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Description: | New products This feature takes a monthly look at a few of the more outstanding goods available on the ome market. Most of the products shown are taken from 'Design Index', the ColD's photographic and sample record which can be seen at The Design Centre, London, the Scottish Design Centre, Glasgow, the Bristol Building and Design Centre, the Manchester Design Centre, and the Midland Design and Building Centre, Nottingham. Bond story A composite metal known as Duranel, which consists of stainless steel bonded to aluminium sheet, is used for the new Crown Merton Stainless-Plus range of cooking pans. The aluminium is used for the outside of the pans, to spread heat evenly; the stainless steel on the inside resists pitting and makes for easier cleaning, as does the tapered shape of the pan. The black handles, made from phenolic plastics mouldings, are attached to metal studs on pan and lid, so that no fixings appear on the inside; the same handle moulding is used forthe whole range. SpeciaI points of interest are that the pan handles are shorter and set at an angle that is nearer the horizontal than usual (according to the designer, the need for long, upward pointing handles went out with the open cooking fire), and the stewpan lids are concave to encourage condensation inside the pan to drop from the centre of the lid rather than the rim. Above, 5-pint stewpan with lid (top diameter 84 inches) and frying pan, also supplied with lid (top diameter 94 inches). Left, 4-pint chip pan, supplied with wire basket and lid. The range also includes 2, 3 and 4-pint stewpans. Designer George Fejer. Maker Corfield-Sigg Ltd. £5 0s 3d (5-pint stewpan); £4 0s 3d (frying pan); £412s (chip pan). Sitting pretty The new LM Quorum range of furniture includes desks, tables and a comprehensive seating system to make a 'family' of furniture suitable for many office, institutional and domestic uses where simple, robust furniture is needed. The seating system consists of low back or high back seat units (upholstered with polyether foam supported on Pirelli webbing) carried on single, two-seater or three-seater base frames, either with upholstered or wooden arms, or without arms. Complementary coffee tables align with either the seating base frame or the arm height. Base frames and veneered table tops are of afrormosia, finished with heat and alcohol resisting polyurethane lacquers. Upholstery fabrics are chosen from the LM range of fabrics. The Q444 3-seater settee and the Q4 chair are both 2ft 4 inches high overall and have a seat height of 1ft 4 inches; the settee (front and back views are shown) is 5 ft 11 3/4- inches long. The Q88 table measures 1 ft 1/2 inch high x 3ft 8 1/2 inches x 1 ft11 3/4 inches. Designer Ronald Carter. Maker LM Furniture Ltd. From 601s 9d (settee), 22 11s (chair) and £17 5s (table). Anything but downtrodden Five new designs in traditional quality sisal carpeting have recently been introduced by Tintawn Ltd. The company first started producing olour blended woven sisal carpeting n the early 1950's under the design direction of Louis le Brocquy, and since 1959 under Margaret Leischner, formerly head of weaving in the textile school of the RCA. In her designs she makes extensive use of twisted threads to give a complex colour pattern (this technique is well exemplified in the Grey Cascade design, above left); besides giving a rich visual texture the mixture of colours minimises the effects of soiling. Irish Coffee, right, is another subtle colour weave taken from the existing range. The carpeting is available in widths up to 144 inches. Designer Margaret Leischner. Maker Tintawn Ltd. From 11s 5d per yd (27 inches wide). New products Turning on the heat Paraffin convector heaters provide an economical form of background heating long appreciated | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Editorial | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8291... | Go to resource |
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