Maison & Objet – Paris
We will be at Maison & Objet exhibition in Paris with the new Scala collection. Sector TODAY, HALL 6, Stand F128
Furnishing without waste is more beautiful
In a few days, in the showroom you will find many unmissable offers on furnishing accessories, chairs, tables, stools, sofas and armchairs for photo shoots, fairs, showrooms and end of series. Ti aspettiamo: Venerdì 26/11 | 9.30 – 19.00 Sabato 27/11 | 9.30 – 19.00 Domenica 28/11 | 15.00 – 19.00 Mercoledì 01/12 | 9.30 – 19.00 Venerdì 03/12 | 9.30 – 19.00 Sabato 04/12 | 9.30 – 19.00 Domenica 05/12 | 15.00 – 19.00 presso la nostra sede di via Mazzolari 34 a Passirano (BS), a soli due minuti dall’uscita dell’autostrada A4. Si effettuano consegne a domicilio – si applicano condizioni.Possibilità di acquisto in WhatsApp al +39 3318186277.Green pass obbligatorio per visita in sede.
The future is circular!
Even the design is gets green and sets missions to ensure the sustainability of our planet. The desire to preserve our Home has led even the furniture industry to engage on the side of waste and pollution. This dedication takes the name of Ecodesign or sustainable design. Ecodesign is an economic model that directs the production process, from the conception to the sale and disposal of a product, to minimize the impact it could have on the ecosystem. The different sides are: the analysis of the materials used, which are recyclable and reusable; the analysis of energy consumption the maximum reduction of any form of waste But even better than the correct and unsustainable disposal of products is theircircularitythis means that once the product has completed its function, the materials of which it is composed, where possible, are reintroduced into the economic cycle and can be continuously reused within the production cycle, generating further value. Simple! Why not give it a try? Simple! Why not give it a try? In order to support the circular economy, it is essential to pay attention to the choice of materials, certify their origin and the ethicality of their production, so that, once their first life cycle is over, they can actually be given a new life. It is a commitment not only for designers but also for entrepreneurs who, through these investments, pursue a win-win perspective, both economically and ethically or socially. Alma is also implementing its organization and turning towards increasingly sustainable and circular approaches. Alma’s strategic project will lead the firm in the coming years to integrate itself with the environment starting from the very first collections to arrive!
Living at home with Alma Design
Lately we have learnt how to crave out a moment of relax and peace within our four walls. And now that we can go out we should continue treasuring what we have understood and come back to the romantic idea of “safe hideaway”. Therefore, we know that taking care of ourselves means both treating our body and decorating the spaces surrounding us; this concept is expressed asLiving Psychology” namely, the attempt to create new lifestyles thanks to the cooeration of Human sciences, design, architecture and marketing. Their common ground? The house. The building stillness merges with the dinamicity of the activities involved within: conversations, experiences, and relationships. Aesthetic but also sounds and scents have the power to change our mood, as well as our personality and approach to life. Saving-space solutions may help us making order within and around us, as Pepper and 2525, two lightweight and practical stools, easy to hide under our desks and ideal for outdoor places too. And since we’re talking about outdoors, large or small ones, our aluminium table Ciak takes up very little space thanks to its folding top and is therefore easy to move and hold. Comfortis the other password, quite obvious. Whether in our reading corner, in the home office or where we chill, we cannot do it without a large armchair or e fluffy sofa. From our X Collection, X Big, Y Armchair and X Big Too sofa are super compfy solutions available in many fabrics.
Outdoor Design solutions
To furnish outdoor places this year means to create comfortable and everyday-life solutions for our garden, our little balcony or patio. Of course, bars and restaurants too are trying to reinvent them selves to offer creative corners of leisure en plein air. And if we cannot move and go to the seaside now, the seasid comes to our home! Easy. In fact, common trends for summer 2021 involve seaside fabrics and colors like blue and white but also wood pieces of furniture for a holiday oasis in the city centre. Another must-have is the so called edible garden, where coffee tables and seats alternate with fruit plants, sage and rosemary bushes, typical of our mediterranean culture. And design does not mean just aesthetic or loveliness; it also implies practicability and functionality. A design product is so called when there is a previous analysis of how useful it could be and how it can solve our everyday problems. Just after all that, we can think about its appearance and attractiveness. Multifunctionality is, for example, the key word of our Pepper. It can be a coffee table, a lamp or a light stool to be used indoor and outdoor. A real design piece.
Alma – Sponsor of The Voice 2020
The protagonist of The Voice Senior, a TV show about music on the Italian broadcaster Rai1 is surely the voice itself: more-than-sixty-year-old people perform in front of the public at home and four judges who cannot see them. The only thing they are voted for is their… voice! This let everyone at any age and with any style take a chance to sing on a real stage and hopefully win the final battle. Alma is a participant too but, of course, in a different way: we are the official sponsor of the new edition 2020! ALMA also performs in its own way at The Voice and does so through what is dearest to it: its products! 117 / 5.000 Risultati della traduzione As chosen as official sponsor, some of our furnishing accessories decorate the halls of the Rai1 auditorium: then the Amarcord armchair, modern and very comfortable; from our XCollection,XTable and XBighave been chosen in different colors tooand last but not least Meg, armchair in velvet fabric. Alma is pleased to collaborate once again with famous artists in a TV program leader of viewership!
Dinner with Alma Design
The dining room is increasingly lived as the center of the house, is the place of socialization and where you meet for the daily ‘appointments’ with the family or where you can spend pleasant moments of relaxation. The table is a central and convivial element, which combines in its essence practicality and aesthetics. The possibility to choose between a variety of styles, shapes, sizes, finishes and functions allows not only to meet specific furnishing needs, but also to create personalized and customized spaces. Whether it is an ‘open space’ with integrated dining room and kitchen, a space that includes living room, or used exclusively for the dining area, the table is the functional and indispensable piece of furniture to define the mood of the environment that welcomes it. Alma Design, with its numerous and different proposals of tables designed to enhance both contract and residential environments, furnishes every context, even outdoor, with elegance and lightness, makes it fluid and always functional. From tables designed to meet the needs of practicality and versatility, fundamental to the environments of contract and hospitality, such as Bistrò, Ciako Set Up, Alma Design offers perfect solutions ‘for everywhere’ to integrate in any space, such as Virna e X Table. In addition in the collections you find also tables that surprise for unexpected finishes and ergonomics, such as Paloalto, Clint, Woodbridgeor the new Magenta collection, designed by Marco Piva. The common thread of every Alma Design tables collection are the clean lines and the essential design, combined with quality, solidity and durability, essential aspects for a piece of furniture intended for everyday use. Alma Design also offers a wide range of dining seating to go with the tables and create a complete environment in many different look. Alma Design interprets contemporary living with balance and aesthetic sense.
Alma Green – #plasticfree
In this particular historical / cultural period, one of the themes that will be a subject to study for our grandchildren or great-grandchildren, will be the protection of the environment, and how in our era we have faced what is now a real, but above, a global problem. But you ask, “why read about such a delicate topic on the website of a furnishing accessories manufacturer? The answer is very simple, why not? Individually, we must intervene and contribute to the protection of the planet, but often this commonly “excludes” the actions of big brand companies. Thinking about it, that’s where the real change has yet to take place. We at ALMA DESIGN have already committed ourselves by redeveloping our headquarters, using ecological and natural materials, up to the production of electricity through the use of photovoltaic panels that cover the entire surface of our company, however .. We are just one of many companies in a sea of an artisan area scattered along the beautiful country. In addition to our headquarters, of course, the production chain and our items are also inclined to favor the environment, produced with ecological, recycled and recyclable materials. Our daily commitment is part of a collective project aimed at safeguarding our real home: The planet. The conversion of the planet is a process that takes an immediate response with responsibility regarding moving forward globally, the immediate response being reducing the consumption of plastics. 15 ways to reduce plastic waste! Recycling is not the answer! The change in habit can contribute to the universal change of the world. The need to use plastics in our lives is a undoubtable need and it definitely isn’t simple. Despite “recycling” and safely sorting plastics in the correct way and being told the benefits of recycling, it is no excuse to continue the use of plastics. Over 15 ways to reduce disposable plastic in your life: 1. Change your habits. Is your daily lunch a takeaway salad in a plastic container? Get into the habit of making a large salad a few times a week and bringing it to work in a reusable container. Say no to straws and plastic forks, you can find an infinite number of transportable cutlery sets. 2. Stop buying snacks packed individually. Seriously. From biscuits to carrots, it seems that everything is available in pre-packaged portions, all plastic wrapped. Take ten minutes at the beginning of the week and prepare your snacks packed in reusable containers. 3. Invest in local produce shops. Instead of buying meat or fresh produce at supermarkets – with polystyrene and plastic packaging abound – bond with your local venders. You will help the local economy and you will certainly have a better product. 4. Change the way you store food.Instead of using plastic containers to store leftovers, use glass jars for this purpose. Learn to freeze meals without using plastic containers. (Yes, it is possible!) 5. Make a clean cut. If you are still buying disposable razors, stop! Invest in a razor that allows you to replace the blade. Try a traditional razor or a newer reloading blade version. 6. Buy without plastic. While many states have banned plastic bags and encourage shoppers to bring their bags from home for shopping, plastic bags are still in use. 7. Choose boxes instead of bottles. Choose powder laundry detergent or dishwasher detergent that come in boxes instead of their liquified plastic bottled counterparts. This is an easy way to reduce the use of plastic. 8. Buying bulk. Instead of buying rice, pasta, flour or other plastic-packed foods, collect these loose ingredients and store them in reusable containers or buy them in larger quantities, thus saving and reducing the use of plastic. 9. Say no to plastic bottled drinks. 10. Packaging. Instead of choosing bubble-wrap padded envelopes, opt for something similar that uses recycled newsprint as padding. (Unfortunately, you won’t find anything like this at the post office). Unless what you’re shipping is really fragile, you should be able to get by with recycling the newspaper as padding. 11. Make your picnic completely Green. Stop the senseless use of disposable plastic dishes! You can find paper plates or better you can use glass or ceramic plates. Your picnic will certainly have more style and will have a zero impact. The same goes for cutlery and glasses. 12. Give up gum. Believe it or not, chewing gum is made of synthetic rubber agglomerated with a plastic called polyvinyl acetate. 13. Leave the disposable plastic bag to line the trash can. If separate collection is active in your city, use the bags intended for collection, alternatively other objects can be placed directly in the garbage container. It is not always necessary to pack them in a plastic bag and .. if you think about it you are buying these plastic bags for the sole purpose of throwing them away. 14. Celebrate without disposable plastic “furnishings”.Who doesn’t love party decorations? But instead of using balloons, plastic streamers and disposable plastic tablecloths (or derivatives), invest or create reusable decorations in different color combinations and you’ll never have to buy party decorations again! 15. Buy second hand. There are a multitude of reasons to opt for second hand shopping and reduce plastic consumption. For example, most new articles are wrapped in plastic or packed in polystyrene. These are only 15 tips to change our lifestyle which can have a softer impact on our planet. In the article on the environment we will talk about “how to reduce our carbon footprint”.
New Trends and colors 2021
Every year our wardrobe changes and adds new colorful items but it’s not just the world of fashion which follows the trends, also design requires being up-to-date. Oh, and of course a bit of creativity is always requested. After the nomination of Pantone 17-2104 Ultimate Gray and Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating as the two colors of 2021, according to the Pantone Color Institute, other shades have become more and more important in the current season. Indeed, last New York Fashion Week and many other fashon shows all around the world have revealed new tints and combinations of shades. For example, cherry red, bodeaux and shades of powder pink are a must-have this year. Next to the “blu china” that gained the nomination as Pantone color in 2019, in 2021 a new blue navy is preferred and ALMA calls it “blue-violet” adding a similar dark green tint to our furnishing. And last but not least, amber yellow items and clothes are a must-have for the summer and autumn season approaching, reminding of beaches and juicy fruits.
Technical Sponsor of Big Brother 2020
Spending a lot of time at home is quite a challenge, we all know that! This situation has confirmed that a comfortable place makes our long days at home much more enjoyable. This is the reason why ALMAis again the technical Sponsor of the Big Brother VIP 2020: a tv show with famous people living under the same roof h24. Very similar situation to ours, isn’t it? It’s not all about laughs and relax but there’re arguments and cryings too. Yet, an organized room can help relaxing our mind: sometimes a comfortable chair and a bright place are all you need. For this edition JULIEand AMY have been chosen for the lunch room and the porch. Both of them light, stackable and available in many nice colors. An last but not least, MEGand PEPPER have been chosen for the garden in various color versions. These combinations fit both for a comfy smartwork day and an elegant prima time on tv!
