Nopper Side Table By Bram Kerkhofs

Nopper side table by Bram KerkhofsDimensions: D 82 x W 46 x H 84cmMaterials:Stainless steel.Nopper is a modular system for building a cupboard or a desk. The construction originated from research into plastic building toy blocks for children. The plastic parts with small studs can easily be attached to each other. This principle has been simplified by attaching four or more studs above and below a shelf and clamping a loose leg between them.Nopper can be assembled in different ways. Playing with proportions and positions in its parts gives freedom to an endless amount of formal constructions from minimal to more baroque.Nopper, obviously, can be made to measure. Lenghts, depth, height, the amount of layers and the dimensions and position of the different parts can be discusses. Proposals and quotations can be provided on request.BRAM KERKHOFS (° 1977) is a Belgian furniture designer looking for new forms and methods to challenge the functionality and flexibility of a furniture piece. Educated as a goldsmith he is fascinated by connections, hinges, knots and joints, and especially by the functional opportunities they generate. His work is filled with mathematical principles resulting in intelligible algorithms to make them understandable. He draws particular attention to the relationship between construction and material, bringing simplicity into complexity, with a lasting alertness to the final function. This time-intensive design and development process results in innovative construction systems automatically expressing his signature. Many of his designs must be seen in a bigger picture, as parts to a whole, in which he explores the endless possibilities for links, combinations and variations. Bram wants to clarify complex constructions and gives the consumer and the spectator insight into his thinking process. That is why his work partly revolves around people, as the manipulators of his modular furniture, but above all, Bram aims to influence through collaborations with his interns, apprentices and students and with the wider world around him through workshops and lectures al around the globe.