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Article: Curves for comfort at Allsteel. (new furniture system by Otto Zapf) (Market) (Brief Article)
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- Interior Design
- Article date:
- June 1, 1991
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Curves for Comfort at Allsteel
Otto Zapf, probably best known in the United States for his namesake open plan system he designed for Knoll in 1973, has created a new furniture system for Allsteel. Called Aurora, the system represents a further development of his concepts for the office environment as a place that should be enhanced by great comfort with a furniture system sporting a unified aesthetic.
Whereas his previous system, Zapf says, was based on an existing residential storage and display system, Aurora was created from the ground up. For aesthetic unification and comfort, it was his intention to employ many round, smooth edges that were inviting to ...