News 2009

Four Ahrend products receive Good Industrial Design Award
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 15-12-2009

Four Ahrend products receive Good Industrial Design Award

Three innovative tables and a lightweight magnesium chair by Ahrend received the Good Industrial Design Award: Ahrend 360, Ahrend 315, Ahrend p h i l i n k and Ahrend Four_Two.

NOW Flagship Store at Ahrend’s Amsterdam headquarters: new standards in furnishing
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 20-11-2009

NOW Flagship Store at Ahrend’s Amsterdam headquarters: new standards in furnishing

At Ahrend’s Amsterdam headquarters: Platform for interaction between current and future working styles and environments

Ahrend showroom inspires better design solutions
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 20-11-2009

Ahrend showroom inspires better design solutions

The renovated showroom in the head office of Ahrend in Amsterdam: the NOW Flagship Store.

University of Amsterdam Science Park - Science in the polder
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 20-11-2009

University of Amsterdam Science Park - Science in the polder

Having three architecture firms design one building complex? That seems like asking for trouble. However, the new complex of the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Science shows that it is not necessarily the case.

Research by Delft University of Technology and TNO: Bar stool is more effective for brainstorming than a square table
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 03-11-2009

Research by Delft University of Technology and TNO: Bar stool is more effective for brainstorming than a square table

Bar stools are more effective than the commonly used square tables for most ‘divergent’ types of meeting (like brainstorming). This is the conclusion of scientific research performed under the direction of Prof. Dr. Peter Vink of TNO and professor of participatory ergonomics at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design.

Ahrend opens a new flagship store
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 30-10-2009

Ahrend opens a new flagship store

NOW Flagship Store opening, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Thursday 19 November 2009.

Red dot Award for ultra-light Ahrend 360 magnesium visitors' chair
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 29-10-2009

Red dot Award for ultra-light Ahrend 360 magnesium visitors' chair

The Ahrend 360, an ultra-light visitors' chair with a magnesium frame and a one-piece seat shell, has won a Red dot Award from the internationally renowned Designzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Ahrend helps prepare international guideline on Social Responsibility
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 09-09-2009

Ahrend helps prepare international guideline on Social Responsibility

To this end, Ahrend has been a member of the ISO 26000 standards committee since January 2009.

Dynamic masterpiece by Ruud Jan Kokke
Office furnishing / Netherlands | 21-09-2009

Dynamic masterpiece by Ruud Jan Kokke

A bench that immediately attracts attention, seems to move and is surprisingly comfortable.

Ahrend furnishes part of International Centre for Sustainable Excellence in Eindhoven
Office furnishing / Netherlands | 15-09-2009

Ahrend furnishes part of International Centre for Sustainable Excellence in Eindhoven

Ahrend has furnished part of the ICSE premises: the lounge space that has been christened ‘Ahrend Spring’ and a number of worksites.

Ahrend p h i l i n k selected for display at Milan trade fair
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 25-05-2009

Ahrend p h i l i n k selected for display at Milan trade fair

Ahrend’s new p h i l i n k table, designed by Belgian architects Caroline Voet and Jeroen Theuns, was one of the creations selected by Design Flanders as part of the display Fuori Salone del Mobile in Milan

Money back on old Ahrend products
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 20-05-2009

Money back on old Ahrend products

Money back on old Ahrend products in framework of sustainability policy

Two American ‘Good Design’ awards for Ahrend
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 04-02-2009

Two American ‘Good Design’ awards for Ahrend

Two products designed by Royal Ahrend N.V. have received ‘Good Design’ awards from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

Ahrend commits to Cradle to Cradle philosophy
Royal Ahrend / Netherlands | 15-01-2009

Ahrend commits to Cradle to Cradle philosophy

Koninklijke Ahrend NV is going to structure its operations in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) philosophy.