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The Senator Group, an established British designer and manufacturer of furniture for commercial and public spaces, recently launched two of its premium brands— Senator and Allermuir in India, each of which has its own unique blueprint— at its exclusive showroom in Bangalore. Apart from the showroom, which is an experience centre for customers to get the touch and feel of the products, the company also has a strong network of marketing touchpoints and dealer distribution across India.
Senator is a tech- driven office furniture brand and provides a range of products including task seating, meeting chairs, systems desking, table systems and work management displays and storage. Allermuir, one of the top design- led brands in the world, creates striking, contemporary, youthful and witty workplace systems and soft seating in collaboration with award- winning designers from across the world. Known to offer complete business solution to clients, Allermuir products includes chairs, stools, sofas, tables, storage and acoustic pods and screens. All the furniture are manufactured in a state- of- the- art, high capacity manufacturing facility, based out of UK and US, spread across more than 1 million square feet of space.
Space Matrix, the Singapore- headquartered workplace design and build consultancy, recently announced the appointment of three key senior hires into its leadership team– Adam Mundy as its global design director, Charlene Lee as its chief financial officer ( CFO) and Rajeev
Kumar as the director of Global Procurement and Project Management Office ( PMO). Following its recent expansion into China and successful acquisition of interior design and construction company, Muraya, these new appointments further support Space Matrix’s plans to scale up efforts and expand its footprint across Asia.
Adam Mundy will lead the design excellence and innovation in workplace environments for Space Matrix clients. He will work closely with the design teams across all the 14 offices globally to push the boundaries of creativity by bringing onboard his vast experience and expertise on global design trends. Charlene Lee has more than 20 years of extensive business and finance experience, working with various Fortune 500 corporations across Asia and the Middle East. Rajeev Kumar will be leading the global procurement initiative and implementation of all processes and delivery standards via the Global PMO.
Cotto d’Este has added one more prestigious project to its portfolio by providing innovative surfaces to the new villa built by architects Axel Schoenert and Zsofia Varnagy. Nestled among the rocks of Ibiza, the four hectares of land overlooks the surrounding pine forest.
Cotto d’Este was chosen to finish the outdoor area around the pool and certain horizontal surfaces in the interior rooms. The style of the space focused on the use of nuances and shapes that harmonize with the surrounding nature. The chosen colours are warm and neutral, such as taupe, light grey and beige. Similarly, the materials used— wood, stones and glass— were selected to reflect and respect the atmosphere of the island.
Likewise, the chosen Cotto d’Este finishes were taken from the Cluny collection, which features Pietra di Borgogna in five sophisticated colours: from charcoal grey to a bright magnolia colour. Selected in the Argerot Layè version, Clunyè was used in the 75x75cm format for the flooring that surrounds the large outdoor pool. The Layé finish, which is perfect for outdoors, enables perfect grip even when the flooring is wet. Inside, the architects opted for Argerot Sablé, a surface that is softer to the touch, visually uniform and better suited to indoor spaces.