Cosmos is the new furniture system launched by Tecno during Milan Design Week 2024 and born from the project of the Design and Innovation Unit of the Norman Foster Foundation.
The collection explores the intersection of aeronautical engineering and material innovation in furniture design, presenting itself as a modular furniture system that opens up to infinite connections and layouts. Cosmos is in fact single desks, meeting and executive tables, but also shared workstations and equipped bookcases, all freely configurable and combinable with each other with the possibility of including wiring, screens, extensions, lighting.
The characteristic feature of the Cosmos project is the use of as little material as possible. To this end, an innovative structural concept has been developed: a sleek, iconic and elegant solution that can accommodate all the needs of multifunctional environments requiring a fluid use of space. From a single, residential table to a system of solutions including bookcases, the design enhances the usefulness and adaptability of the system in different environments and modes of use: from offices to executive areas, from universities and libraries to hotels.
Experimental, lightweight and modular are the three souls of Cosmos, the starting and finishing points of the design, which was conducted with the aim of expanding the structural potential of metals and composites, which are taken from the sleek profile of racing bicycle frames and the bevelled shapes of high-performance gliders. Through a process of 3D modelling, structural software and 5-axis CNC machining, the system was refined in recyclable aluminium to achieve maximum thinness, and lightness by achieving a high load capacity.
