USM
USM Modular Furniture – Modularity Meets Sustainability
Rather than follow fashion trends, USM Modular Furniture has cultivated ist own sense of rigour and sustainability, two inherent values dear to its practice. The USM system comprises of a chrome-plated brass ball joint, chromed steel tubes which connect to the ball forming a stable framework and powder coated metal panels mounted between the tubes. The basic construction allows for infinte design possibiliies and since its launch as a brand in 1965 more and more clients, architects and designers are seduced by its basic aesthetic and ultra functionality.
Fifty years on, USM Modular Furniture has become a design classic.The product continues to perfect itself with the strength of its 100% Swiss manufacturing processes. It remains to inspire new interiors around the world.
In 2011 USM entered into a business cooperation to offer airports the combination of a product that fulfills the diversified demand of the user with the vision of planners and architects. USM Airportsystems has meanwhile completed projects for more than 15 airports and national airport authorities world-wide.
- Modularity – if the space, situation or desired use of the unit changes, the modules can be disassembled and reconstructed.
- Sustainabilty – the longer a product can be used, the more economical it is and the less impact it has on the environment. USM Modular Furniture was the first company in Europe to achieve the Greenguard certificate allowing it to qualify for LEED rating.
- Robust – steel panels combined with a virtually indestructible polished chrome frame.
- Flexibility – units can be dismantled and reconfigured at any time. They can be organized individually, extended using new elements or combined with parts from decades ago without a visible difference. If a scanner is updated only one panel needs replacing.
- No fire load – confirmed by Building Material Test Certificate B1.
- Cost and time efficiency with low maintenance costs – alterations or rebuilding can be undertaken on site and by the owners themselves.
- Versatility – the steel panels can be replaced by wood, HPL, stone or glass.