This one-of-a-kind product makes work from home refreshingly easy
An extraordinary wooden bedside table featuring a slidable table top which can be effortlessly detached to be utilized as a laptop stand – Teixeira Design Studio fabricates Mate.
With the pandemic leading to work from home, Portugal-based Teixeira Design Studio brilliantly fabricates ‘Mate’ – an extraordinary wooden bedside table featuring a slidable table top which allows for clutter free, easy cable management and can be effortlessly detached to be utilized as a laptop stand.
Intensifying the use of technology to be productive in pretty much any corner of the house – one tends to spend a considerable amount of time using their smart devices, even in bed.
“This notion was the foundation to ask questions such as – how easy is the transition between the moment we need the devices and the moment we need to put them aside? How neat is cable management on common bedside tables?
We wanted to address these issues and this is how Mate was born” says founder João Teixeira.
Looking at how frequently people use stools to be disguised and doubled up bedside tables – their conceptual approach hence resembles a stool with an innovative fresh spin.
Harmoniously balancing form and function, this minimal eclectic piece of furniture encompasses – a warm Scandinavian aesthetic with rounded shapes and continuity of form beautifully creating a deeper relation between components.
Along with intricate details including chamfered edges on top, it additionally comprises a contoured metal tube at the bottom skillfully adding extra stability as well as storage through a fabric shelf.
“Embodying a soothingly exquisite look and feel – its multifunctionality doesn’t overload and makes it easier to utilize as well as comprehend” Teixeira adds.
