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Description Tulipan is a new type of soft enclosure, a piece of furniture that offers a moment of separateness without the feeling of closing the door on its surroundings. Developed by London-based design studio Industrial Facility in response to the Annual Briefing on ‘defining’, Tulipan suggests a softer form for private space in the open plan. It’s not a room per se. Neither is it a phone booth. Instead, it’s a micro-quiet space where a comfortable seat and a small table work together to form an imminent architectural element.
TULIPAN Pod11
Optional power integration
View from above03
TULIPAN gallery25
Lamp by Wästberg Lighting
This product was made as part of our ‘Annual Briefing’
AB—04: Defining
“With Tulipan, we recognise that there is nothing wrong with being able to migrate to a small place. This behaviour is quite natural to most people today,” says Sam Hecht, co-founder at Industrial Facility. “Companies used to determine how you should work, but that is not the case anymore. The people who are determining the workplace are those working in it. That has huge ramifications.”
London-based studio Industrial Facility was co-founded in 2002 by designers Sam Hecht and Kim Colin. Their approach reflects both a thoughtful consideration of form and a unique understanding of contemporary life, creating beauty out of utility in the products, furniture and exhibitions they design.
