Tropicana Magazine May-Jun 2019 #124 : Celebration of Success

THE SCENE
Steelcase Newly Renovated Kuala Lumpur Business Centre
21 February 2019
Technology-enabled spaces designed to boost creativity in any workspace.
Steelcase officially presented its
refreshed Steelcase Business Centre
in Kuala Lumpur designed to drive
a more mobile, agile and innovative
company culture. It also features the
company’s latest workspace furniture
and applications in Malaysia including
its innovative office chairs, the Steelcase
Series 1 and SILQ.
The first and only one of its kind centre
in Asia Pacific introduces Creative
Spaces for the first time in Malaysia
featuring a collection of technologyenabled
work spaces created to help
organisations foster creative thinking
and better collaboration. Comprising
five different spaces, each creative
space is specifically designed to support
the needs of individuals or teams as
they go through the different stages
of the creative process. Two out of the
five spaces – Ideation Hub and Maker
Commons are now on display in Malaysia
along with a selected range of Steelcase
products including:
Steelcase Series 1: Steelcase Series 1
office chair delivers performance, style
and choice, while making it attainable
for everyone.
SILQ: The SILQ chair (pronounced silk)
utilises innovative materiality to deliver
a personal experience by responding to
the unique movements of your body.
Brody: The Brody Work Lounge and
Desk are private workspaces designed
to provide people with moments of focus
in high-traffic areas - open-plan offices,
foyers or in student commons areas.
Casper Cloaking Technology: Casper
Cloaking Technology by Designtex is
an architectural film for glass walls that
obscures digital screens to outside view
for data privacy.
www.steelcase.com
The Art Of Bringing People Together
28 March 2019
PERMAI and Dulux collaborate to brighten Jalan Raja Chulan
Dulux, the leading decorative paint
brand of AkzoNobel and Yayasan
Persahabatan Malaysia (PERMAI)
recently teamed up to brighten up a
stretch of wall along Jalan Raja Chulan
with creative murals that celebrate love,
respect and unity. According to Kuala
Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), initiatives
such as this will give local artists a
good opportunity to not only showcase
their talent, but also to give back to the
community. These colourful murals
have captured the essence of a united
Malaysia and made these streets livelier
and friendlier. “We are honoured to
be able to impart our passion onto
the community at Jalan Raja Chulan
and hope to deliver shared value for
everyone,” said Indra Laban, GM of
AkzoNobel Decorative Paints Malaysia.
The AkzoNobel ‘Let’s Colour’ project
is a global initiative by the company,
with an end goal of transforming local
communities by using colours. To
date, nearly 2,300 projects have been
completed around the world using
well over 1.3 million liters of paint.
These projects have involved more than
12,000 volunteers and benefitted over
81 million people.
www.akzonobel.com
Mohd Amin bin Hadarith, the first-place
winner of the mural project by PERMAI
and AkzoNobel, stands proud as he
presented his creative wall to the honoured
guests.
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