| comes to designing your canteen, break room, or | | | | table features a split center legs, bench, and chair |
| cafeteria, we often think of simple, utilitarian furniture | | | | with new, innovative ultra-thin coil core for superior |
| and not famous design. However, several famous | | | | seating and comfort. The Stretto table which can be |
| designers have contributed to designs specifically for | | | | ordered with a glass or wood top offers a |
| the requirements of the canteen. Great furniture | | | | one-handed leaf extension mechanism. This cutting |
| design for this space is important not only for | | | | edge design was nominated for the Interior |
| aesthetic reasons. In the canteen, it is important to | | | | Innovation Award in 2007. |
| create spaces with greater flexibility. The canteen | | | | The clear, uncomplicated form of Ballendat’s |
| calls for particularly flexible choices in furniture to | | | | canteen designs and simple approach to design is |
| achieve the effect of lots of space in the room | | | | widely replicated. |
| despite the fact that there is a lot of furniture. | | | | Herman Miller |
| These great designers have contributed designs in | | | | The American-born husband and wife architectural |
| canteen furniture that are both pleasing and | | | | and furniture design duo Charles and Ray Eames are |
| functional: | | | | most famous for their design of Eames House and |
| Luca Trazzi | | | | the Eames Chair. For the past 40 years, their designs |
| Perhaps most famous for his kitchen appliances, | | | | for spaces where people get together have been |
| Italian-born Lucca Trazzi is both an architect and | | | | synonymous with refinement and class. With their |
| designer. He has participated in projects such as | | | | range of shapes, finishes, and sizes, Eames tables |
| Milan’s Congress building and the City Center in | | | | remain a popular choice for the canteen because of |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He recently contributed an | | | | their simple beauty, durability and performance. |
| award-winning canteen design for Illy’s new | | | | The Eames lean and simple segmented-base table |
| chain of coffee shops. He created the space using | | | | uses modular elements that can be configured to |
| glass-top and chrome pedestal tables and while poly | | | | support table tops of different lengths and widths. |
| stackable chairs, which he carried over into the | | | | Eames tables, like all fine art, are designed with the |
| serving areas and lighting. | | | | strength and durability to last for decades. |
| Martin Ballendat | | | | Robin Day |
| German-born Martin Ballendat has produced a large | | | | Perhaps the most famous design in canteen furniture |
| portfolio of important pieces resulting in over 30 | | | | is the Poly Chair designed by Brit Robin Day. The Poly |
| awards for his work. He is known for modern, | | | | Chair is a stackable chair that is a ubiquitous icon of |
| minimalist furniture designs and is a pioneer in modular | | | | 1960’s British style. The injection molded |
| furniture work spaces. His canteen furniture includes a | | | | polypropylene constructions and design allowed it to |
| table system that is both charming and relaxing and is | | | | be one of the first pieces of furniture to be mass |
| especially designed for any space with a square, | | | | produced. |
| rectangular round column base tables, stackable | | | | Day’s designs have won numerous accolades |
| chairs, and modern chaise style laptop stations. | | | | including the International Competition for Low-Cost |
| Another great influence in canteen furniture design is | | | | Furniture Design held at the Museum of Modern Art in |
| Ballendat’s Stretto Collection. The Stretto | | | | New York and a Gold Medal at the Milan Triennale. |