The concept behind this furniture piece is interesting—and should be taken with a grain of salt, as it was designed and built in just three weeks, for a competing-designers television show. The Danish program Danmarks Næste Klassiker (“Denmark’s Next [Furniture] Classic”) pits five design teams against each other for six different furniture design challenges. (Anyone remember “Framework?”)
This piece is by Bly Studio, the design duo of furniture designers Eva Fly and Anne Brandhøj. Their concept was for a wall-mounted unit that serves as a hideaway home office. The user’s preferred worksurface height dictates the mounting height of the unit.
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The left exterior panel swings downward on a piano hinge, and with one end trapped under the unit, cantilevers outwards to become the desk. A curved veneer panel has been added to worksurface. This both forms a handle and stiffens the worksurface, a clever touch.
The upper table seems a little more iffy to me. It rotates out from beneath the shelf to support a laptop. I’d question who wants to work on a laptop at this height, and also wonder how stiff the connection is; I’d think the laptop would bounce slightly during typing. Then again a Bluetooth keyboard is shown on the desk, so apparently the laptop contributes just its screen.
The piece was prototyped with the assistance of craftsman Magnus Olesen.
I’d love to see further explorations of the design. Alas, that ain’t how these “reality” TV shows work.
Source: core77