The Boring Collection was conceived by Lensvelt/Space Encounters as a comment on the “ugly” appearance of affordable contract furniture and the distracting designs being added to some workplaces in the wake of the Google office. Lernert & Sander worked with the most iconic gesture of boredom: throwing a ball of crumpled paper into the trashcan until the clock reads five. In the film, office workers steal the scene even though they are surrounded by the designs of Boring Collection.
For the print campaign furniture was stacked in shapes inspired by Ettore Sottsass’ Carlton bookcase, one of the most ’un’boring pieces of furniture.
The concept will be repeated for the furniture collection’s debut at this year’s Milan design week with an installation at Ventura Lambrate. The furniture will be placed in a clock-like formation, and will stand in an artificial landscape of 150,000 paper balls made from leaflets about the collection.
