Wat de Zwitserse bouwers van Geneva Lab inspireert is de passie om muziek te beluisteren zoals artiesten het bedoeld hebben. Met dat doel ontwikkelden ze een stereosysteem dat past in de tijd waar we in leven. Stijlvol. Compact. Functioneel. Veelzijdig.

De verbluffende, uit Zweden afkomstige EmbracingSound™ technologie biedt u een ongekend breed stereobeeld vanuit een enkele behuizing waarin ook de cd-speler, een volwaardige tuner en een iPod docking station* zijn ondergebracht.

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Carl Hansen started his first furniture workshop in October, 1908. 100 years later, we are proud to say that we continue to build on his founding philosophy: the very best craftsmanship at a fair price. 

Hans J. Wegner was born in 1914 in Tønder, Denmark, the son of a shoemaker. At the age of 17, he finished his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker with H. F. Stahlberg, in whose workshops Wegner’s first design experiments took form. He moved to Copenhagen as a 20 year-old, and attended the School of Arts and Crafts from 1936 – 1938 before he began working as an architect.

As a young architect, Wegner joined Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller in Århus, working on furniture design for the new Århus city hall in 1940. It was during the same year that Wegner began collaborating with master cabinetmaker, Johannes Hansen, who was a driving force in bringing new furniture design to the Danish public. 

The Copenhagen Museum of Art and Industry acquired its first Wegner chair in 1942.

Wegner started his own design office in 1943. It was in 1944 that he designed the first “Chinese chair” in a series of new chairs that were inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming chairs. One of these chairs, the “Wishbone Chair”, designed in 1949 and produced by Carl Hansen & Son in Odense since 1950, became the most successful of all Wegner chairs.

Among Danish furniture designers, Hans J. Wegner is considered one of the most creative and productive. He has received practically every major recognition given to designers, including the Lunning prize, the grand prix of the Milan Triennale, Sweden’s Prince Eugen medal and the Danish Eckersberg medal. Wegner is an honorary Royal designer for industry of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Almost all of the world’s major design museums – from The Museum of Modern Art in New York to Die Neue Sammlung in Munich – include his furniture in their collections.

Hans J. Wegner died in Denmark in January, 2007.

Hans J. Wegner’s  contribution to Danish Modern:

• First a cabinetmaker, then a designer: integrates exacting joinery techniques and exquisite form.
• A deep respect for wood and its characteristics – and an abiding curiosity about other natural materials
• Brings an organic, natural softness to formalistic minimalism
• Generally regarded as ”the master of the chair”, with more than 400 chair designs to his name

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Arper was established in 1989, springing from a previous, artisanal leather-working business.

While exploiting its know-how of leather-seat manufacturing and maintaining the same high quality, Arper soon perceived the necessity of a broader product range, including the use of other materials, in order to meet the demands of a market which was increasing diverse and demanding not only in terms of quality and safety, but above all of style.
Arper’s growth and development guidelines were immediately clear: market internationalisation; environmental research; and product and research innovation. 

Thus, from the late 90s onwards, Arper started making significant investments in technological innovation and new-materials research. These were the years of major partnerships with Studio Lievore, Altherr, Molina, which led to Duna, Oasi (2000), Masai, Ston, Catifa 53 (2001), Catifa 46, Palm, Dizzie and Eolo (2004), and Leaf (2005).

Corte small armchair was introduced in 2004, the result of a collaborative effort with designer Rodolfo Dordoni. More recent collaborations include those with Jean-Marie Massaud, creator of the Aston collection (2006), and with Simon Pengelly, designer of the Babar stool (2006).

In 1997 Arper attained ISO 9001 (quality) certification and, from 2006, ISO 14001 (environmental management).

In 2006 Arper became a member of ADI.

In 2008 Arper presented Catifa 60 (design by Lievore, Altherr, Molina) and new versions of existing collections by Lievore, Altherr, Molina and by Jean-Marie Massaud. A new product and a number of new versions which reassert Arper’s intention of focusing on the contract market but without excluding the residential world.

Arper demonstrated in 2008 its firm determination to implement an environmental impact plan through actions covering every aspect of its production chain. In fact in March 2008 Arper was granted EPD certification for Catifa 46 and 53 (version with pedestal base/four-leg version; single- or two-tone). In November 2008 Arper’s entire chair production obtained GREENGUARD certification).

Today, Arper is well-placed to interpret the requests and trends of the international market (the company exports to over 80 countries) with a varied, comprehensive range of chairs and tables which are equally suited for the residential, contract and office sectors.

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