http://www.fig40.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:01:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are extremely proud to announce that Ray has been selected as a 2009 winner of The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards.  Ray was designed for Allseating Corporation and launched at Neocon in 2009.  "Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, ... http://www.fig40.com/2010/01/ray-and-the-chicago-athenaeum/ Greenhorn was the code name for a product that efficiently solves a single nagging problem most people have encountered in their workplace  -  runaway cables.  The name came from a tongue-in-cheek derivation from the idea of corralling all of these runaway cables with the approach of a neophyte, or in ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/12/greenhorn-for-figforty/ 2008 Typical design projects are about producing a product. But what if your challenge is a process, that you cannot find a solution to? Chris McDonald, head chef and owner of Cava Restaurant and XOCOCAVA in Toronto, had to identify his delicious chocolate truffles with 2 letters. His ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/10/nicholas-cage-for-xococava/ We are pleased to announce that Lee has been invited to speak at the International Interior Design Association neoconnect 2009 event in Newport Beach California, Thursday October 22nd, 2009.  He will be giving a presentation on the work of figforty, and our studio's approach to designing objects. http://www.fig40.com/2009/09/iida-neoconnect-2009/ We are extremely pleased to announce that our Ray chair, designed for Allseating, was awarded Silver this week at Neocon.  "Neocon is Celebrating its 20th year, the Best of NeoCon®(BON) honors new commercial interiors products. These products are introduced to the market in 45 categories ranging from Alternative Office to Workplace ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/06/ray-wins-silver-at-neocon-2009/ We are pleased to announce that both the Ray and You chairs will be previewing in Allseating's showroom in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago from June 15-17, 2009.  Follow the links for more information. http://www.fig40.com/2009/06/ray-you-at-neocon/ 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 ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/05/cista-at-torontos-terminal-1/ 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 ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/05/figforty-intro/ 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 ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/05/ray/ 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 ... http://www.fig40.com/2009/05/you/