pace
Design Markus Jehs & Jurgen Laub,
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We have evolution to thank for our upright gait. An advantage that we seldom put to use while sitting at a desk. Pace is the solution: A well-designed working surface, adjustable to varying heights, whose form belies function at first glance. Unobtrusive functional details connect elegant appearance and excellent workmanship with absolute stability and maximum legroom. The tabletop, which seems to float on the base, is available in a variety of sizes, finishes and exquisite veneers. Cables and drive are hidden behind the elegantly facetted, stove-enamelled lateral panels. Matching containers and sideboards are the perfect complement, adding both functionality and atmosphere.
1850Φ*740H
2580W*1250D*740/1140H
7800W*2600D*740H
Stuttgart designers Markus Jehs (left, born 1965) and Jürgen Laub (right, born 1964) have set a steady course for success. Whilst their day-to-day work consists of designs for such renowned brands as Cassina, Cor, Fritz Hansen, Nemo, Thonet or Ycami, flamboyant special projects like “room 606 – ice cracks” at the Ice Hotel in northern Sweden indicate the freshness of their approach and testify to the pleasure they find in pure design that does not pursue a concrete aim. Even so, their classic product and interior design projects are anything but boring. Jehs + Laub combine “German” virtues like functionality, formal stringency and clarity with extraordinary imagination in terms of their concepts and use of materials. Their solutions seem strikingly simple, a combination of aesthetics and logic that reveals itself at first glance. That may well be because they always start from a strong basic idea, as they say. “Ideally, a product will then develop all by itself.” Sounds simple. Just like their concept for the new Mercedes Benz showroom that has been implemented worldwide: the rectangle, compasses and triangle or set square stand for product stage, communication and space segmentation. The space chair for Fritz Hansen already looks like a classic and uses different covers to show a variety of faces – sometimes business-like, sometimes trendy.
A view into the history of Renz shows a development equally shaped by continuity and dynamism. Within four generations the small, but fine furniture factory- which was founded in 1882, has expanded to the status of a sizeable venture with an international clientele. Today, the company presents itself, under the leadership of Eckart Renz, as an insider brand for sophisticated object furniture.
