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Vitra and designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby suggest Soft Work as a replacement

for the conventional desk. Knowing that communal areas often serve as workspaces, they

came up with a seating system that facilitates productivity anywhere. Table workstations

with peripheral seating conjure the look of a landscape.

vitra.com

Swedish designers Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius

conceived Blå Station’s Bob Job, a multi-configurable sofa

system that has it all. You can add tables, shelves and plants

to the mix, depending on what’s needed, and partitions

allow for privacy as desired.

blastation.com

Grafeiophobia, Geoffrey Pascal’s graduation project for Design

Academy Eindhoven, is for ‘people who fear their desk’. At

the heart of Basic Desk, Triclinium Gum and the Flying Man is

modularity: each provides the functional adaptability required

to achieve what NASA calls a ‘neutral body posture’.

geoffreypascal.com

Designed by Rudolf Schelling Webermann,

Wilkhahn’s Landing is a series of sound-absorbent

wall reliefs that encompass leaning, sitting and

shelving. The colourful elements can be used in

various places throughout the office and arranged

at will to fulfil evolving spatial requirements.

wilkhahn.com

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