Yes, Please: Edsbyn’s Ease, A Post-Consumer Office Partition

Janelle Zara Janelle Zara

Is the optimal workplace open plan or cubicle? The jury’s still out. That’s why flexible workspaces that toe the line between the two are now a large part of the task furniture market. And if it turns out those aren’t what you’re looking for, a new, more sustainable range gives you the option of trial and error with a smaller carbon footprint.

Ease by Edsbyn

Swedish manufacturer Edsbyn recently launched Ease, a line of modular, flexible office partitions made from recycled bottles, Dezeen reports. Designers Andreas Engesvik and Jens Fager upholstered these lightweight frames of wood and aluminum with sound-absorbent synthetic felt woven from discarded PET to create several configuration options tailored to specific professional scenarios:

Work One Way

A partition ideal for the perimeter of a room, against the wall

Work Dual

A two-sided composition ideal for placement at the center of a room

Work Stand Alone

For the lone wolves out there…

Talk

A semi-enclosed partition that provides acoustic and visual cover for meetings small, medium, and large

Screen Program

A desktop partition for casual privacy (no cheating on exams here)

We don’t foresee wanting to throw these away, but they’re so lightweight and post-consumer, you could easily chuck ’em if you wanted to.

via Edsbyn, h/t Dezeen

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