String Works Conference table, height adjustable

STRING WORKS CONFERENCE TABLE, HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE.

Design by Nils Strinning from 1946.

The height-adjustable conference table from Works™ makes it possible to create a flexible and ergonomic environment to hold meetings. The conference table consist of one height-adjustable table frame, one extension leg and two work desks with dimensions 180 cm x 90 cm. The dimension of the work surface is then 360 cm x 90 cm. The conference table’s highest height is 118.5 cm and the lowest height is 71.5 cm.

The desk also has an integrated cable tray, so no hassle with loose cables. Table top is available in oak veneer, ash veneer or white Laminate. The desk has a white powder coated steel base.

About the designer:

Nils "Nisse" Strinning (December 8, 1917 - May 10, 2006) was a Swedish architect and designer.

Strinning was born in Kramfors and came from a Swedish family that originated in Ångermanland in the 16th century. The name was adopted at the beginning of the 20th century by the family farm "Strinningen" north of Härnösand.

Nisse Strinning was best known for the String bookshelf system that he and his wife, the designer Kajsa Strinning, designed in 1949 for a competition initiated by Bonnier, a leading Swedish magazine.

In the 1940s he studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH). As a student, he designed a drainer consisting of plastic-coated metal wires. The drainer, which was called elfa (not to be confused with electronics company ELFA), became very popular and started when he and his wife created the famous String shelf.

Nisse and Kajsa Strinning are rightly seen as icons of Scandinavian modern design and the String Shelving System as a modern contemporary design classic.