The Art of Design Issue 22 2016 | Page 54

54 KI’s New EC4 Workplace Furniture Collection Adds A Touch Of Nature To The Modern Office. Combining the elegance and As many offices are located in highly The new C-Series screen has robustness of solid oak and steel, KI’s urbanised areas, such as EC4’s been especially created for EC4 EC4 collection of workplace furniture namesake, even small inclusions and can be added to create more adds a touch of nature to the modern of natural analogues can enhance defined individual spaces without office landscape. Designed and the aesthetics of the workspace and compromising the softer, more manufactured in the UK, it has all the a sense of wellbeing for those who domestic feel of the workstation. inherent capabilities of a workstation inhabit it. www.kieurope.com/EC4 system so can be configured to suit open plan areas, meeting rooms and With a streamlined inventory of third spaces alike. Its beautiful, classic components, EC4 workstations and design is coupled with KI’s reputation tables provide clear, unencumbered for outstanding quality and intelligent space above and below a cantilevered engineering. worksurface. The refreshing mixed material aesthetic can be extended EC4’s solid oak legs complemented by into EC4’s storage collection through a variety of coordinating accents and the introduction of accents and finishes such as oak laminate edge colours, and matching solid oak detail on worktops, act as reminders of feet. The collection delivers high the natural world and augment wider performance through intelligent wire biophilic design - a concept that aims management capability and a sliding to bring nature into man-made spaces. top a s a cost neutral standard option. This has been shown to reduce stress Oversailing worksurface and table and improve wellbeing. top options create space for informal gatherings and collaboration.