{"id":442910,"date":"2010-03-18T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/18\/contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearsh\/"},"modified":"2010-03-18T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T12:57:00","slug":"contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearshift-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/442910","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary furniture designer Thonet takes on Volvo C70 gearshift duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/convertibles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Convertible<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/volvo\/\" rel=\"tag\">Volvo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/design-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design\/Style<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/thonetvolvoc70000opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Thonet shift knobs for Volvo C70 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nWe&#8217;ll be honest &#8211; when we heard that a European contemporary furniture designer would be creating something specifically for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/volvo\/\">Volvo<\/a>, our first thought was, well, IKEA. (Very funny, we know.) However, the folks at Thonet (based in Germany, not Sweden) have created special wooden gearshift knobs specifically for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/c70\">2011 C70<\/a>, in partnership with Volvo tuner Heico Sportiv.<\/p>\n<p>The shift knobs, made out of oak, beech or walnut, are said to reflect the design language of Volvo&#8217;s floating center console. Thonet has a long history of creating wood furniture designs, so it was a natural fit for Volvo to select them to create this special gearshift specifically for the Heico Sportiv C70. Hit the jump to read more in Thonet&#8217;s press release.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/low\/\">Volvo C70 by Thonet and Heico Sportiv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/thonetvolvoc70000_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/thonetvolvoc70001_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/thonetvolvoc70002_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/volvo-c70-by-thonet-and-heico-sportiv\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/thonetvolvoc70003_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\">2010 Volvo C70<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/2010-volvo-c70-15_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/2010-volvo-c70-14_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/2010-volvo-c70-13_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/2010-volvo-c70-12_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-volvo-c70\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/2010-volvo-c70-11_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: Thonet]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/18\/contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearsh\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Contemporary furniture designer Thonet takes on Volvo C70 gearshift duties<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/18\/contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearsh\/\">Contemporary furniture designer Thonet takes on Volvo C70 gearshift duties<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:57:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/18\/contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearsh\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19403466\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/18\/contemporary-furniture-designer-thonet-takes-on-volvo-c70-gearsh\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Convertible, Volvo, Design\/Style, Luxury Thonet shift knobs for Volvo C70 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery We&#8217;ll be honest &#8211; when we heard that a European contemporary furniture designer would be creating something specifically for Volvo, our first thought was, well, IKEA. (Very funny, we know.) 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