Extraordinary school chairs and amazing hockey equipment are winners in 2005 Lexus Design in Business Awards

14 October 2005

Furnware, the Hastings based manufacturers of school chairs and OBO, the Palmerston North based company, which dominates the world of field hockey goalie equipment, are the major winners of the 2005 Lexus Design in Business Awards, organised by the Designers’ Institute of New Zealand in association with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

The Diba awards, which were presented at a function last night (Thursday, October 13) at the Auckland City Art Gallery, were established to identify and recognise New Zealand companies that have achieved commercial success through investment in good design and who have a high “innovation quotient.”

This year, with the backing of a major new sponsor, Lexus, two awards were made for the first time: one for Design Innovation, won by Furnware, and one for Design Strategy, won by OBO.

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