Launch: New designs in Pebble Collection

May 2, 2011

This month, we are pleased to launch new pieces in the Pebble Seating Collection – as favoured by Virgin Active Health Clubs, Australia. Inspired by worn river stones, Pebble’s many shapes cluster together, forming flexible, changeable group settings for your interior ‘landscape’. The playful shapes of Pebble offer you creative freedom within breakout spaces, meeting areas, libraries, schools, foyers and hotels. New pieces: longer seating modules (2 seater & 3 seater …

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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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Sending out an SOS : Save Our Sofas

April 12, 2011

We all see them on the side of the road – unloved sofas and chairs awaiting the garbage truck (or a creative student household). Often, furniture is discarded when the upholstery wears out, long before its effective life is over. As an environmentally friendly alternative to retiring seating to landfill, Schamburg+Alvisse are sending out an SOS (Save our Sofas). Our Product Stewardship Program aims to extend the life of your Schamburg+Alvisse …

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Crafty people making the world a better place

October 24, 2010

KNITTY GRITTY & LOOPY is a core group of ‘Gritters’ who meet up regularly to share knitting/weaving skills, working on different art projects as they pop up. Projects include the Knitta Please Project at The National Gallery of Canberra, where the facade of the building was covered in knitting. Liane Rossler (of Dinosaur Designs) introduces  the group as: “People doing public art & craft projects, knitting & crocheting, weaving & …

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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 launch the Native Collection

August 18, 2010

S+A Furniture launch the Native Collection of solid timber furniture designed by Dhiren Bhagwandas

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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