Platten Haus
Lighting
The toasters are portable lights with a warm, candle-like glow controlled by touching their spikes. The design draws on early 20th-century household objects, when electrification paved the way for new consumer products, and designers often borrowed the language of silverware to familiarise people with new devices.
- Released
- 2023
- Temperature
- 1900 k
- Lumens
- ~100 lm
- Interface
- Touch-activated
- Battery
- ~10 hrs
- Charge
- USB-C rechargeable
- Materials
- Nickel-plated aluminium, glass, acrylic, PCB electronics
- Dimensions
- W 115 × H 130 × D 115 mm
- Weight
- 650.0 g
Homeware
Omni pots are aluminium plant pots made for the home, the office and the educational setting. It is a modular, flat-packed design that combines several petals, a hollow bud and a base with drainage holes to form a minimalist vessel. The aluminium has a hardwearing sandblasted anodized finish that prevents scratches and oxidisation.
- Released
- 2022
- Materials
- Sandblasted anodised aluminium
- Dimensions
- W 265 × H 240 × D 265 mm
- Weight
- 1.2 kg
The Home PC is a compact ITX computer case shaped like a house and made from anodised aluminium. It fits larger components, including graphics cards up to 250 mm long, and draws cool air through the front windows while warm air is released at the back. Commissioned by artist Beth von Undall, the case is produced in a limited edition of 15. Each unit is made to order with a production lead time of approximately four weeks.
- Released
- 2023
- Dimensions
- W 330 × H 330 × D 240 mm
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
Furniture
The Banister Bed is a low-profile bed frame with a cantilevered edge, made from oak handrail banisters. Four slim aluminium drawers are hidden beneath the frame, offering generous storage. The oak headrest is adjustable to suit a range of mattress depths. Each bed is custom made to order to fit specific mattress sizes.
- Released
- 2022
Projects
A semi-modular kitchen in anodised aluminium with a stainless-steel worktop. It takes up the question the rational kitchens of the last century set, how a kitchen is made and how it is used, and answers it with the materials and production now available. A kitchen is the hardest-worked room in a home and the one most often thrown away. This one is made to be kept, and to change with the people who use it: standard modules combine with bespoke ones, are arranged to the room and its appliances, and any component can be altered, replaced or added to later. The construction gives the precision of industrial production and the freedom of a made-to-measure interior. Lighting and ornament are built into the cabinetry rather than applied to it, and the geometry can be redrawn for an unusual plan.
Berlin, 2025. The first installation, in a private apartment: anodised aluminium construction with bespoke angular swing-out drawers, their fronts embossed with tin icons, and built-in shelf lighting. The fridge and dishwasher are drawers too, alongside a drawer bin system, an integrated oven and gas hob.
CollaboratorsArchitect: Leo MarcelTechnical assistance: Tom TidharPhotography production: Rebecca CormierPhotography: Max Eulitz, Alex Mader
Catalogues
Air Space, an exhibition at My Apartment in Athens, Greece, published in Holdings. It features photographs of the Dream Bombers pendant lights by Carmen Sibha Keiso, drawings by Marko Krimpalis Rudic, and a story by Barry Hannah.
Presenting the Toaster or 'Kaiser Wilhelmina' portable lights, and the Home PC ITX computer case, along with a selection of earlier designs from 2022. All catalogue photography is CGI.
Catalogue 1 launched the Platten Haus brand and accompanied an exhibition in an apartment at Metro Central Heights in Elephant and Castle, London. It presented three new designs: the Omni Pot aluminium plant pots, the Bannister Bed - a cantilever frame with storage - and a plywood storage bed with ornamental details. All catalogue photography is CGI.