year: 2015
Industrial design
Industrial design
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design: Ruder Novak-Mikulic & Marija Ruzic / Regular Company
manufacturer: Artisan
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The Neva collection has been introduced in 2013. with the Neva chair. Since then it has been one of the brand's best selling collections, and has evolved with new products year by year.
In 2014. Ruder Novak-Mikulic and Marija Ruzic designed the Neva lounge collection, which has been presented at the IMM Cologne in January 2015.
The lounge collection conists of the Neva Trimmed lounge chair, the Neva High lounge chair, the Neva Trimmed sofa and the Neva High sofa.
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The Neva Lounge Trimmed chair has been awarded the Red Dot Award in 2016.
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Neva Lounge Trimmed chair in walnut
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The Neva lounge chair is a modern take on classic lounge chairs from the mid 20th century, with a contemporary simplicity and cleanness.
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The challenge was to design a product that will be as simple as possible, without overthinking the form and overusing the technology.
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The Neva collection was greatly inspired by natural forms and the simplicity and elegance of wood in nature. Wood in essence is organic, and its forms soft. For years has wood been 'forced' into geometrical shapes, because this was the only way to accomplish larger volumes in serial production, and organic forms have been reserved for artisanal carpenters.
Modern technologies such as cnc carving have made it possible for more complex forms to be introduced into serial production, and in the spirit of the Artisan company the production of the Neva collection is an elegant dance of modern technology and artisanal handcraft, which are unavoidably overlapped.
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The Neva Lounge collection is available in 6 different types of wood (oak, walnut, maple, elm, cherry and pear), with various natural finishes (oils and soaps), upholstered with either leather or fabric.
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Neva Sofa Trimmed version
The Neva Lounge High version in oak
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Photography: Marija Gasparovic
