Chair U: Our Favorite Higher Ed Installations

Chair U: Our Favorite Higher Ed Installations

2017/07/01

It’s no secret that higher education dining spaces need durable furniture. With some cafeterias and student unions operating 24/7, the term “high-use” is an understatement.

Along with durability, university design teams are making design and branding a major priority. New facilities aim to provide students and faculty with a welcoming, inclusive environment that also serves food. These spaces are more than just cafeterias.

Over the years, we’ve been fortunate enough to work with colleges and universities all over the U.S. Inspired by the pursuit of design and durability, we rounded up a few our our favorite higher ed spaces that prove that college dining spaces can do just that.

 

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Firm: Triangle and SmithGroup

Product: Jill Barstools, Cara Barstools

Why It Works: With nearly 50,000 students and faculty, Michigan State University has a lot of mouths to feed and a lot of dining spaces to match. Which is why we particularly love the design in Case Hall cafeteria. A healthy mix of rustic elements (those amazing branch chandeliers!) with modern elements like exposed ductwork and a muted color palette make this space feel new and welcoming. The Cara Barstools carry the woody themes nicely while the Jill Barstools juxtapose with its clear coated steel and sleek lines. MSU was traditionally an agricultural school, so it’s fitting that Case Hall feels like the coolest, most modern hunting lodge where you can find a juicy burger and a kale salad.

 

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

Interior Designer: Margaret Daly, MadDesign

Product: Siren Chairs and Barstools

Why It Works: Just minutes away from Boston, Bentely University boasts a classic New England campus complete with red brick buildings and tree-lined paths. On the contrary, Bentley’s dining hall features a modern array of their signature blue on the walls and chairs. We love their choice of Siren--a classic aluminum dining chair. Siren’s simple lines and recognizable shape make it the perfect medium for that striking Honolulu blue color. Even better, the Siren’s aluminum makeup is extremely lightweight, making it easy for students to maneuver. Pretty and smart.

 

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Why It Works: Take one look at Colorado State University’s Braiden Hall and you feel a vibrant energy. This dining hall embraces color, pattern, and texture, using a bright green accent that gives a fresh, youthful vibe to this space. The Rosie Barstools adda  bit of retro flair, but when paired with modern pendants and a glossy white table top, this barstool looks new again. Because this space doesn’t feel traditional, it gives students freedom to do everything from eat, to study, to hang out.

We know durability is key in higher education spaces, but it’s exciting to see design play an equally important role. If you’d like to see all of our installations, be sure to check out our Installation Gallery.http://www.cdgfurniture.com/chair-u-our-favorite-higher-ed-installations.html

Green environmental protection, the low carbon pursuit of furniture industry

Green environmental protection, the low carbon pursuit of furniture industry

2017/06/28

 

In recent years "low carbon", "environmental protection" instantaneous swept across the entire household industry trend of the consumers to chase after hold in both hands, household enterprises and businesses continue to with low carbon, environmental protection, this year has upgrade become "low carbon" green environmental protection. No smell, no formaldehyde... A variety of environmental protection low carbon home products came to the attention of consumers, with a healthy life concept into the new house owner, the residents in pingdu has brought the green life.

With the intensification of environmental pollution, the earth pressure is more and more big, at present, the household environment is also facing a huge challenge, people more and more aware of the importance and necessity of low carbon environmental protection. Governments are pushing for a low-carbon era. In the face of mounting environmental pollution problems, the public has raised environmental and health awareness and hopes to promote a low-carbon lifestyle through its own efforts. When the "low-carbon economy", "low-carbon life" and a series of cutting-edge concept gradually into the ordinary people of vision, the word "low carbon" has been unable to escape to become a kind of idea and the life and work of the target, along with the coming of the era of low carbon economy, low carbon furniture are increasingly brought to the attention of the people, a "low carbon" wind, quietly into the furniture industry.

 

There is no fully detailed definition of low-carbon furniture. "The so-called low carbon furniture, furniture material should be a kind of can be natural degradation of environmental protection material, has the characteristics of polluting the environment and recycle, and meet consumer demand for safety, health, energy saving. Save energy loss, using low carbon furniture to achieve cycle low carbon life". Xiong xiaokun, a researcher with the China investment advisory, told the China sankei news. However, low carbon furniture is already in the industry consensus, the country also encourages furniture enterprise to develop and promote low carbon green type, environmental protection innovation product.

Because of low carbon furniture industry and there is no uniform standard, there is a lot of illegal businessmen in the name of "low carbon" to promote sales and even to push up prices, let consumer cannot distinguish whether goods is really green, low carbon products. So the consumer should be careful carefully when buying low carbon furniture, by looking at the color of furniture qualitative, smell, simple sense to distinguish. The relevant departments should also speed up the certification system for low-carbon furniture and regulate the flow of low-carbon furniture. Xiong said: "the industry should accelerate the improvement of the certification service, and make the details of the production of low-carbon furniture to the transportation process and strict supervision." Only if the regulations are in place, the certified trademark will be worth it, allowing consumers to spend freely.

 

After more than twenty years of high speed development, the home product and service quality, become the younger generation consumer new pursuit. And under the housing market, young people need to be the first consumer. Beautiful, practical, multifunction, it is the consumer grade of young people. In the face of such groups, innovation becomes the key to household enterprise future run-off market, including in the aspects of products, services, marketing model innovation, to new things, new selling point to attract consumers. And a custom class furniture products, electricity sales channels, a one-stop sales model, these products that meet the young people spending habits and taste and mode, more and more be favorred by the household enterprises. In this situation, pingdu also gradually appeared custom furniture, decorate household individual enterprises.http://www.cdgfurniture.com/green-environmental-protection-the-low-carbon-pursuit-of-furniture-industry.html

Tray Table

Today we introduce a range of tray tables. These CDG 2017 new items,  The first time fact to customers in 2017 CIFF Guangzhou. 

Style: Antique style

 

Color: Although it is Antique series, but rich colors, making space and bright colors complement each other. To different shades, material or size of the superposition of  space to create a balance of the overall sense.

Function: a perfect ornaments, light appearance is not enough, practicality is one of the important factors we consider. Both can be decorated and can facilitate the life of a single product, the best. This tray has three sizes, can be stacked together when loading. Can be used as a tra, also you can  put coffee and food, set in a proper position is also a good ornaments or a coffee table.

 

Material: This tray table can be made of iron and aluminum material, natural high-quality materials can greatly enhance the space comfort, but also allow users to produce greater interaction between the items.http://www.cdgfurniture.com/tray-table.htmlhttp://www.cdgfurniture.com/tray-table.html

Restaurant design share - China Chilcano

The restaurant is located in Washington, DC, and is designed with Chinese style and other styles to provide Chinese, Japanese and Peruvian cuisine. From Capella García Arquitectura.

Cultural integration: Designed by the menu on the fusion of cuisine inspired by the customer to show a fusion of Peru, China and Japan culture space. Design theme is different from the traditional folk, designers to contemporary and personal sex to integrate the restaurant, large restaurant warm and stylish, full of creative art.CDG furniture is a restaurant furniture manufacturers.

There is a street-like corridor and an industrial-style bar at the entrance to the restaurant. The contemporary frescoes on the decorative wall come from the works of the Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes "Both Worlds", welcoming the arrival of people in a colorful and warm way. The main dining area is bigger and more formal, and a large round table is surrounded by bamboo. In addition, there are some smaller round tables and so on. The restaurant also offers comfortable sofas and Japanese-style tatami mats, etc., for guests to bring a more relaxed atmosphere. At the end of the restaurant, there are more private areas, with sour orange juice salted fish, which is a major food in Peru.

The neon lights at the top of the restaurant are inspired by the Nazca line, a monument in the southern Nazca area of Peru. The overall line concept is based on simple elements: recycled crates, suspended ladder on the ceiling, corrugated steel, glass tiles and wooden trusses, etc., to create a fine simple space. Huge windows, so that the space is more transparent and bright, while the indoor and outdoor connections, creating a lively atmosphere. The changing restaurant offers a wide range of options for a unique culinary experience.

 http://www.cdgfurniture.com/restaurant-design-share-china-chilcano.html