The new QuaDror™ Collection recently presented at the 2015 Salone del Mobile marks the first collaboration between the Italian manufacturer Horm, and New York based studio Dror led by Dror Benshetrit. QuaDror™ consists of a selection of pieces that features a brilliant versatile structural system that is enhanced by simple and elegant materials.
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While he was working on the construction of a frame consisting of two intersecting surfaces, Dror “stumbled” on a fascinating discovery: cut strategically, the two surfaces could be blocked geometrically, forming a powerful union. This discovery led to QuaDror™, a structural element which, when open, creates an independent triangular base: a new form.
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From prefabricated houses to noise barriers, from the supporting arches of a bridge to complex architectural structures, QuaDror™ applications are as numerous as its implications: depending on the context, this new form is able to protect, decorate, simplify, support, and surprise.
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QuaDror™ structures replace trestle tables and bookshelves, to form a faceted sculpture composed of a series of repetitions of the element, in turn composed of a repetition of four equal geometric surfaces. The details of the system is quite sculptural. The collection includes a side table, two dining tables, a limited edition bookshelf signed by Dror, and a one of a kind sculpture.
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The sculptural forms are complemented by the elegant materials used, such as glass, ash and unvarnished hard metal. The combination of the materials alongside the sculptural structure system create a collection of unique pieces.
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QuaDror™01 Side Table
Dimensions: cm 47x31x45H
Top: tempered glass thickness 15 mm
Structure QuaDror™: unvarnished hard metal / solid ash
Ash finishes: mocha oil stain / bleached, oil dyed
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Image © Horm
Image © Horm
QuaDror™02 Table
Dimensions: cm 200×110 / 250×110 / 200×120 / 250×120 x 75H
Top: tempered glass thickness 15 mm
Structure QuaDror™: unvarnished hard metal / solid ash
Ash finishes: mocha oil stain / bleached, oil dyed
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QuaDror™03 Table
Dimensions: cm 420x120x75H
Top: honeycomb fir panel with longitudinal metal reinforcements; ash veneer
Structure QuaDror™: solid ash
Ash finishes: mocha oil stain / bleached, oil dyed
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Image © Horm
QuaDror™04 Bookshelf – Limited edition of 29 pieces signed by Dror
Dimensions: cm 335x41x210H
Shelves: honeycomb fir panels with longitudinal metal reinforcements; ash veneer
Structure QuaDror™: unvarnished hard metal
Ash finishes: mocha oil stain / bleached, oil dyed
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Image © Horm
Image © Horm
Image © Horm
Image © Horm
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