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Hergóm
SA, a manufacturer of cast-iron products in Cantabria, Spain, was impressed
with the decorative stoves that we had designed in the US and asked us to
design a wood stove insert for the Southern European market. Wood stove
inserts are casings that mount flush into existing walls and heat by venting
warm air through ducts into the home. The project involved redesigning a
particular type of insert that had significant space constraints and that
had traceable heritage to Southern France and Northern Spain. For a number
of years Hergóm had enjoyed market leadership in Spain. Their designs
typically had clean and modern lines, but copies by competitors and cheap
imitations were beginning to erode their market share. Hergóm, therefore,
needed to reestablish itself as an industry leader in this type of functional
furnishing. |
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