USM Haller Barcelona — industrial design and structural development
Engineering solutions for modular and architectural systems
Our collaboration with USM in Barcelona explored new configurations, components and spatial applications. the work combined industrial design, structural logic and detailed engineering to extend the possibilities of the USM Haller system.
Nomon
Puntal
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PRODUCT DESIGN
Forma
MANUFACTURING
Nomon
VISUALISATION
Forma
Puntal stands between ceiling and floor like a quiet argument with gravity. It doesn’t hang, it doesn’t stand: it insists. The two aluminium stems extend to meet ceiling and floor, holding the piece in tension. It's not about lighting a room: it’s about keeping it upright.
The body is made of wood, precisely machined. Inside, a led tube breathes through a grid of fine holes: when the light is off, it’s a column; when it’s on, the wood turns translucent, like paper. The light is diffused by the thinnest layer of wood. The structure borrows the firmness of Milá’s Cesta and the quiet diffusion of Coderch’s pine-made DISA: both reminders that wood can hold, and also let go.
