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Clamp Desk by Paul Coudamy & Benoit Coulondres
French designers Paul Coudamy and Benoit Coulondres have completed the interior of a printer's office using a clamp-together desk system.
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Called Clamp Desk , the project features a rigid worktop with adaptable storage modules and a slide out plastic workspace.
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The office also features shelving made from shipping boxes.
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Design : Paul Coudamy & Benoit Coulondres
Client : H2 impression
Object : Furniture design for printer office
Location : 8 rue Saint Marc, 75002 Paris
Completion : November 2009
Budget : NC
Wall art work by JR
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Modular desktop
The challenge was to create a working desk, adaptable to the ever changing needs of busy worker. The concept is based on a system of trestle and tray insert in a board. A translucent honeycomb PMMA sheet offers an exceptionally light and rigid worktop. Holes drilled in the panel allow to run cables under a wire system. This pleasant haptic worktop is hold by 3 combinable wood modules inserted directly in the board.
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1) Trestle with metal U jaws are a gain of space on top and under the desk.
2) Storage module can be inserted in the board. Under the board, a door permits to store documents, a drawer accessible directly from the top give an instant access.
3) Table leaf is built with a central hole in order to slide along the board. In a cantilever position you can add 70cm to the table length or simply use it to separate the work place : workers will be free to choose wood or the plastic board to work on. This one person table can also suite autonomous uses beside the main desk.
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Shelving system
To answer the short delay for construction we choose to use an already existing storage system to create shelves units. Wood shipping boxes have been fixed to a OSB boards and bend to create graphical contorted shapes. The lid could cover closed parts. Mounted with wheels mobile boxes offer extra storage and seating for visitors.
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Building and engineering achieved by the incredible Peter Brochot & the legendary Biusch Man
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