Onoffice magazine

The magnificent Farmiloe Building welcomed a plethora of design talent during May’s Clerkenwell Design Week (see review, p18). Homegrown stars rubbed shoulders with established international brands as companies set up base camp within the ageing industrial husk. And soaking up the ambience was ASAP, a loose collective of furniture and interior designers that had formed specifically for the event. Another Country, Scene, Assemblyroom Furniture and Pli Design make up component parts (hence the acronym ASAP), with a shared interest in…

As the line between workplace, leisure and domestic design blurs, with many offices now becoming more hotel-like in style and design, Assemblyroom have created a range of furniture that could be specified for either commercial or domestic projects. The AR001 armchair, AR002 two seater sofa and AR003 three seater sofa were influenced by 1950's utilitarian design and blended with a simplistic contemporary style. Manufactured in the UK, the frames are constructed from FSC plywood, covered with graded CMHR foams and…