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Ml 80 Composition
Modular wall-profile shelving and storage system in walnut with anodised aluminium profiles
2300 mm
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Description
Overview
The ML 80 Composition is a modular wall system by Philippe Morel-Lab. Wall profiles carry shelves, niches, and chests with doors or drawers, which can be combined freely into bookshelves and storage units.
Construction
The profiles and the handles on the chests are anodised aluminium, in a brushed black or polished finish. The units come in natural walnut or dark walnut, and the chest tops are mitre-cut and assembled. Niches and chests with doors have glass shelves: one for each chest with doors, two for each niche, adjustable in height by 3 cm up or down.
Specifications
Standard height: 230 cm. The profiles can be installed at 230 cm and cut to size between 230 and 300 cm. Wooden shelves, chests with doors, 3-drawer chests and open niches come in widths of 80 cm and 49 cm.
Story
A system built on wall profiles
ML80 is based on wall profiles to which the storage elements are attached. The system is fixed to the wall and grounded on the floor, and the structure becomes the organising element of the cabinet, giving layouts that are both rational and graphic. A smooth, unperforated groove runs along the edges of the profiles, so elements can be placed freely without predefined drilling and compositions can be modified or added to at any time.
An updated version of a discontinued system
Philippe Morel-Lab designed the ML80 collection in 1973. It was discontinued in the 1990s and returns today in an updated version that stays faithful to the original principle while adapting it to contemporary uses.