Barrel Set Café furniture : Value-Added Products To Open Future Markets
Berger + Cohda’s recent collaboration explores new value-added products to open future markets for Berger’s wide range of industrial components. The collaboration has culminated in a unique furniture range.
Assembled Without Instruction, Skill or Tools
Berger are the world’s leading manufacturer of clamping rings to the chemical, pharmaceutical, food and nuclear sectors. Their recent collaboration with Cohda explores new value-added products to open future markets for their wide range of industrial components. The collaboration has culminated in a unique furniture design range, fittingly named ‘Barrel Set’.
Minimal Components
Berger’s highly engineered closure rings, traditionally used to hold the lid of a plastic barrel down under force, have been lovingly repurposed by Cohda as the main component for the Barrel range. Now plated in precious metals or powder coated in vibrant colours, the rings act as the integral part of this innovative, slot-together, wooden furniture range.
The wooden parts have been designed and engineered to match the precision of the closing rings and manufactured via computer controlled milling machines. This means the five precision components that make up each piece simply slot together with the closing ring clamped around the perimeter to apply an even pressure to all parts, thus locking the legs in place to produce a rigid design.
The flat-pack design can be assembled without the need for tools, disassembled for recycling with ease and offers a unique industrial aesthetic.
Key Expertise
Creative innovation
Product design
Industrial design
Furniture design
FEA load testing
Design for sustainability
Mechanical engineering
Prototyping
Design for manufacture