Street Furniture News

Tackling Coronavirus is down to everyone following the guidelines, keeping their distance, washing their hands regularly, using their elbow to cough or sneeze into, using face masks etc. Every step has been established to protect ourselves and will help to protect our neighbours, colleagues, friends, and family members.

Artform Urban Furniture have supplied a complete package from bus shelters to street furniture for the eagerly anticipated improvements to Eastbourne Town Centre.

With numerous weeks sheltering under the ‘Stay At Home’ umbrella and uncountable home classes, I find myself wondering whether my children will discover what many of us secretly question, is the traditional way of schooling really necessary for learning?. With the new normal beginning to take shape and a life that is expected to be different even after the virus’s impact lessens maybe so will the need for our classroom lessons!

Introducing Link, an innovative and highly flexible outdoor seating system. Link gives an opportunity for designers to achieve the scalability and creative freedom of custom site furnishings with added value and simplicity. The system’s uniquely modular design accommodates the landscape and nuances of virtually any site, both physically and aesthetically.

Artform have supplied a collection of seating and picnic benches for Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus. The University required new seating for an internal project to renovate a key area of the campus grounds.

When the inevitable happened and Covid-19 lockdown was not only announced but enforced on 23rd March 2020, our country changed. No longer was it considered safe to go to work, to travel, to use public transport. We saw the entire population begin to walk, the roads were clear and for the first time in decades towns, villages and cities saw the return of the bike!

Out-sider have been working hard to find a solution for a sustainable and environmentally friendly product. A new range has been created after extensive research and development; The Loop Recycle. Some products from their range are now available in 100% recycled plastic. The products can also be recycled again at the end of their life. 

Choosing the correct materials is vital when designing and specifying outdoor furniture for the future. In light of our current global climate emergency, the process has become more crucial than ever. It is paramount to select materials that balance aesthetics, durability and sustainability that the environment quite rightly demands to be considered.

In light of the current COVID-19 global pandemic, Artform Urban Furniture have been prompted to design and bring to market a new Sanitisation station to their portfolio of products. This is a design solution that simplifies personal cleanliness and hygienic waste disposal outside the safety of our own homes.

Our children are immersed and exposed to varying stressful environments, both at school and at home. It is of no surprise that we are reading negative headlines referring to the decline in our children’s mental health.