Sam Haughton picks up top furniture design gong
By Deirdre Robert,
A couple of months back we
attended Fisher & Paykel’s Social Kitchen as part of the Urbis Design Day celebrations. The
Social Kitchen was a collaborative design process between chefs Natalia
Schamroth and Carl Koppenhagen of the Engine Room restaurant, design
agency Alt Group and furniture designer Sam Haughton and his team at IMO
furniture design. And it seems Haughon’s furniture designs, namely his
colourful ‘A2’ stool, made quite the impression, with the designer winning the
top spot at Home magazine’s New
Zealand Design Awards, which were held last night to honour the best in new
furniture designs.
The ‘A2’ powder-coated aluminium stool is the result of a brief Haughton and his team were delivered to create a light, cost-effective and colourful seat that would compliment the one-off custom ‘Fiord’ table (also a finalist in the awards) he also created with his team.
The remaining finalists in the awards were Phil Cuttance for his ‘Weld’ vases, David Moreland for his ‘Band’ Shelves, Nathan Goldsworthy for his ‘Adjutant’ Table, Marl Seeney for his ‘Ruin’ Side Table, Jamie McLellan for his ‘Odin’ Chair, David Trubridge for his ‘Sola’ Light, and Alex Webster for his ‘Isla’ Chair and Ottoman.
This year’s awards were judged by the director of Auckland's Objectspace Gallery, by Philip Clarke.
Alex Webster
David Moreland
Jamie McLellan
Mark Seeney
Nathan Goldsworthy
Comments
andre hodgskin
Sam your A2 stool is really A1! - well done.
Richard J Woods
My house has a lot of solid oak furniture, and I was thinking of spicing it up with other materials like plastic and such, and this post definitely gave me a head start and some inspiration. The only regretful thing is that these pieces are not available commercially.
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