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Partners
Retrospec. are authorised resellers for Vitra, Knoll, Artifort, Lammhults, Spectrum and Naughtone products. The products featured on this site, and the sites of our partners, are available exclusively through authorised resellers such as ourselves. We have included a brief background to each company below. If you don't see exactly what you require on this site please visit the manufacturers sites by clicking the logos to the right or the links below. Once you've made your choices, we will order and deliver your products.
Vitra
Vitra furniture is to be found in countless successful companies and organizations,
as well as in the homes of many private individuals with a feel for design. Active
internationally, Vitra work together with the major designers of the day, most
famously that of Charles and Ray Eames, over the past 50 years. www.vitra.com
Knoll
Knoll Inc. is recognized internationally for creating furnishings that inspire,
evolve and endure. Knoll's design philosophy is inseparable from their commitment
to work with the world's pre-eminent designers, developing products that delight
and inspire. Knoll have received hundreds of design awards since 1938, and have
objects on display in art museums around the world. www.knoll.com
Artifort
Artifort began trading in the late nineteenth century. Jules Wagemans set up in
Maastricht in 1890 as tapisseur-garnisseur, a regular name at the time for the
profession of upholsterer. Artifort's own design policy got under way in the 1920s
with the appointment of designer Theo Ruth and has continued through the 1960s
with Kho Liang le as 'aesthetic advisor' and with various designers, including
Pierre Paulin and Geoffrey D. Harcourt. www.artifort.com
Lammhults
Lammhults Möbel AB, based in southern Sweden, has a mission to develop and
market well-functioning furniture, with international design, for companies and
organisaions with high demand for quality and design. Lammhults close co-operation
with designers startedd in 1965 and still remains a key factor in the product
development cycle. www.lammhults.se
Orangebox
Orangebox are the market leader in research, development, manufacture and service of seating for the commercial market. With products that are simple, smart and never overcooked. Their proactive environmental approach addresses the use of sustainable materials and the use of minimal energy. Their people, portfolio and passion has given them an unrivalled client base within the UK and Europe....
www.orangebox.com
Spectrum
Spectrum was set up in Bergeijk in the Netherlands in January 1941. They began
be making wooden accessories for the home such as wooden bowls, candlesticks and
lamps. After the war they began making small items of furniture such as magazine
racks, stools and childrens furniture, then in the late fifties the collection
underwent a dramatic change and they began to concentrate on larger pieces of
furniture. Spectrum has a clear idea about the principal of good, functional designs.
Ideas that have changed very little over the years. www.spectrumdesign.nl
naughtone
off/on, no/yes.......................there is no in between to naughtone's strategy.
Useful, beautiful furniture is defined by straightforward british design. naughtone
designs beyond the product - through simple choices and product delivery, naughtone
offers design led furniture that really is accessible to all. www.naughtone.com
Magis
Magis is the brand that has given a novel twist to domestic design, producing
furniture and accessories for indoor and outdoor use. Founded in 1976 in the bustling
North Eastern corner of italy by newcomer to the furniture business Eugenio Perazzo
Magis embraces the creativity of leading global designers and channels it towards
objects on the cutting edge. www.magisdesign.com
Wassily by Marcel Brauer, 1928, from Knoll. Prices from £893 in leather
