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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Schamburg+Alvisse Furniture: Rethinking Plastic

September 23, 2010

Prue Rushton from Inside Out looks at how… in the hands of skilled designers and builders, ordinary and everyday materials in our lives can be elevated to pieces of pragmatic and poetic beauty. Among them are Schamburg + Alvisse. “Being able to make something that’s holistically beautiful is one of my great loves.” Marc Schamburg The turning point came around seven years ago when an American retail chain made an …

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Schamburg+Alvisse: New Ideas from Old

June 30, 2010

Article: The Innovative Household Magazine 2010 Sandy Leen asks how furniture designers are transforming old ideas and unwanted items into stylish and functional handcrafted furniture: Fancy a table fashioned from disused engine parts or recycled forks? Or is relaxing in a lounge chair made of inflatable material more your style? Such entries in the spring 2009 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Festival reflect an increasing trend amongst furniture designers towards re-furbishing and …

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Schamburg+Alvisse: Greening Your Business

June 1, 2010

Judy Friedlander from DQ magazine talks to Marc Schamburg about what brings a business into green ; looking at a company who has successfully tackled the challenge. Green is the new black according to Marc Schamburg of Schamburg + Alvisse, a shining example of an Australian company that has struck a commercial advantage by adopting sustainable practices into its furniture and product development. According to Schamburg, sustainability is increasingly mainstream, …

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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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Sydney Design Guide: Top 5 Design Stores – Shop in Style

January 3, 2008

S+A have been chosen as one of the top 5 design stores by the Sydney Design Guide: ” … They are small but successful businesses that have carved out great niches for themselves and continue to produce and sell excellent furniture in a tough market. There really isn’t any reason for anyone to buy expensive imported furniture when there is such great local product around.” read smh article here Bookmark on …

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2007 The Bulletin Magazine: Smart 100 Finalists

June 26, 2007

Schamburg+Alvisse were listed as one of the finalists in the field of Design for The Bulletin Bayer Smart 100 – a nationwide search for Australia’s future leaders. “Together, Schamburg and Alvisse form one of Australia’s best furniture design and production houses, schamburg + alvisse. Established in 1994, and drawing together their different training as interior designer and architect respectively, their work shows a real understanding of how furniture works in …

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2006 Apr/May Belle: Meet the Makers

April 1, 2006

Nigel Bartlett from Belle magazine look at how Sydney furniture makers Schamburg + Alvisse have designed a piece just for the sheer fun of it. Michael Alvisse explains the thinking behind Stop Playin’ With Yourself. “Stop Playin’ With Yourself is a play piece – the most important thing is that you touch it, you feel it, you engage with it. It’s a real physical interaction. Each piece is made up …

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2005 ID Magazine – ‘Stop Playing With Yourself’

December 9, 2005

The Stop Playing With Yourself module was born when its designer, Michael Alvisse, nearly drowned. He had been training as a volunteer lifeguard at Tamarama Beach, a pretty stretch of sand near Sydney that gets whipped by tremendous waves, and one day he found himself struggling in the water, battered by heavy surf, and drifting toward a ragged cluster of rocks. A fellow volunteer swam out and shepherded him back …

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Blobjects & Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design

April 11, 2005

Schamburg+Alvisse’s Regalo lamp has been featured in San Jose’s Museum of Art’s first exhibition devoted to industrial design – Blobjects & Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design. “The exhibit “Blobjects & Beyond gathers its energy from the premise that blobjects have become the defining products of the new millenium. They tell a story about our society’s rising visual literacy and the particular need we have for familiar anthropomorphic… products that …

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