At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, UNStudio Futures have teamed up once again with Swiss furniture brand USM to design their 'Making Places' stand: a playful installation that investigates 'a third space' between home and work.
Since 2017, USM and UNStudio Futures have been exploring the rapidly changing world of work. Last year USM's ‘HomeWork’ stand at the Salone del Mobile, designed by UNStudio, recieved, among others, the Frame Award for Trade-fair Stand of the Year. Since then, in Germany we worked with USM on The Workhouse installation with PlayLabs scenario building workshops in Wehrmuele, and in Switzerland, created the RollPlay installation at Designers' Saturday in Lagenthal.
This year, at 'Making Places' we explore the third space that provides the conditions for humans to thrive between Home and Work. But what exactly are these conditions? We’ve identified four: growing, learning, reflecting and meeting. And with Making Places we demonstrate how the USM Haller system can be used to make these, simply by adding a few extra ingredients...