Collaborations
Companies that agreed to make something grey for us.
A floor, a monitor arm, a socket, a fabric, a film. Each one made by a company that does this for everyone else in silver, black or colour, and for us in RAL 7044. Made with others, so the office can be one grey.
Forbo
Marmoleum Solid in Boring grey
In the autumn of 2020 Remi visited the Forbo factory in Assendelft while a grey Marmoleum Solid was being mixed for the collection. Linseed oil, wood flour and jute, 97 percent natural, and it ages the way the furniture does: slowly, and without comment. Forbo made a short film about the visit.
Dataflex
Monitor Arm and cable guide
Dataflex make monitor arms in silver and black for everyone else. For us they make one in grey, with the cable guide to match, so a screen can float above the desk without anything underneath it asking for attention.
Fellowes
Power Outlet 65W
A clamp on socket with USB-A and USB-C and 65 watts of power delivery, made by Fellowes in Boring grey especially for the collection. The one thing on the desk that charges without being noticed.
Lernert & Sander
16:59, the film
For the launch in 2016 the Amsterdam artist duo made 16:59, a film in which one man throws one paper ball per second into sixty bins, and the Memphis tower for Orgatec. Both are still the best explanation of the collection we have.
Tarkett
Carpet tiles in Boring grey
A carpet tile made with Tarkett on Desso EcoBase backing: Cradle to Cradle Gold, 100 percent recyclable, in a grey that was matched to the furniture. The largest grey surface in the office, and the one nobody looks at.
Pfleiderer
The tops: OrganicBoard Pure
Every desk top is OrganicBoard Pure by Pfleiderer: 100 percent recycled wood, bound with a glue made from plant residues instead of oil, formaldehyde free, Blue Angel. The most sustainable particleboard we could find, and it looks exactly like particleboard. Cut and fitted in Heerenveen.
Fabraa
Regain, the fabric
Chairs and screens are upholstered in Regain by Fabraa, woven in Tilburg from recycled PET bottles: face and backing 100 percent recycled, more than 100,000 Martindale rubs, in a Boring grey. A reupholstered chair matches the one next to it.
Boring fact
The Future Desk remembers three heights. The colleagues who share it remember none.
Make something grey with us
Do you make something every office needs?
The list is not finished. If your product belongs in an office and can be made in one grey, we would like to hear from you. info@boringcollection.com