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Unique Lives & Experiences | Featuring Bensen Furniture
Brand Focus, Event | Published on February 6, 2012
Tuesday February 7th, Honourable Michaelle Jean speaks of her life and career working as a journalist and broadcaster for the CBC and Radio-Canada and later, as the Governor General of Canada. Inform is proud to be providing the on-stage furnishings for this and several other Unique Lives & Experiences events. Many of the pieces were designed and are manufactured in Vancouver by Bensen. Bensen was established 21 years ago and since it’s inception, has been owned and operated by Niels Bendtsen, a highly regarded designer from Denmark who now calls Vancouver home.
Several of the pieces on-stage (left to right): Torii, Everest, Radius, and HomeworkWith a strong focus on creating high-quality furniture and maintaining most of it’s production in-house, Bensen continues to grow and offer end-users optimal quality at affordable prices.
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IDSwest Media Preview | Showing Great Form
Event, Staff Picks | Published on June 24, 2011
On Tuesday evening, the IDSwest team gave a small taste of what we can expect this year, September 29th through October 2nd. The event was held at the site of architect Michael Katz’ L41 Ultra Compact Home, at BCIT on Great Northern Way.
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Salone del Mobile 2011
Event, Staff Picks | Published on April 12, 2011
iSaloni in Milan, the worlds biggest exposition for furniture, lighting and accessory manufacturers from around the globe. Every year, some of the Inform staff makes the journey overseas to get a first look at all of the new and upcoming products. Below is the first batch of photos from the fair.
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Featured Products | Unique Lives & Experiences
Event | Published on February 7, 2011
This year, the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts is hosting evenings with some of the most influential women today. Unique Lives & Experiences is a very special, multi-evening lecture series designed to motivate, challenge and enlighten anyone with an open mind and a strong desire to learn from the personal experiences of the distinguished speakers. These delightful evenings also include question and answer periods.
Inform is proud to provide the on stage furnishings for this event. If you are fortunate enough to take part in the first evening and are curious about any of the pieces seen on stage, we have provided you with a quick break-down and brief descriptions. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here to visit the Unique Lives & Experiences website.
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Organic by VitraDesigned by Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen
The Organic Chair is a comfortable small reading chair and was made in 1940 as a contribution to the New York MoMA’s “Organic Design in Home Furnishings” competition. Formally speaking it was ahead of its time, but owing to the lack of manufacturing techniques, never went into series production. It was not until after 1950 that it became possible to manufacture larger quantities of organically shaped seat shells and market them.
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Flash Factory | Inform & Tom Dixon
Event, In Store | Published on November 18, 2010_
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Join us on November 27th from 11am until 5pm to witness Tom Dixon’s new Etch lamp and Etch candle holder in production.
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Flash Factories in Milan and Hong KongWhat would normally be a static furniture showroom window is transformed into a Flash Factory where the processes of industrial production are brought directly to the customer. A limited number of exclusive products are made and sold on site. Etch is a digitally manufactured collection that includes a light and candle-holder in brass. Everything is sold on a first come first serve basis. Visitors can purchase a version that has been fully assembled at the factory window, or a flat-packed version to complete at home. The Flash Factory demonstrates Future Industry and the new found power of the designer, able to service world markets with the latest products in greatly reduced time scales.
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