5 Minutes With

Axia Design

“Our design process for commercial furniture always starts with what the workplace needs in terms of usage, comfort and accessibility,” says Axia Design co-founders, Jean-Loui De

Ridder and Mathieu Gabiot. “The designs we create have refined aesthetics and minimalistic lines, which allows them to be fully integrated within public and office spaces. We always strive for contemporary and timeless creations, and Niche, StandAlone and PhoneBox are products that really echo these values.”

“Digital technology though, has been the greatest influencer in adapting our approach, especially with regard to communication on the move and having work at your fingertips at all times through mobile phones, laptops, tablets and apps. Technology has given us more mobility in and outside of the office. But the downside is that they provide ‘noise pollution’, which affects the people around us. That is why we believe in strong acoustic solutions, and in fact we have incorporated this in all our designs for PROOFF, which boosts wellbeing by providing comfortable and quiet environments for refuge and focus. “‘Agile Working’ is another factor, although we don’t really actively use that term when designing – but we do work with the same principles. The furniture designs and interiors we create support an active way of working as opposed to being ‘glued to the desk’. The right space and product design enables organisations and people to move easily between open and silent spaces for activities such as face-to-face meetings, focus tasks, taking calls, checking your email, having co-creating sessions, just meeting up or to simply take a break from it all.