Native Collection now certified FSC sustainable

April 21, 2011

Award winning designer furniture makers Schamburg + Alvisse are re-writing a few little rules, showing it’s possible for a small Australian business to create 100% Australian design built on guaranteed sustainability ethics, and community. In 2008, Schamburg+Alvisse became Australia’s first furniture supplier to achieve Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. Now, the Native Collection of solid timber furniture is also FSC certified – being made from 100% sustainably harvested wood. FSC is arguably the …

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S+A meets the highest AFRDI strength tests

April 13, 2011

The Izaak chair is awarded the highest AFRDI Rating – Severe Use (Commercial). Your Health & Safety considerations are met by our chairs. Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) considerations are on the rise with corporate and government managers – indicating they are addressing employee comfort, safety, and the long term performance of their furniture.The only way to ensure the compliance of seating to the Australian Standards is to purchase products that are independently …

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Queensland Government : S+A an approved supplier

April 12, 2011

Schamburg+Alvisse is approved by the Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office (QGCPO) to supply furniture to Government funded Projects, meeting the strict guidelines of the supply specification, QGCPO-800-09 (PartB). Of the twenty national suppliers approved, S+A is one of only two NSW furniture suppliers. If you are working on a Government project in Queensland, you will know that the QGCPO has placed restrictions around the specification of furniture for Government Projects.  This initiative was …

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Award Winning Products: Schamburg+Alvisse

December 2, 2010

Pebble Ottoman wins S+A another Design Mark. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later

S+A partner brands in World’s top logos, 2010

November 29, 2010

Two Schamburg + Alvisse partners, NATIVE and Food Wine &Design, have been honored in one of the world’s most prestigious book compilations of international logo designs : Los Logos 5 The logos for NATIVE and Food Wine &Design have assisted the brand building and recognition of the new companies in their first 12mths. The logos were both concepted by one8one7 (graphic design). German publishers, Gestalten scour the international design scene each year for the best logos, offering …

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Pebble Ottoman awarded Australian Design Mark 2010

February 9, 2010

Pebble Ottoman recently received the 2010 Australian Design Awards Design Mark. At a time when slower, more meaningful and handcrafted furniture is gaining international recognition, Schamburg + Alvisse present Pebble Modular Ottomans as a unique new collection of eco seating in three sizes. GECA rated, Green Building Council Australia compliant(100% green star points), and FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certified, Pebble cuts through the flood of greenwash claims to offer credible, …

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Schamburg+Alvisse chairs and lounges GECA certified

December 20, 2009

Schamburg+Alvisse announce that our seating products now achieve a 100% point score in the GBCA (Green Building Council of Australia) Green Star Calculator. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later

The (Sydney) Magazine Top 100 Influential people 2009

December 15, 2009

Marc Schamburg and Michael Alvisse are honoured to be incuded in The (Sydney) Magazine Top 100 – Influential people 2009. The List was presented at a gala function at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Sydney, and several of the Top 100 persons are those leading the way in environmental products, research and reporting. The S+A team would like to extend a very big thank you to editor, Kirsten Galliott; Chief Executive and …

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Indesign Luminary Award

September 15, 2009

At the beginning of September 2009, Indesign Magazine celebrated the contribution of Schamburg+Alvisse to Australian design: “Featured in publications such as ID and Wallpaper magazines, French Vogue and Elle Décor in Japan, Italy and Germany and included in Taschen’s Designing the 21st Century and The Bulletin’s ‘Smart 100: Australia’s Brightest and Best’, Schamburg+Alvisse are attracting increasing attention for their strikingly simple, ecologically-sustainable furniture. In 1997, when the Sydney-based furniture design …

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Vivid Sydney Festival – S+A listed in Top 100 Creatives

May 21, 2009

Schamburg + Alvisse have been listed as part of the Top 100 Creative Catalysts for the inaugural Vivid Sydney Festival for “offering a vision of sophisticated sustainability” (Vivid Sydney Media Release, dated May 21 2009). Vivid Sydney is a unique new public festival which brings together large scale light installations and projections, music performances, creative ideas and stimulating discussions and debates. It showcases Sydney as a major creative hub in …

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