It’s been a special edition at which to get together again. Showing and concealing, intriguing and revealing, we presented our collections at Feria Hábitat València with a sinuous terracotta lattice as the backdrop. In addition to our best sellers and some of our emblematic pieces, in this stand covering more than one hundred square metres we officially unveiled, “on our home turf”, the Heritage collection, our most recent design by the National Design Award winner Mario Ruiz, a tribute to our traditional hand weaving. But it was also an opportunity to discover City, a collection by Christophe Pillet which, so far this year, has already received two international design awards.
This year, we also had the chance to look back and remember. Under the title 102 years of history, craftsmanship and design, we presented a retrospective exhibition of POINT with some of the historic and contemporary pieces that have made us a leading international brand of outdoor furniture. The exhibition took us back through more than a hundred years of the company’s history, giving an insight into our evolution, but also that of society as a whole.
More than 48,000 people visited Feria Hábitat València and its parallel events between 20 and 23 September, a hugely successful turnout, which consolidates this as one of the sector’s unmissable events. The return of the fair has coincided with the celebration of World Design Capital Valencia 2022, a global event promoted by POINT, among other brands, which celebrates the profession of industrial design and its capacity to generate better products and systems as well as improving the environment and society.
Meet the best of Spanish design
The latest edition of Feria Hábitat València provided the chance to see some of our most popular collections.
Heritage
This collection brings together two national design award winners: Mario Ruiz (2016) and POINT (2019). Respect for tradition, innovation, know-how and a desire to find beauty in simplicity are its defining features. Ruiz takes POINT’s famous hand weaving as his reference in developing these pieces. He also adapts traditional materials and formats to softer, more modern and fluid languages. This collection can be easily adapted to a contemporary look or a more traditional setting. All the pieces are made from an aluminium frame with a woven synthetic fibre outer body. The collection is composed of sofas, armchairs, chairs, side tables, dining tables, sun loungers and daybeds.
City
The launch of this new collection in our country came with an international award. Designer Christophe Pillet recently received an award for this collaboration with POINT at Le FRENCH DESIGN Awards. A few months later, it was the European Design Awards that gave this collection another award. “This collection is my contemporary take on the art of Mediterranean living, which is unconnected to time. It is a universe where the sun and the earth meet”, explained the French designer about City. A powder painted aluminium structure is the starting point for each of the pieces in this collection. It also features arms made from teak wood –sourced from sustainably managed forests–, a back finished in aluminium and rope, and plump, comfortable cushions. City is composed of tables, an armchair and two- and three-seater sofas. They all exude classicism and elegance, and their cushions can be customised in terms of both prints and colours.
Long Island
“My goal with Long Island was to make it as desirable and as well finished as a piece of indoor furniture, with a similarly detailed design”, designer Christophe Pillet explains, adding “I sought to create the feeling that these pieces have always existed”. Straight shapes and slim lines define the silhouette of this modular collection of outdoor sofas. Eminently versatile, the pieces that make up the collection include an armchair, a sofa and a chaise longue, which adapt to fit each space. According to Pillet, its simple design aspires “to offer universal elegance and great comfort”. This collection seeks to become a modern classic and consists of thirteen pieces that are complemented by three tables with an aluminium structure.
Summer
The Summer collection –consisting of a dining room chair and armchair and three types of table– is based on a new take on the traditional chair: universal, simple, functional and timeless, but now given a touch of refinement, technical precision and sensuality. “The decorative effect is produced here by the texture of the weave, which is intended as a homage to craftsmanship. It therefore has something very elaborate (handmade), with a very strong, very simple design”, explains its designer, Christophe Pillet. The chair is made from aluminium combined with rope and is available in different colours. The tables have an aluminium structure and porcelain or compact top. “This is an almost indefinite, classic, universal collection, which we defined very slightly to give it a new touch of modernity”.
Weave
Since it was launched in 2017, this collection with its soft, relaxed lines has reaped many international awards, such as the International Interior Design Association’s 2018 Global Excellence Awards, Gold Medal in the Ibero-American Biennial CIDI for Interior, Design and Landscape and the ADCV GOLD Award for Outdoor Furniture in 2017. Inspired by the way baya weaver birds weave their nests, Vicent Martínez designed this collection to be as functional as it is emotional. Meticulously finished, each piece is created by hand, woven strand by strand. It consists of a total of twenty-seven elements, including swings, tables, sun loungers, sofas and chairs, all with a structure that envelops, protects and relaxes. The latest additions to the collection are a dining armchair and a versatile rope table base –round or square– that can also be used as a planter or a pouffe. All the pieces have a powder painted aluminium structure and the characteristic rope weave. There are a great variety of possible combinations thanks to their finishes in taupe, cream and black.
Paralel
Designed by Gabriel Teixidó, it is set to become a classic. As its creator himself explains, “its characteristic element, wood, is a living element that connects well with people and gives it warmth”. Robust yet soft, its chairs, armchairs, sofas and tables combine Indonesian teak wood (from carefully managed forests) and synthetic rope. There are a total of fourteen pieces, also including a sun lounger, a side table and an extendible table. They are designed for gardens, terraces or porches, integrating easily into indoor spaces too. “It’s a human collection that fits perfectly into natural surroundings”, says Teixidó.
