Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, 2010/2021
Description
When sitting in Alcove Work Highback, the user is scarcely visible or audible to the outer environment. The integrated writing tablet with power and data options makes this version a flexible retreat for concentrated individual work in an open-plan office.
The Alcove Work Lowback model shields the user slightly less and therefore invites communicative interaction with the surroundings. By grouping several Alcove Work Lowback together, the individual workstations are transformed into a meeting configuration, without any need for a conference table.
Details
Structural frame: tubular steel with chrome-plated finish or powder-coated (smooth), metal frame with MDF base board.
Body: back and side panels with organic fibreboard core, connected with zip fasteners. Quilted cover with polyester-fibre padding.
Seat/back cushions: polyurethane foam and polyester fibre.
Seat height: 480 mm (385 mm with applied load, measured in accordance with EN 1335-1:2000).
Box: wooden carcass covered in polyurethane foam.
Tablet desk: thickness 25 mm, high-density three-ply fine particle board with melamine coating and 3-mm ABS edge; or MDF board, powder-coated (textured finish); or in oak veneer (sourced in Europe) with straight veneered edge 2.5-3.0 mm.
Covers: removable.
Legs: steel, chrome-plated or powder-coated (smooth). Felt glides. Optionally equipped with lockable castors, in black plastic, soft version for protection of hard floors (only for units without electrification).
Designer
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, 2010/2021
The brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec live and work in Paris. Their oeuvre ranges from small everyday objects to architectural projects. They have worked with Vitra since 2000 and have contributed numerous designs to both the office and home collections.
