PROOFFLab

    Innovative design furniture brand PROOFF has chosen the Tortona Design Week 2013 to be the launch pad for new products and PROOFFLab. During the Salone del Mobile in Milan the PROOFF house has been built in the Emporio building in Zona Tortona. Next to the newest PROOFF #006 SideSeat, new accessories and upholsteries have been exhibited and a huge première with PROOFFLab’s work in progress has been shared. In PROOFF’s aim to inspire and innovate PROOFFLab studies, discusses, investigates and develops potential work landscapes. PROOFFLab presents Work At Home by Studio Makkink & Bey, CloudBoxes by Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters and the ODE PDB cabinet by the Belgian collective Jij’s (architects de vylder vinck taillieu & Serge Vandenhove). The shown work is the result of their close collaboration in a project called ‘tandem’. The work in progress that centrals around the theme of acoustics, as defined by PROOFFLab, being an important issue in the worklandscape of today and tomorrow.    

Studio Makkink & Bey has designed a movable work unit: 'Work At Home' can be appended to the rooftop of a house and removed when it is no longer wanted. The prototype is a blue foam dormer that doubles as a desk with a shelf and even a small heater and chimney. While it can be delivered at your doorstep, construction and installing shouldn't be any harder than installing a dormer.  

The ODE PDB by Jij’s is a modular cabinet that is based on changing space and sound with an acoustic wall unit that can serve as a divider of space. In the end, costumers purchase a blue print, the architect's drawing hours and the cabinet maker's hours.  

The CloudBoxes by Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters is a series of five storage boxes, made of semi-transparent latex and inspired by clouds. The CloudBoxes are made of semi- transparent latex, damping sound like adding a curtain to a space. Next to their acoustic quality, they also damp visual noise. The small, medium and large units are made to store office clutter.