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Keeping pace with the frenetic modern office, this table and seating collection – from frequent collaborators EOOS and Keilhauer – is always ready for a breakout session. The seven-piece series is supported by light, scaffold-like wire bases on sturdy casters. Cleverly designed features heighten its multi-­functionality: a room divider doubles as an acoustic panel; a high-backed bench maximizes privacy; and the plugged-in table and its workshop-inspired orange extension cord, both central to the collection, house a multi-socket power supply and a recessed shelf for charging devices.

Studio: EOOS, Austria

Designers: Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann, Harald Gründl and Mike Keilhauer

Manufacturer: Keilhauer, Canada