Krost 2013 Catalogue Launch Party!

Last Thursday we hosted a party to celebrate the launch of our 2013 Office Furniture Catalogue.

Some cool tunes, pizzas rolled on site and yummy cocktails, shared with great company made it a night to remember! Thank you to all who joined us, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

The catalogue is definitely worthy of the celebration, it marks the release of our new 2013 products including Tex, Hush, Trak, Lift, Sonic and Ajay.  The 154 page fully coloured catalogue has been dispatched to many via post but if you haven’t received yours yet let us know.

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Advantages of Mesh Seating

Have you ever experienced a sticky back after a long day in the office? Mesh office chairs can leave your back nice, dry and well ventilated. Mesh upholstered chairs have come into prominence over the last 10 years and are the preferred choice of many office workers.

The mesh material allows for heightened ventilation and breathability by allowing air to flow through the chair to you while seated. This is a revolutionary advantage over traditional fabric or leather chairs which often restrict airflow, causing warmth and discomfort. The added ventilation also reduces the chance of unwanted odours.

The woven material and absence of thick padding allows the mesh to take the shape of your back assisting both comfort and back support.

Mesh upholstery is more cost efficient than fabric or leather upholstery. It is also likely to last longer, as its tightly woven fabric is less likely to rip or tear and there’s no padding that can lose its original shape. Cleaning and maintenance is really simple too, a wipe over the mesh with a damp cloth is all that’s required.

Finally, when you’re ready to say goodbye, mesh chairs are a more environmentally friendly option as they are manufactured using significantly less material.

With so many benefits there’s no wonder mesh seating has become such a popular option. Take a look at some of our favourite mesh ranges: Future, Spyder, Ess, Flow, Sonic and Vigo.

Fresh and Functional workspace for Silcar

We recently completed a large scale fitout for the Silcar offices. A clever office furniture solution allowed the company to maximise their office space and make it possible to seat over 200 people comfortably.

The fitout was designed by Project One Interiors and features our Vast workstations, Tambour doorstorage, Flow and Arc seating in their working areas and a combination of Wiz coffee tables and Duoand Baz chairs for their boardrooms, waiting areas and breakout rooms.

Click on the image above to view more photos from the project.

Spyder Creeps into Krost

Have you seen our Spyder yet? Thankfully we’re not talking about a creepy crawly! but rather the much more inviting Spyder family of chairs.

The Spyder collection provides flexibility in function & aesthetics, its forte is its ability to be customised to meet your needs. It’s available with 3 different chair back types (fabric, mesh or polypropylene), 2 different seat options (fabric or polypropylene), optional arms and a variety of frames.

Chair types include, a swivel chair, sider chair, arm chair and stool. The versatile options allow for an underlying aesthetic theme to be carried throughout an entire office landscape.

The chairs seat and back can be tailored to suit your décor, with the ability to be upholstered in anyfabric, a variety of colours of mesh or a stylised plastic design.

The Spyder also features a sleek and durable chrome and polypropylene frame. The frame is lightweight and allows for chairs to be stacked up to 8 high, which greatly assists with ease of movement and storage.

Whether it be for your conference room, waiting area, lunch room or breakout room the Spyder will be sure to perform.

Krost Introduces The Hush High Back Lounge

We know with open plan offices it can be difficult to escape to take a call, work on your laptop or relax on your lunch break. Our brand new Hush lounge allows you to do just that, its high sides act as a sound barrier and give you a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of the office.

The Hush can be a great place to have an informal meeting, as a room within a room can be created are by facing 2 lounges towards one another. The Hush’s acoustic properties not only are great for those sitting in the lounge, but it also dampens the noise in an open planned environment and creates an interesting visual in the office landscape.

The Hush is ideal to help escape the daily grind or to get down to business in and its tubular aluminium legs and geometric stitching detail look fantastic too. With high back lounges forecasted to be this year’s biggest trend, Hush is sure to make a bold statement in your office.

9 Tips To Get Back Into Work-Mode for 2013

We know sometimes its not easy getting back into the swing of things after a relaxing break. That’s why we’ve decided to put together some handy tips to help you beat the ‘back-to-work blues’. We hope they help!

1. Ease into the workload – Get into a working mindset by starting on a small and manageable task. As you make progress you should start to realise that it’s not as tough as you first thought.
2. Prioritise your work – Don’t get overwhelmed by the 300 emails sitting in your inbox, but rather spend 25 minutes separating your inbox into 2 files ‘Urgent and Later’. This way you can prioritise your work by importance and won’t have 300 sitting in your inbox, but rather 20 or so that need to be actioned right away.
3. Communicate – It’s easy to forget after a 2 or 3 week break. Speak with your manager and colleagues to make sure you’re still on the same page.
4. Set goals – Goals are an essential part of getting motivated. Have a think about what you want to achieve throughout the year and then plan how you can achieve it. Forecasting is a great way to set goals, this involves writing your goals in your diary on the dates you hope to achieve them by, this makes sure you always have something to work towards.
5. Stay social – Arrange after-work activities on evenings or weekends, so you can escape the daily grind and have something to look forward to throughout the working week.
6. Clean up – Pack away your Christmas decorations or any clutter from last year, it will help you get out of holiday mode.  A clean environment is also easier to work in.
7. Stay healthy – Regular exercise, eating healthy and a healthy sleeping pattern will give you the energy you need to conquer the New Year.
8. Stay positive – Be thankful for the refreshing break and think of going back to work as a fresh start. After a rejuvenating holiday, you’ll be full of great ideas and with the right attitude, you’ll be very productive as well.
9. Plan a holiday – Having something exciting to plan and look forward to can make the hard work seem worth while.

A Big 2013 in Store!

Welcome back. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break – we certainly did and now we are keen to start the new year with a bang!

We’ve got lots in store for the upcoming months, including our soon to be released 2013 office furniture catalogue and with that the introduction of a bunch of new and exclusive products.

With a refreshed team, we are eager to hear about your office furniture needs. Let 2013 be the year that you give your office the attention it deserves!

Happy Holidays from the Krost Team

As 2012 comes to an end and we prepare for another great year we would like to thank you for your continued support.

It was an exciting year for us at Krost with the release of many new products – the Aero, Web, Kari,Ess, Chia, Duo and Kale to name a few – which have already become hits.

Apart from the new products this year, we also revamped our showroom with a whole new configuration and design. It’s looking as good as ever and we can’t wait to show you around! Be sure to pop in, just remember we will be closed from the 21st and will be reopening on the 9th.

2013 is set to be better than ever! For starters, new products and a brand new catalogue are set to be released early in the year.

Until then, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our New LED Energy Efficient Lights

We just switched over to LED lights exclusively. This includes all the big high bays in our showroom (over 70) and all the down lights in our office (over 150).

It’s just a small change we’ve made as part of our company’s commitment to the environment. We strive to have a positive environmental impact across all areas of our operations from the products we sell to the transport we use.

We aim to sell only environmentally friendly office furniture. This includes E0 boards and only water based glues. Additionally, we are ISO 14001 certified and a large percentage of our products and fabrics feature third party environmental certifications.

These LED lights will provide us with a huge reduction in our energy consumption – and hopefully an equally large reduction in our electricity bill – as they use less than half the power of conventional lights.

They give a great colour light and show our office furniture brilliantly, take a look at the pics.

Our Xmas Lawn Bowl Party

We all had a ball at Paddo Bowls Club for our 2012 Christmas Party. The evening kicked off with a fun-filled lawn bowls tournament. Most of us had never been near a bowling green before so it was filled with laughs and good times. It was the perfect way to celebrate a fantastic year!

Our 2012 Ads

Have you seen the advertisements we’ve been running this year? It was a totally fresh approach for us and we think they’re awesome.

You might have seen them in a few design mags or across the web.

Click the picture above and the image gallery on the right to see some full size versions.

Our World Class Showroom

We’ve just updated our showroom, with a host of exciting new products and finishes which will form part of our 2013 product range.

Have a look at some new photos by clicking on the one above, and if you’ve been before, it’s definitely worth swinging by and checking out what changes we’ve made. If you’ve never been, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!?!?!

Our multilevel showroom is over 2500m2 and showcases all our products from seating to workstations, desking, storage, training and everything in between all here for you to see and try.

You don’t need to make an appointment to come past, one of our sales consultants will be more than happy to show you around. We’re also known to offer the best coffee this end of King St.

We’re at 645 King St, St Peters. Just 10 minutes from the CBD.