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4 Mutable is the motto of a furniture series from Lignum Arts. Cube-shaped shelves hide away chairs that can be taken out as required. Take a seat on PLEXIGLAS ® and bamboo. [Dl A] ®
5 Laser-cut PLEXIGLAS ® can be pushed together or pulled apart like an accordion, depending on the desired size of the table. Shape-Shifters Pull-out tables, concealable chairs: Unusual furniture from Lignum Arts [Furniture Design] A furniture series with a small table that can be simply extended, and four chairs that disappear inside shelves when not in use – these were what Tobias Jung had in his mind's eye, at least, when he sat his master craftsman exams at the school of carpentry in Garmisch, Upper Bavaria, in 2000. Now he has made his idea come true. Jung runs the furniture company Lignum Arts near Munich together with his associate Dennis Dostmann. This is where the master carpenter realizes his ideas for innovative furniture and interior design concepts, which are all flexible, functional and unusuallooking. Versatile materials like PLEXIGLAS ® are essential in his line of business: “It's a smart material because it has a finished surface that needs no further treatment. That means less work. And it can be flexibly curved and formed to the required shape,” Jung says. The accordion as role model One of his most unusual designs is an extendable table made of bamboo and PLEXIGLAS SATINICE ® . “Our basic idea was to develop a table that can be pulled out simply and smoothly. For this we needed a material that could be laser-cut, and that's how we came across PLEXIGLAS ® ,” Jung reports. The table is based on the principle of the accordion. For this, the PLEXIGLAS ® sheet is slit with a laser like expanded metal. The material is very elastic and can therefore be pulled apart very easily. Since the PLEXIGLAS ® structure is not subsequently covered by a separate table leaf, the lasered slits cannot be more than one centimeter apart – otherwise glasses would wobble and small objects could fall through the openings. It comes as no surprise that Jung chose PLEXIGLAS SATINICE ® for this table, it being his favorite material: “The new shades of gold, grey and brown are absolutely fantastic,” says Jung, who has already received the coveted red dot design award for one of his previous ideas. Jung keeps up to date on the fur ther development of PLEXIGLAS ® shapes, colors and material textures, and cooperates closely with König Kunststoffe, who give him material samples, product information and fabrication tips. He sees a future for his PLEXIGLAS ® and bamboo furniture especially at trade shows and as store fixtures. But this chic and functio nal furniture is popular for office furnishing, too. Adaptable appointments Jung developed a matching chair with a similar appearance and an added extra. The PLEXIGLAS ® backrest can be removed, inserted in the frame and put away in a matching set of shelves. Since all elements of the furniture collection are so mobile and variable, Jung has named the series “Mutable.” Conspicuous is the combination of bamboo and PLEXIGLAS SATINICE ® in Silicate Green, which looks futuristic yet natural, because of the wood. Here, the synthetic and natural material unite to form a harmonious whole. dr www.lignum-arts.de A table that grows for large and small meetings [Dl A] ®
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