met ADAPT takes Gold at BeST Design Awards 2007
08 Oct 2007
Formway’s excellence in design has been recognised with four product design awards at the 2007 BeST Design Awards. Their new meeting table range, MET ADAPT received Gold for both Furniture and Sustainable Product Design, while the FREE workstation, was awarded Silver and Bronze in the same categories.
The judges noted that metADAPT stood out because “the sustainable criteria were met without compromising the functional or aesthetic criteria. Placing sustainability issues on a level footing with the other considerations has clearly been taken as an opportunity for additional innovation in process, materials and business models rather than as a constraint that limits choices.” metADAPT was designed in collaboration with Australian based firm Bang Design.
The FREE workstation has recently been re-launched with a number of enhancements to meet changing office technologies and work styles, all with an updated aesthetic.
The BeST Design Awards are a national award programme of the Designers Institute of New Zealand, recognising New Zealand's best graphic, product and spatial design. Winners were announced at an award ceremony held in Auckland Friday 5th October.