Adrien

Overview

Adrien is a single storage unit by Vincent Van Duysen for Molteni&C, built from reduced-thickness aluminium and glass. The datasheet lists two widths, and the page describes the unit as a display for objects, with LED lighting on the shelves.

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Construction

Per the datasheet, the glass doors, sides, shelves and back panel have an extruded aluminium frame with 4 mm crystal glass. Lids, bases, tops, fronts and drawer structure are wood particle board covered with sliced veneer in eucalyptus or oak. The doors open on a patented 95 degree hinge recessed in the sides.

Specifications

• MA08/26: 265.4 cm wide, 52.7 to 53.7 cm deep, 87 to 88 cm high
• MA08/19: 199.8 cm wide, 52.7 to 53.7 cm deep, 87 to 88 cm high
• Tops: wood 3 cm thick, or marble 2 cm thick
• Lighting: LED bars, 2700 K

A storage unit defined by transparency

The 2018 datasheet presents Adrien as a new series of storage units, avant-garde in technological and aesthetic terms, which develops the idea of rigorous containers defined by absolute transparency. The structural aluminium is reduced to a minimum thickness so that the Stopsol glass and the built-in LED lighting can show off the objects inside.

Glass doors on a patented hinge

The page says the doors, in Stopsol or transparent glass, open with a newly patented 95 degree hinge. The back panel can be wood or glass; the datasheet notes that the cupboard can stand in the centre of a room only in the version with the glass back.