January 20th, 2009

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Cologne 09: manufacturers Arco launched a collection of office furniture by Dutch designer Bertjan Pot at Design Post in Cologne, Germany, yesterday.

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Called Slim Office, the range is an adaptation of Pot’s Slim table design, made from oak veneer on steel.

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Accessories are attached with magnets and include a drawer, pen holders and privacy panel.

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Pot also designed a wall-mounted magnet board and a chair called Skinny for the office range.

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The following information is from Arco:

Slim Office
design Bertjan Pot

The innovative character of Bertjan Pot’s Slim table has already garnered numerous prestigious awards, including the Dutch Design Award 2007 and the IF Gold Award 2008.

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The secret to this whisper-thin yet very solid table is its unique steel-sandwich construction, which features a layer of wood.

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Steel also plays a leading role in ‘Slim Office’, which employs the Slim table as a desk: magnets are used to attach all of the functions and accessories to the table and therefore everything can be moved around.

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This combination of elegance and high tech innovation presents the utmost freedom and user-friendliness. The quirky design of the Skinny Office chair ties it all together.

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Material: oak veneer on sandwich construction
Dimensions(cms): 190×90x75 / 210×90x75 / 240×90x75 / 280×90x75
Accessories: privacy panel, cable management magnets, drawer, adapter storage unit, wastepaper basket, magnet board with magnets and pen holders

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Posted by Rose Etherington

16 Responses to “Slim Office by Bertjan Pot”

  1. One Says:

    Nice and neat,… Good idea to mount drawer by magnet… yes? Fantasic looking wood, as well. The chair is a bit silly for this fine table.

  2. modular Says:

    This is a it 80-ish…

  3. omar Says:

    nice stuff.

  4. Cr Says:

    I am loving it !

  5. stefan Says:

    yeah great idea, magnets+electronic equipment=love. and don`t forget to put your credin card on this table.
    the chair is quite ugly

  6. Will Says:

    Forgive me for my ignorance to nuance, but it doesn’t seem overtly unique. Boring, even.

  7. ieva Says:

    Very nice. I like it!

  8. charlotte Says:

    mmm so lovely !
    I <3 Bertjan Pot

    although I’m not too fond of the chair either

  9. saitoh Says:

    Design/Naoto Fukasawa
    http://www.pmz-store.jp/html/category/001/001/30/category30_0.html

  10. eyes Says:

    Shock horror, hold the front page ! ……………….”A corner bin also discovered on the Fukasawa website. Design world bears up to harsh reality of co existing products”.

    Thanks Saitoh ;)

  11. sluggo Says:

    the wastepaper basket needs a flat side to attach. It’s an outgrowth of necessity.

  12. Azm Says:

    YUMMY its cool, except the silly chair.

  13. step_out_of_a_triangle_and_into_striped_light Says:

    i’m scared that the magnets might damage my iphone or ibook or imouse as pictured above. iconcerned

  14. Will Says:

    Nice system, chair needs to be killed though really not in harmony with the considered design, looks like a school chair by KI or steelcase. As for the bin comments above, Fukasawa was certainly not the first to do this, try brabantia’s cupboard bin plus many more. This is a really nice development of an age old idea.

  15. Richard Says:

    Clever sandwich construction to keep the materials ‘whsiper-thin’. Now I know how to design a wooden panel to be magnet-friendly.

  16. hilde koenders Says:

    LOVE THE CHAIR TOO!
    like the short armrest, is reminds me of the fixed bikes handles http://www.veloheld.de/index.php?id=4&L=en

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