The Ahrend WELL COLLECTION and Silence CALL got rewarded with the prestigious Red Dot Award in the category Product Design. The WELL COLLECTION received the Red Dot: Best of the Best award, the top distinction in the competition. As a facilitator of vitalising workspaces the awards are a great recognition and a confirmation for the increasing need for well-being in office environments.
WELL COLLECTION | Red Dot: Best of the Best
Sit WELL, Feel WELL and Look WELL with the Ahrend WELL COLLECTION. The modern, fresh and comfortable family range of visitor and conference chairs perfectly combines comfort and a beautiful design. The cleverly shaped seat matches the users back and divides the weight proportionally, allowing you to sit comfortably for a long period of time. The frame, shell, color and upholstery can be adapted to your own preferences, creating a chair that perfectly fits your corporate identity.
Designer Kees de Boer: “I aimed for the best possible comfort in seating, while having a great design. Designing chairs is particularly done by making prototyping models and testing them with a large group of various sized people. The design follows the rules of ergonomics. To me, this award is a great personal recognition by renowned colleagues in the design branch.”
Silence CALL | Red Dot
The Ahrend Silence CALL is part of the next generation space-in-space solutions that brings back silence to our workspaces. With open-plan offices, co-working spaces and multimedia, we are more connected than ever. At the same time we are more distracted, stressed and burned-out than ever. We’re surrounded by noise. It’s time to make a CALL for Silence. For more creativity, more focus. For peace of mind.
Without making big changes the Silence CALL offers enough flexibility to adapt the setting of your work environment. The composition of wood, acoustic material, fabric and isolating material ensures a high noise reduction of up to 47 dB. The high acoustic quality of the space offers enough privacy. A perfect match with the Ahrend design language.
Designer Basten Leijh: “It is great to see that the international jury of Red Dot distinguishes the chosen path in terms of design and rewards it with an award. This fits in with the plan to roll out this comfortable Silence CALL internationally and is also a compliment to the timeless design of the total Royal Ahrend soft-seating collection. Compliments to the team!”
Success to be celebrated at the award ceremony
On the 8th of July 2019, we will celebrate our success during the award ceremony. As part of the Red Dot Gala, the international design scene will convene and the winners of the Red Dot Awards will receive their trophies on stage at Essen’s Aalto-Theater. The award-winning products will be added to the “Design on Stage” exhibition during the party. From that date, the WELL COLLECTION and Silence CALL will also be on show in the Red Dot Design Yearbook, online and in the Red Dot Design App.
