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VARIABENCH SYSTEM2013

Client: EZGODesign: Carlos Baquero

Less components more solutions. By using a simple but versatile structural configuration Varia provides solutions for diferent environtments within the office space. The design intention was to develop a system easy to produce with low investment and fast market entry. Varia was released in 2013 and is currently under production for Ezgo SA.

Varia is a basic and flexible office system that integrates benching, light panels and private office solutions.

The bench basic station provides all the wiring and technical requirements mantaining a simple collaborative environment.

GENERICAHome Furniture2012

Client: PRIDE Product Innovation and DesignDesign: Carlos Baquero

A light collection, made of aluminum pieces, planes and lines that become volumes. Indoor and outdoor furniture for relaxed and young spaces that provide multifunctional solutions. Black and white components are mixed with colored glass and textiles to create a personalized home space.

A combination of folded aluminum sheets, reforested wood, colored glass and outdoor textiles.

VAI

TIVÚLUNGA ALTA LAUX

LEPOUFESTERNI VAI LEGNO

The Generica collection is composed by wall shelves, coffee table, tv table, ottoman, dining table with wooden or glass surfaces and two diferent types of benches.

BANDSOFFICE SYSTEM2010

Client: PRIDE Product Innovation and DesignDesign: Carlos Baquero

Bands is a multipurpose system designed to give a vast array of solutions with few components, from tables and freestanding configurations, to executive stations, while delivering different possibilities for storage, bookcases, file cabinets and screens.

Continuous and uninterrumpted bands that turn, bend and transform creating vertical and horizontal planes.

Sketches and technical specifications for Bands system.

SIESTABREAK ZONE2013

Client: Contexto UrbanoDesign: Carlos Baquero with Mónica Ocampo

Siesta is a solution for reduced space offices that brings relax, phone call or conversation spots to spaces that are usually not used or occupied by lateral files. The product includes personal storage, relax bubbles and a green surface that changes the office environment, reducing stress and increasing communication.

A solution for a relaxing break or an informal conversation in a crowded office.

CONCEPTUALPANEL BASED SYSTEM2009

Client: Solinoff CorpDesign: Carlos Baquero leading Solinoff Design Team

Conceptual was designed as an office system that provides solutions for private and open spaces creating operative, collaborative or executive workstations with simplicity and elegance. It is an adaptable program that responds with technical solutions to the demands of the latin american market, the target of Solinoff Corp. Conceptual is the integration of many systems or components: The panels, Porto bench system, Metafiles storage system and Active 2 lateral files.

Conceptual integrates the best of panel, freestanding, bench and storage systems.

Conceptual integrates with Porto benching system, making possible to connect a freestanding station with a panel line with complete wiring compatibility.

Interactive and collaborative meeting spaces were designed and developed integrating Barco XDS technology, a technology that allows in site and remote conference and information sharing.

PORTOBENCH SYSTEM2008

Client: Solinoff CorpDesign: Carlos Baquero leading Solinoff Design Team

Porto was the first benching system designed in Colombia. The goal with Porto was to design a system that was light and simple, but with the same capacity for wire and cable management that a panel provides.Porto won the Lapiz de Acero design prize in 2009.

Attention to details, simplicity, robust cable management and compatibility.

Lapiz de Acero Prize ceremony, may 2009.The Solinoff design team: Diana Martínez, Viviana Hurtado, Germán Forero, Lorena Serna, Carlos Castro, Ivan Vega, Giovani Gil, César Gómez, Leonardo Ardila, Walter Useche.

WOODDesks and casegoods2008

Client: Solinoff CorpDesign: Carlos Baquero leading Solinoff Design Team

Wood was conceived as an update for the classic executive desks, credenzas and casegoods. It combines wooden parts with steel and glass accesories for a renewed look, integrating cable management. Woods original product was developed in 2005 and updated for the Conceptual system launch in 2009.

A classic and elegant solution for private and executive spaces

ACTIVE 2Lateral files2008

Client: Solinoff CorpDesign: Carlos Baquero leading Solinoff Design Team

It was conceived as a new product from its structure to its contemporary look integrating new components like colored glass doors, handles and electronic locking systems to fulfill the new storage and security requierements of the corporate workplace.

Redefining storage for the new aesthetic and functional requierements

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