modus 2015
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1 MARCH Sir Kenneth Grange & SmithMatthias Michael Sodeau 5 EVERYDAY Claesson Koivisto Rune Sir Kenneth Grange & SmithMatthias 2015 is shaping up to be a year of change for Modus. In March, we launched our most ambitious product to date: the Edge table system by PearsonLloyd. Edge is the culmination of years of research and development, as well as sizable investment into a more commercial product arena. This newspaper marks the arrival of Edge as well as several new designs including the Everyday chair by our long-term collaborators, Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. The wood...

MARCH A TIMBER CHAIR WITH COMFORT AT ITS CORE by Sir Kenneth Grange & SmithMatthias How do you create a design classic? This was the challenge for Sir Kenneth Grange and Jack Smith of SmithMatthias when Modus asked them to design a new stacking chair. It had to be economic to make, but timeless in its appeal to specifiers and sit comfortably within the British furniture firm’s portfolio. Grange describes the result as ‘a good, working, comfortable chair’, which Smith says would suit restaurants and cafés but could equally be used elsewhere. The hardwood construction is fairly...

A SLENDER AND ADAPTABLE TABLE SYSTEM ‘ Lightweight, modest, simple, demountable’ are a few of the words used by the designers Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd to describe the Edge table system. The design comprises a family of tables that spans the divide between workplace and hospitality, between independent table on the one hand and full desking system on the other. A far cry from the heavy, fixed, corporate desking systems of yesteryear that were often over-specified with functionality, Edge builds in adaptability whilst maintaining simplicity, both functionally and visually. ‘We didn’t want...

4- Hold chair_ Jonathan Prestwich

4- PLC chair _ Pearson Lloyd / Hold chair _ Jonathan Prestwich

by Michael Sodeau A COMPACT SOFA WITH A TAILORED FLUID FORM Lily chair _ Michael Sodeau / Fold table _ Patrick Norguet

APRIL A GRACEFUL SOFA SYSTEM WITH GREAT FLEXIBILITY by Sir Kenneth Grange & SmithMatthias Gecko table _ Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune / Orbital table _ Christophe Pillet / Bloom table _ Magnus Long Lily chair _ Michael Sodeau / Wrap chair _ Simon Pengelly

EVERYDAY A RATIONALIST, STACKABLE, WOOD SHELL CHAIR by Claesson Koivisto Rune ‘ We have a beautiful profession where we make physical things out of thoughts in our heads,’ reflects Eero Koivisto, one third of Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. There’s purity to this statement. Its simplicity could be misconstrued as naivety were it not for the fact that this studio has twenty years of experience behind them designing everything from small tabletop items, lighting and furniture to interiors, houses and entire hotels. not immediately obvious from this visually...

Gecko table _ Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune

Orbital Christophe Pillet Part PearsonLloyd Geta Low Arik Levy Gecko Claesson Koivisto Rune Hold Jonathan Prestwich Lily Michael Sodeau Geta Arik Levy Lily Michael Sodeau ReWrap Simon Pengelly ReWrap Simon Pengelly Cocoon Claesson Koivisto Rune Part PearsonLloyd Dune Monica Förster April Grange SmithMatthias Bernard Simon Pengelly Fold Patrick Norguet Multi Michael Sodeau Edge PearsonLloyd Gecko Claesson Koivisto Rune Connect Jonathan Prestwich Bernard Simon Pengelly Aside Simon Pengelly Hold Jonathan Prestwich Hold Jonathan Prestwich Noughts and Crosses Michael Sodeau Noughts and Crosses...

Multi Michael Sodeau Cocoon Claesson Koivisto Rune Geta Low Arik Levy Library Michael Sodeau Dune Monica Förster April System Grange SmithMatthias March Grange SmithMatthias Lear Patrick Norguet Hold Jonathan Prestwich Angle Simon Pengelly Lily Michael Sodeau Apriletta Grange SmithMatthias Cocoon Claesson Koivisto Rune Multi Michael Sodeau Part PearsonLloyd Dune Monica Förster Wrap Simon Pengelly Geta Arik Levy Wrap Simon Pengelly Bernard Simon Pengelly Cocoon Claesson Koivisto Rune Bend Magnus Long Apriletta Grange SmithMatthias Cocoon Claesson Koivisto Rune Park Lane Christophe Pillet...

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