\u201cIt had to be professionally deep-cleaned because it was covered in smoke-damage soot … but it wasn\u2019t damaged. The fire was in the kitchen,\u201d Mix\u2019d spokeswoman Olivia Simkin said.<\/p>\n
She said the seating was part of the original vision for the venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concept for Mix\u2019d\u2019s seating came from wanting a soft and cosy lower seating option for customers who don\u2019t want to sit on bar leaners,\u201d Simkin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe created the initial design and adjusted it many times along the way, while working closely with Douglas, to ensure the design and upholstery would work perfectly to create a relaxing nook as the finished product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simkin said the award was unexpected but meaningful for the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe booth is a very one-of-a-kind, very intricate design … It\u2019s unique, it\u2019s quite intimate, comfortable, durable, cosy,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty cool award for us to receive, and our first one yet. We will hopefully get more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Douglas co-owner Adam Greville said the project stood out because of the precision required for the curved shapes and commercial durability.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis award really celebrates the level of skill we have cultivated here in Hawke\u2019s Bay,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
The project first won the national award for Excellence in Commercial Upholstery before being entered into Ata\u2019s international awards, which recognise design and fabrication projects from more than 40 countries.<\/p>\n
The result was recognition for Douglas and Mix\u2019d on the global stage.<\/p>\n
The award was formally presented at the Advanced Textiles Expo in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt had to be professionally deep-cleaned because it was covered in smoke-damage soot … but it wasn\u2019t damaged.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2346,17181,138,501,2082,1437,97211,3607,111,139,69,46767,6202],"class_list":["post-144155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-award","tag-bar","tag-business","tag-design","tag-for","tag-global","tag-mixd","tag-napier","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-seating","tag-wins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}