Latest Business Car Manager News: All new SEAT Leon – first company car review


(PRWEB UK) 8 November 2012

SEAT car review by DAVID WILKINS

Hot on the heels of the latest versions of the Audi A3 and VW Golf, the new SEAT Leon is the third car based on the Volkswagen group’s new modular MQB body architecture.

But where the A3 and the Golf hide their advanced innards beneath conservative same-again styling, the Leon gets a fresh, crisp new look that must count as one of the most attractive SEAT designs so far.

The Leon’s engines and much of its technology are shared with the Audi and the Volkswagen, but the SEAT has a lower entry-price a highly competitive

Have a Seat in LOON, Keilhauers New Side/Stacking Chair

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 11, 2012

Keilhauer introduces LOON, by Tom Deacon, a stacking chair whose fluid lines were inspired by nature.

Loon is functionally a stacking or guest chair, but that designation is too simplistic to describe its design, for the natural arcs and sculptural curves of its form belie its basic purpose.

I was interested in creating a more integral relationship between the steel frame and the seat and back, says designer Tom Deacon. Most chairs of this type are compositions of linear elements (the frame) and surfaces which they support (the seat and backrest). I wanted to think about volumes rather than sticks and planes. So I started with a slightly larger than usual tube for the legs out of which grow the arms and back in a continuous volume.

In fact, apart from the seat, the entire chair – legs, arms, and back – is defined by just two continuous surfaces flowing up out of the legs to create the graceful arcing forms of the molded elements.

Ive always found inspiration in the beauty of forms in nature, the sense of grace inherent in things at home in their own skin. Its a quality demonstrated by the work of photographer Karl Blossfeldt, who believed that any formal problem faced by a designer or engineer has already been solved by nature. It involves line, balance, proportion and is something more often noticeable by its absence. When you get it right theres a sense of ease and inevitability, of the solution having been somewhat obvious, though for the designer, thats definitely from the perspective of hindsight!

Mike Keilhauer, president, Keilhauer, is delighted to be working with Tom again after a break of several years. Tom took some time away from industrial design to focus on other interests and activities, he explains, but I thought that this project would be perfect to entice him back to design for us. I am so very pleased with the results. With Loon, we have added the ultimate side/stacking chair series to our product offering. It is beautiful and modern, evocative of abstract sculpture, while being comfortable and providing excellent support.

Loons family begins with the simple stacker: with or without arms, nylon seat and back. Add upholstery to the seat, and it acquires a different, sophisticated aesthetic. The optional upholstered back pad adds dimension and extra comfort.

The Loon series is extensive, with tables to complement the chairs.