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(Archive) A playful, adaptable furniture system

This project was part of DDW 2023

NINETY represents our commitment to locally sourced, adaptable furniture that provides the consumer with the option to interchange modular furniture pieces between varying styled collections.

Honest in design

Simplicity is at the essence of each design. Every table is configured of four identical parts, manufactured using one process, adapting to interior space in several different ways. Each modular piece is cut from 4mm sheet aluminium, bent along two lines using an automated press brake, and finished either in a coloured powder coat, or a sandblasted texture. Each piece is fixed together using thumb screws, preventing the consumer from having to reach to their tool cupboard.

Whether itโ€™s creating funky aesthetic shapes, functional forms that integrate into a room, or keeping it minimal and doing nothing at all. Our goal is to provide boundless choice for users to customise their personal spaces.

Complex in tolerances

The Geometric Collection is the first collection we have produced. Partnering with a metal work factory in Volendam, to help finesse the production of a system that is perceived as simple. Ensuring each individual part of the table is produced at an incredibly accurate tolerance is essential for assembly, which has proved to be difficult, but we have just produced our first batch hot off the press (brake)

Circularity in Aluminium

We design with the intent to last. For planned longevity, not obsolescence. Adaptability, configuration, and customisation collectively create a stimulated user and ensure our aesthetic outlasts trends and fads. If a part becomes defect, it can be returned to us to be replaced with the consumer still owning a functioning table. However, if all else fails, Aluminium is a completely circular material and can be melted down and formed back without losing any mass or material properties. Allowing the cycle to repeat.