
way.<br />
Milan, April 2012<br />
Reprint free of charge / copy for reference requested<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Press release<br />
identiCal and unmiStakeable<br />
In Profile – Designers and Architects for Brunner<br />
Brunner successfully co-operates with well-known international designers.<br />
Since 2011 osko+deichmann and jehs+laub also are among the designers<br />
working together with the company based in Rheinau. To design their trade<br />
fair stand at the Milan Salone 2012 Brunner again commissioned ippolito<br />
fleitz group after their success last year.<br />
“On the borderline between design, new inventions and art”:<br />
osko+deichmann in profile<br />
During the mid-1990s, Blasius Osko and Oliver Deichmann were inspired <strong>by</strong><br />
the former separated Berlin which literally absorbed young creatives from all<br />
over the world. After studying at the University of Arts in Berlin, they started<br />
co-operating professionally in 1998 and founded their design studio “Die<br />
Wunschforscher” (“The Wish Explorers”). Objects on the borderline between<br />
design, new inventions and art are created. At the same time, the designers<br />
develop concepts for fashion and music events. In 2005, they renamed their<br />
studio “osko+deichmann”. Designs <strong>by</strong> osko+deichmann have already been<br />
exhibited at well-known institutions and museums: at the Louvre in Paris, the<br />
Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein and Berlin, the Cube Gallery in Manchester,<br />
the MoMA in Berlin, the Guggenheim Museum in Berlin, the VIA Gallery<br />
in Paris, the Holon Museum and at the Design Bienniel in Saint-Étienne. In<br />
2011, the Berlin designers started their co-operation with the contract furniture<br />
manufacturer Brunner.<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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“Designers and manufacturers are like father and mother”:<br />
ehs+laub in profile<br />
The designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub have been co-operating for<br />
more than fourteen years under the name of jehs+laub and are based in<br />
Stuttgart. They mainly work in the fields of furniture, lighting and interiors.<br />
In 1992, they completed their education at the University for Design in<br />
Schwäbisch Gmünd with a degree in product design and founded the design<br />
jehs+laub in 1994. Asked how the relation between designer and manufacturer<br />
works, they answer: “It’s like the relation between father and mother.” Next<br />
question: “And who is the father?” Both: “The designer, of course!” Laub: “And<br />
the manufacturer is the mother. It’s her who has to brood and develop, and at<br />
the end their child is born.”<br />
“Defining identity”: ippolito fleitz group in profile<br />
ippolito fleitz group is a multi-disciplinary, international working design<br />
studio based in Stuttgart. Their leitmotif is: “We are identity architects. Together<br />
with our clients we develop architecture, products and communication, which is<br />
always part of a whole and still unmistakeable. That’s how we define identity.”<br />
ippolito fleitz group’s main work lies in the fields of architecture, interior<br />
design, trade fair architecture, design, corporate identity, graphic design and<br />
electronic media. The studio was founded in 2002 <strong>by</strong> Peter Ippolito and<br />
Gunter Fleitz. Peter Ippolito had several teaching positions, among other at<br />
the University of Stuttgart.<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Press release<br />
Creating individuality: <strong>brunner</strong> in ProFile<br />
The family-run company founded in 1977 is managed <strong>by</strong> Helena and Rolf<br />
Brunner as well as Dr. Marc Brunner. The company has 350 employees.<br />
Among its business fields are the development, production and distribution<br />
of chairs, tables and contract furniture for office and administration facilities,<br />
public spaces as well as care and social facilities. The company based in<br />
Rheinau (Baden) has its pwroducts manufactured at its own production site.<br />
Since Dr. Marc Brunner joined the family business as Co-Managing Director<br />
in 2004, Brunner has turned into a design-oriented company. The strategy<br />
to only work together with outstanding international designers was already<br />
established <strong>by</strong> company founder Rolf Brunner. “What definitely distinguishes<br />
Brunner from many other manufacturers is our readiness to test technical possibilities<br />
together with the designer. We do not shy away from investing time and<br />
money to make things better still!”<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Among the well-known international designers creating products for Brunner<br />
are Wolfgang C. R. Mezger, Archirivolto, Martin Ballendat, lss designer and,<br />
since 2011, jehs+laub and osko+deichmann.<br />
Numerous design awards also contribute to the fact that the company has<br />
turned into a “leading design brand”, according to Dr. Marc Brunner. Among<br />
the outstanding most current examples is the red dot award: communication<br />
design 2011 and the iF communication award 2012 for the Brunner trade<br />
fair stand at the Milan <strong>Furniture</strong> Fair, designed <strong>by</strong> ippolito fleitz group. At the<br />
beginning of January 2012 they received the Interior Innovation Award 2012<br />
for the monobloc plastic chair “twin”, which also received the iF product design<br />
award in 2011.<br />
Milan, April 2012<br />
Reprint free of charge / copy for reference requested<br />
Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Heike Bering. Tel. +49 (0)711.74517590. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Press release<br />
a PoetiC Quality oF Sitting<br />
Trade Fair Stand <strong>by</strong> ippolito fleitz group at the Milan Salone 2012<br />
After the huge success of their trade fair stand concept in 2011, Brunner also<br />
commissioned ippolito fleitz group in 2012 with the design of this year’s trade<br />
fair stand at the Milan Salone.<br />
The architects again managed to create a fascinating and inspiring space from<br />
the simple, rectangular and unspectacular floor plan of about 100 square<br />
metres. Just as the exhibits <strong>by</strong> Brunner, the stand concept reflected the topic<br />
of sitting – “spontaneous, straightforward and almost without any limits like<br />
thoughts and inspirations which can develop in contemplative moments of sitting<br />
on a chair”, explain Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz. The whole stand is created<br />
as a setting, which should absorb visitors in an intensive spatial experience<br />
and invite them to try things out.<br />
While the central space in the middle stimulates visitors to sit on the new<br />
products plot and hoc in various ways, the architects designed the walls as<br />
poetic highlights with installations of letters, like on traditional information<br />
tables in hotel lobbies, Italian bars, airports or conference halls: “White letters<br />
on black background form associative figures and open up worlds of thoughts”,<br />
says Peter Ippolito. When coming nearer, word play and poetic sentences<br />
are formed, “formulations and tones just as varied as the individual experience of<br />
sitting on a chair”.<br />
The large, three-dimensional fabric ceiling of clouds lingering above the<br />
pieces of sitting furniture and illuminating the setting also added an emotional,<br />
poetical note – “a unique context for our new furniture,” commented the<br />
Brunner Managing Director Dr. Marc Brunner.<br />
Milan, April 2012<br />
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Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
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Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
www.<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com. Tel. +49 (0)7844.402611. E-Mail: dro@<strong>brunner</strong>-group.com<br />
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Your press contacts: Andrea Rayhrer. Tel. + 49 (0)711.62007838. E-Mail: presse@<strong>brunner</strong>-info.de<br />
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Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
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Your company contact: Dirk Roesner. Manager Marketing & Kommunikation. Brunner GmbH. Im Salmenkopf 10. D-77866 Rheinau.<br />
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