Cista has the honourable distinction of being selected to be part of the Socially Responsible Design exhibition in the US Departures area of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1. “Socially Responsible Design (SRD), whether focussed on the individual or wider society, moves beyond economic and consumerist considerations to embrace ethical, emotional and …
introducing figforty
We are pleased to introduce figforty. figforty came about early in 2008, as a way for Terence Woodside of Masetak Innovation Capital Inc. and Lee Fletcher of Fig Industrial Design Inc., to collaborate in the creation of compelling objects, and to broaden our collective experience and offering.
The projects contained here are a selection from the past 2 years work. …
Ray for Allseating
Ray is a conference and executive chair developed for Allseating, one of North America’s leading chair manufacturers in the contract furniture industry, in collaboration with Cooler Solutions Inc.. It began with an idea for an ‘endoskeleton’ chair, exercised through a very rational form, and with the partnership with Allseating, it took an additional step by integrating a new …
You for Allseating
You is a fully featured ergonomic task chair that traces its lineage back to a number of Allseating’s hugely successful mesh chairs. We developed a number of features on this chair for Allseating, helping them turn a strong concept into a launchable chair.
You offers a full contact mesh back that articulates in such away …
Cista Shows at IDS2009
Cista, our rainwater harvesting concept, developed in conjunction with MossSund Architects, had the privilege of being selected to be part of the Toronto Interior Design show “Prototype” exhibit. Shown February 5-8 209 at the Direct energy Centre in Toronto, we were among some good company, with exhibitors from the US and France also selected. The …
CISTA
CISTA is a rain water harvesting system concept, optimized for use in an urban setting. It utilizes a small footprint coupled with a vertical format to achieve a substantial capacity, with the addition of useable water pressure. It is a concept we created in collaboration with MossSund Architects.
We began by analyzing what it is that …