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Innovations In Design Centres
Express Hospitality takes a look at Hafele's newly
launched design centres that showcase fixtures in a fully functional way to
facilitate decision-making
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when one thought that design centres and showrooms couldn't get any more innovative,
they just do. Hafele India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hafele Gmbh, which
is a global supplier of furniture fittings and architectural hardware, recently
launched its design centres in Bangalore and New Delhi. These are Hafele's first
design centers, which will be followed by another centre in Mumbai.
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difference between these centres and a conventional showroom stems from the
fact that these centres showcase most products that are fully functional in
a living environment. It does not have a hard selling environment; it simply
wants to give ideas and help provide solutions for all kinds of applications.
The Hafele design centre range consists of more than 80,000 fittings for furniture,
kitchens, doors and a variety of glass applications.
Its innovation can be experienced through the different areas that Hafele has
created for its fittings:
- An office seminar room environment which includes
sliding/folding room dividers, the 'Exterus' glass sliding system, the 'Idea'
table and desk systems, ceiling lift for projectors, etc.
- The living room displays several glass sliding solutions
for furniture, UV gluing of fittings to glass as well as the plasma lift.
- The kitchen concentrates on 'Blum' hinges and drawer
systems as well as different Hafele kitchen fittings.
- Walk-in wardrobes showcase different sliding solutions,
specialty hinges and a range of internal wardrobe fittings. It also showcases
the first electronic locking solution for furniture - the 'Dialock Furniture
Terminal'.
- Bathrooms and the shower cubicle mock-up show glass
fittings for shower enclosures.
- The bedroom has the 'Al Fresco', the only external
sliding folding system and its wooden bed supports.
According to Jurgen Wolf, MD of Hafele India, "These are just a few highlights
of the many fittings that can be found in the Hafele design centres. Everything
is presented in a working and living environment. In this way our customers
can not only look at our fittings but actually operate them and experience the
function. This will help in the decision making process and provide new ideas
for designs previously not conceived due to the lack of proper fittings."
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