Bedframes
A bedframe is the lower part of the bed supporting a mattress, and the selection presented here showcases designs which are intended primarily as a base, but of course, the designers’ skills transform even this pragmatic brief into an artful outcome. A perfect example of such an approach is Tojo Möbel’s
‘system’, which arranges 81 beechwood slats on a grid of 9 columns, making it easy to assemble, dismantle, store and transport. eigenwert-designed ‘lieg’, manufactured by the same company, mounts broad wooden slats on a zig-zag, extendable foot section, meaning that the bed frame can be used to accommodate different mattress sizes.
Atelier Haußmann’s ‘Sevenfeetup’ is a tall, slender, tubular steel bed frame that suspends the mattress relatively high, so that it appears to float. On the contrary, ‘Letto Right’, a frame for a single bed, designed for Morelato by Luca Maria Patella
, plays with traditional forms and paints the slats of the headboard and footboard in cheerful colours. Pinuccio Borgonovo’s ‘Big’ for Former is an opening, slatted bedframe that encloses a large storage space underneath.
Flou’s ‘Comfort Base’ is a high-quality box-spring which supports the mattress above it, and allows for ventilation and comfortable, ergonomic weight distribution. Pino Pedano’s ‘Junco’ achieves the same comfort, but with a more airy look, as it hoists up a series of wooden slats, attaching them to the framework by means of elastic rubber components.
And for those who already have a set of wooden slats, Carmen Buttjer’s ‘Tagedieb’, manufactured by Moormann, is an angular, plywood bed frame, which can be assembled without any screws.
