From the hands of Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby came Planophore, a design object dual-purpose: a room divider and a book shelf. Planophore was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 in Milan, along with the sofa Mariposa, always designed by Barber & Osgerby for Vitra.

Since 1996, the founding year of the study, their work reflects the importance of combining industrial design, furniture and architecture. Planophore takes its name from the first airplane model, invented by the French engineer Alphonse Pénaud, powered by rubber bands twisted together. The vertical aluminum panels remind to aircraft wings thanks to their tapered shape.

If the panels are positioned parallel to the shelves, Planophore become a partition element; but if they are set perpendicularly, it becomes a book shelf. For a mix and match effect, turning only a few panels lets provide some niches with an attractive background for storing decor items.

The contrast between the solid wood shelves and aluminum panels and also the different vertical distance between the shelves create an interesting and suggestive visual effect.

Planophore is available in two heights and in two different widths, and the combination of aluminum panels / wood shelves are available in light and dark coloured versions.

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