CORNER

Collapsible, expandable & knock-down.

Humans are becoming more numerous on the planet, and more people live alone. We have to learn to live in less space, and we will benefit from having space-saving furniture that can be reconfigured to accommodate different use cases. To this end, the table in the Corner series revisits the Dutch pull-out system.

Corner is a furniture series comprised of a pull-out table and accompanying benches made from Dinesen's new material, Layers. Layers is similar to CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber), which is originally produced for the construction industry as an alternative to concrete modules.

The material's properties enable a high degree of material reduction, affording the furniture in the Corner series light and floating appearance without compromising strength and stability.

With Layers, Dinesen has created a floor plank comprised of three layers of cross-laminated solid timber planks. This cross-lamination opens up an interplay between sheet wood and solid wood furniture, allowing for entirely new production and function possibilities. The three layers introduce a new strength to the sheet material, allowing for a thinner thickness because the cross-lamination makes the sheet more structurally sound than similar-thickness solid wood sheets. Corner has grown out of the material possibilities initially designed for the construction industry.

The table reinterprets the classical principle by exposing the middle frame , giving it a light and floating appearance. Thus, it takes on a modern, practical, and almost architectural shape.

All the furniture in the Corner series is knockdown and can be disassembled and flat-packed, which considerably reduces CO2 emissions (transportation and shipping are the most significant sources of CO2 emissions from wood furniture). The solid laminated sheets extend the product lifetime and afford the joint hinges high strength, making the furniture resilient both in use and to repeated assembly and disassembly.

The cross-lamination allows for sanding of the sheet material, thereby enabling repeated restoration and reparation, which further increases the furniture's lifetime.