We are excited to announce the launch of our much anticipated Miro task chair at Sydney InDesign this week. Miro has all the hallmarks of a star perfromer and promises to become a signature part of our range.
We can’t wait to showcase it as a part of the Collection at the Galleria, 2 Locomotive St Eveleigh, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Please come and check it out!
Trak was released earlier this year with our 2013 Catalogue and has quickly become a popular choice for many recent fitouts.
Apart from its contemporary aesthetic, it’s popularity has much to do with it’s remarkable versatility. Trak’s unique extrusion runs between two desktops and allows for accessories and screens to be positioned anywhere along it.
The Trak accessories have been specifically developed to allow for flexibility in styling and functionality. Options include screens of all different finishes, planters, monitor arms and different sized storage boxes.
Trak is on display in our showroom. Drop by and check it out!”
The laminate we use in our office furniture dates back to 1913, where the Formica Corporation set out to find a replacement for Mica, a commonly used electrical insulate.
Almost accidentally, Formica’s electrical engineers, Herbert A Faber and Daniel J O’Conor discovered that several sheets of brown paper soaked in phenolic resin formed a highly durable surface. After more experimentation they saw that when bathed in a melamine resin, colours could be added to the surface. By then pressing the sheets of paper together under up to 700Kgs of pressure per square inch and heat, a highly decorative and durable panel is created – laminate.
By the 1930’s Formica had mastered the process and had begun a kitchen and bathroom revolution. Many people realised the advantages of Formica laminate over conventional timber and plastics and all wanted the look and feel of laminate in their own homes.
With increasing demand a whole new range of colours were introduced in 1950, making it an even more popular choice. At the time there were few alternatives that could match quality and aesthetics of Formica laminate and the Formica laminate epidemic was spreading globally. It was around this time that laminate began to be used in the manufacturing of office furniture.
Today, virtually every household and office has laminate furniture, whether it be desktops, kitchen bench tops or storage units. It’s not hard to see why the product is still so popular.
Choosing the right fabric is a tough decision. It determines how your furniture will look, perform and wear over time. With so many different fabrics on the market, it’s good to know what to look for. Here are a few pointers to help you in the right direction:
Mint’s contemporary and timeless aesthetic, along with its versatility, make it easily adaptable to any work environment.
The system features 40mm stylised tubular steel legs that have a unique splayed appearance. The legs come in both Silver and White and also offer a 150mm height adjustment making it flexible in a variety of settings.
Mint workstations can be arranged into a range of configurations including two, three and four way workstations along with double and single sided workbenches. All of which come with a 25mm melamine top with rounded corners.
Mint workstations work exceptionally well with our range of Vast desk mounted screens, which can be upholstered in any fabric and come with or without an accessory rail.
Say goodbye to bulky, unattractive storage units. With our Push storage range you can still have the storage space you desire, without compromising your office aesthetics.
The Push range features 18mm Melamine with a contemporary high-gloss finish. Its refined lines and lack of unsightly handles make it unobtrusive and perfectly suited to the modern office.
Push comes in an array of configurations including double and single tiered units and also wall mounted or floor based versions. Each cupboard segment also comes with an adjustable shelf.
For easy access, the cupboard doors can be effortlessly opened by lightly pressing on them. The ease of access makes the units perfect for storing all sorts of items.
Push storage is a high impact and practical solution that adds a whole new modern look and feel to all sorts of office areas from executive offices to boardrooms and breakout spaces.
Have you seen our Spyder yet? Thankfully we’re not talking about a creepy crawly! but rather the much more inviting Spyder family of chairs.
The Spyder collection provides flexibility in function & aesthetics, its forte is its ability to be customised to meet your needs. It’s available with 3 different chair back types (fabric, mesh or polypropylene), 2 different seat options (fabric or polypropylene), optional arms and a variety of frames.
Chair types include, a swivel chair, sider chair, arm chair and stool. The versatile options allow for an underlying aesthetic theme to be carried throughout an entire office landscape.
The chairs seat and back can be tailored to suit your décor, with the ability to be upholstered in anyfabric, a variety of colours of mesh or a stylised plastic design.
The Spyder also features a sleek and durable chrome and polypropylene frame. The frame is lightweight and allows for chairs to be stacked up to 8 high, which greatly assists with ease of movement and storage.
Whether it be for your conference room, waiting area, lunch room or breakout room the Spyder will be sure to perform.
We know with open plan offices it can be difficult to escape to take a call, work on your laptop or relax on your lunch break. Our brand new Hush lounge allows you to do just that, its high sides act as a sound barrier and give you a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of the office.
The Hush can be a great place to have an informal meeting, as a room within a room can be created are by facing 2 lounges towards one another. The Hush’s acoustic properties not only are great for those sitting in the lounge, but it also dampens the noise in an open planned environment and creates an interesting visual in the office landscape.
The Hush is ideal to help escape the daily grind or to get down to business in and its tubular aluminium legs and geometric stitching detail look fantastic too. With high back lounges forecasted to be this year’s biggest trend, Hush is sure to make a bold statement in your office.
Time executive desking is our modern take of a timeless classic desk design. We introduced Time in 2010 and since then it has become one of our top selling ranges.
Time is available with either veneer or melamine construction or in 2 variations:
Both styles have the option of including a 6mm glass inlay in the desktop and the range also features aluminium laminate detailing. Height adjustable feet are standard across the range.
The four-leg variant features screw-in legs that are easy to remove, making it ideal for installations into sites with difficult access and allowing for easy office relocations.
The Time 4 leg desk is also available as a boardroom table. The boardroom variation has a linking piece allowing tables of any length to be made – creating a striking visual in any office landscape.
The Time features in many of our office fitouts and is locally manufactured and available in a wide range of finishes and sizes. Custom sizes and configurations can be made upon request.
Krost’s Future Chair hit the market running in 2008, since then it’s proven to be one of the most versatile and best performing office chairs around – but is that really saying much?
What’s really made the Future so successful are its aesthetics, comfort and functionality. It’s sleek, stylish, slim, has a big family of options with different colour mesh backs and numerous options for seat upholstery (mesh, fabric, leather. vinyl…). But the hidden features like its braille inscribed adjustment controls and advanced synchronised mechanism are the attention to detail touches that are hallmarks of Krost office furniture.
Anyway, see what InDesignLive.com have to say about it here.
We’ve just uploaded 3D models of our Vast and Axis workstations to our website in Sketchup format. Using different scenes we show how the systems fit together from individual components into all sorts of different configurations.
The models gives a great overview of how versatile the workstation systems are.
You can download the files directly from here:
Don’t forget that all our office furniture is available in either 2D CAD blocks or 3D models from the Design section on our website.
Actually, melamine is a type of laminate and there are a few different variations of laminate.
Direct-pressure laminate, otherwise known as low-pressure laminate is what is commonly referred to as melamine. It is manufactured under 2 to 3.5 meganewtons of pressure per square metre and the final product is a sheet of melamine resin – a highly durable type of thermosetting plastic bonded with a phenolic resin glue and a melamine resin plastic facing.
Whereas the final product with low-pressure laminate is attached to a substrate of board, attaching high-pressure laminate to board is usually an entirely different process.
We have found ‘melamine’ to be the material most suited to the manufacturing of office furniture for most work settings. It is highly durable, extremely cost effective and an excellent surface to work on. We also make sure to use a moisture-resistant substrate board which adds to the durability of the surface.
