Casper

Overview

Casper is a drawer-unit design by Vincent Van Duysen, dated 2019 on Molteni&C's datasheet. It is made up of bedside tables with one or two drawers and a four-drawer chest of drawers for the bedroom.

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Construction

The sides, drawer fronts, back panel and top are chipboard covered in wood veneer or in melamine facing painted in the Molteni range colours, and the sides stand on adjustable feet with plastic slides. The top can instead be chipboard covered in Eco Skin, an artificial leather. Handles are painted extruded aluminium.

Specifications

• CCN4, night table: 85.5 cm wide, 46.2 cm deep, 50.5 cm on the vertical dimension line (not labelled on the drawing)

A bedroom range

Molteni&C introduces Casper as a rigorous, minimalist design for the bedroom, and its datasheet pairs the words practicality and simplicity. The page says the range balances strict geometry with subtle surface detail, and lists a bedside table with a single drawer, chests with two drawers and a chest with four.

Proportions

The page states that Casper's precise proportions and fine detailing let each piece fit into many kinds of room, and that the plain forms are meant to stay easy to combine with other elements.