raumplus gives you wings

A door is a door, but It wasn't always so. In the past, carpenters used to present their craftsmanship on doors – inside and out. And just a hundred years ago, it was still common practice to design the front door as a prestige object. In the course of time, however, the representative idea was lost in favour of modern functionality.

With the introduction a few years ago of their Swing Door Slim Line, raumplus reopened the door as a style element – well, we say ‘the door’. The special feature of this room divider, manufactured with millimetre precision, is not only the filigree aluminium frame, but also the freedom of design within the frame: the surfaces can be filled with wood, glass (clear or tinted), decors, lacquered surfaces, symmetrical or asymmetrical.

The idea of offering the model in a version with two ‘doors’ came about when a customer who liked the design of the Swing Door Slim Line was looking for a door for a larger opening. The Bremen-based company set about implementing the idea. ‘In fact, our further developments often follow a concrete customer request’, explains Kathrin Strauss from raumplus. ‘For us, this is part and parcel of tailor-made work and customer service’.

The second door does not diminish the lightness of the original design in the slightest and since it can be both fixed and opened wide, the door is extremely flexible. The Frankfurt Design Council clearly sees this new concept as a winner in the category ‘Excellent Product Design – Buildings and Element’ and has awarded the German Design Award to the 2020 model.

The Swing Door Slim Line does more than create a framed connection between two rooms: It combines state-of-the-art functionality with the idea that a door can also be a prestige, design object.


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