The Furniture Awards are bestowed on the industry's champion suppliers at the January Furniture Show each year. Organised by Furniture News magazine in partnership with the event, the awards aim to recognise the businesses leading the way in their own product categories.
The Accents Category invites an eclectic mix of accessories, furnishings, accent chairs and more, so choosing a winner is less about direct comparisons between entries and more about simply recognising which business and product makes the best impression.
Winner Hartman UK’s attractive stand in Hall 2 hinged on a new range, the Julia Resin Chair Collection. Combining Dutch design and technology with the company’s core values of comfort, design and quality, the sleek and stylish Julia chair is ergonomically designed for impressive seating comfort. The chair’s base comes in a range of chic colours combined with either aluminium or oak wooden legs, ensuring a unique, warm look, while three seat shell options are available.
The Julia Resin Chair Collection
Hartman UK offers a five-year guarantee on this scratch-resistant range, which is also 100% recyclable. The collection offers a low-maintenance, stylish and affordable indoor dining (or home office) solution, and complements Hartman UK’s wider dining furniture offer.
“Hartman UK’s core values lie in creating timeless furniture that unites comfort, design and quality. Silently and stylishly supporting great times, Julia has been developed to suit every home and every person,” comments marketing manager Michelle Bradford.
“We are truly humbled at being chosen as the Accents Category winner. The January Furniture Show was a fantastic opportunity to launch our range of indoor furniture products to the UK market, and to have been awarded such an accolade for the Julia chair provides us the perfect platform to drive awareness of the full Hartman indoor range – we are very excited about what the next 12 months offer.
“Our focus at the show was to raise awareness of the Hartman brand, and we had a fantastic response from the visitors. The show also provided some invaluable insight on the indoor furniture market, which will enable us to channel our efforts more efficiently moving forward.”
The judges said: “This is a great idea. Get two or three moulds together, and six or seven applications of legs and height, and create a dining chair that’s comfortable, stylish and 100% recyclable. The wooden leg models in particular would look great in kitchens alongside the natural dining tables that are very much in vogue right now.”
From left: awards co-ordinator Paul Farley; Hartman UK area sales manager Angela Byrne; event director Cleere Scammel; and Hartman UK sales director Paul Facey
