Studio TK’s Cesto Receives Green Good Design Award
March 28, 2019
Studio TK today announced that its Cesto collection of interactive seating and table elements earned a 2019 Green Good Design Award. Now in its 11th year, the annual Green Good Design competition is jointly sponsored by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Cesto, Spanish for “basket,” was designed by Khodi Feiz to address the dynamic collaborative and social behaviors typical of today’s work environment.
“It is very gratifying for us to have our new Cesto collection recognized with a Green Good Design Award – one of only 100 awards presented to recipients in 20 nations in this year’s competition,” said Charlie Bell, President, Studio TK. “The international award acknowledges the many diverse sustainability initiatives undertaken by our employees, and the sustainable design inherent in Cesto as demonstrated by its designer, Khodi Feiz.”
Cesto Seating & Table Collection
The Cesto family is composed of an upholstered base element and a variety of different functional tops. The lower “basket” can be finished in a knit mesh or fabric, offering a contrast in textures and colors. Numerous colorway possibilities enable extensive personalization. Tabletop surfaces are also available in a range of different materials facilitating easy customization.
This simple collection of tables offers a comprehensive family of furnishings for the new social office landscape. Light weight and mobile, they are easily moved about. Cesto stools encourage quick touchdown collaboration at traditional 29-inch-high tables. Bench seating – with or without backs – and poufs are designed for more social spaces, and enable collaborative work at 26-inch-high tables. Like the Cesto tables, poufs are also lightweight and easily moved.
Cesto was designed and developed in accordance with Design for the Environment (DfE) standards and protocols, is manufactured in an ISO 14001 certified facility, includes components that contain recycled content and are recyclable, has received Indoor Advantage Gold and BIFMA e3 level 2 certification, and contributes to various LEED and WELL credits.
About Green Good Design
Green Good Design identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design. For the 2019 competition, hundreds of submissions were received from around the world. Members of The European Center’s International Advisory Committee − worldwide leaders in the design industry − served as the jury and selected over 100 new products, programs, people, environmental planning and architecture as outstanding examples of green design from 20 nations. All awards are posted at the European Centre’s website at www.europeanarch.eu.
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