Rotterdam. 100% Design is a home game for Wilkhahn:
this year, as traditionally, the event is taking place in the
Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek which also houses the
showroom of Wilkhahn Netherlands. The spectacular
building dating back to the period of Modernity is, by
the way, being awarded the "European Union Prize for
Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards" at Durham
Cathedral in North England on 12 June 2008 as one of
the six best projects selected as an example of preserving European cultural heritage.

For this platform, Wilkhahn has developed a concept in
collaboration with manufacturers Gelderland, Belux,
Kvadrat and Carpet Concept that shows various
scenarios in which the "hybrid" design quality of products
is particularly well expressed: the exhibition entitled
"Living - Working, Working - Living" shows fascinating
settings for working and living environments using an
interplay of products from the manufacturers involved.

Travis table range, design: wiege,
with the Aline swivel chair range,
design: Andreas Störiko;
photo/copyright: Wilkhahn

The star of the Wilkhahn performance is a single table
with two legs and 3.6 metres long from the new Travis
range, which was designed by the wiege design studio.
In addition to high aesthetic quality, the range has
three advantages in terms of concept:

. Large spans of up to 3.2 metres between the
recessed table legs result in calm and spacious table
configurations allowing variable seating layouts.
. The modular, articulating frame structure with
crossbeams that are freely positionable at various
angles allows the wide selection of serial models to
be extended to include customized versions in industrial
serial quality.
. A highly professional power supply system, which has
been included as a specifiable feature of the concept
from the very start, permits perfect and virtually invisible
integration of modern media technology into table
configurations - including "interactive, integrated
techni-consoles", offered exclusively by Wilkhahn, with
which participants can switch on to a projection surface
at the push of a button.

The table model that is exhibited is accompanied by
ultra-light, transparent swivel chairs from the Aline range
(design: Andreas Störiko). In an interplay of sideboards
and highboards, perfectly designed lighting, colour
scheme, textiles and flooring, the table scenario would
work equally well in either a meeting room in a creative
department or as a dining table for a larger family.

100 % Design, Rotterdam
Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek
Van Nelleweg
3044 BC Rotterdam

5 - 7 June 2008
Opening hours
Thursday and Friday: 11 am - 8 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm.

Further details:

Wilkhahn
Press + Public Relations
Burkhard Remmers
Fritz-Hahne-Straße 8
D-31848 Bad Münder
Tel. +49 (0) 5042 / 999 - 169
Fax  +49 (0) 5042 / 999 - 230
burkhard.remmers@wilkhahn.de
www.wilkhahn.com

Wilkhahn Nederland
Hans Trilsbeek
Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek
Van Nelleweg 3138
NL 3044 BC Rotterdam
Tel. +31 (0) 10 75033 90
Fax  +31 (0) 10 75033 91
info@wilkhahn.nl