The universal furniture for all situations from USM

The universal furniture for all situations from USM

There are few pieces of furniture that are truly universal. The modular furniture system from USM is one of them, even though it was not initially intended for mass production. The classic from 1965, which has long since been included in the permanent collection of MoMA, was strictly speaking a waste product of architecture - but admittedly of a particularly intelligent architecture.

The Swiss company Ulrich Schärer Münsingen, founded in 1885, had made a name for itself in metal construction and sheet metal processing. When it was decided to build a new factory at the beginning of the 1960s, the company commissioned the architect Fritz Haller from Solothurn. In order to be able to expand the production facilities at any time, he avoided a self-contained construction. Instead, his building was a system of steel construction elements that could be expanded at will. When the building was finished and the furnishing of the offices was to be started, Haller transferred the system idea of his architecture to the world of furniture. Together with engineer Paul Schärer, he developed the USM Modular Furniture Haller, which was launched in 1965.

The heart of the system is a chrome-plated sphere penetrated by threads in six directions. The supporting metal tubes of the system are screwed directly into it and are also enclosed by a sphere at their other end. The system can thus be endlessly extended in height, length and width and equipped with a variety of metal and glass cladding elements. In this way, the furniture is able to grow and shrink, adapting to the life of its owners instead of the other way around. nk

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USM Modular Furniture Haller was developed between 1962 and 1965. The well-known classic is used in the office world, in public buildings as well as in the private sector. Its inclusion in the design collection of the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in New York (USA) at the end of 2001 is a high honor and confirms the artistic character of the product.

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