From this natural concept was born the 5th Element that has already abtained the certifications UNI EN ISO 140001:2004 and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), the Excellence of Quality certificate. Las Mobili group obtained another important certificate thanks to the material used for all the products because are largely below the lowest level of formaldehyde gas release allowed .

Many people spent a lot of hours every day in their office and the versatile feature of 5th Element easily allow it to be introduced in every working environment.

There are many ways of working: together to increase the resources, withdrawn to be more concentrated, meeting to share. You can answer to these needs using Bench, Desking and System of 5th Element. It allows a great modularity, many configurations and many finishes and colours all with essential shapes to create expansive workplaces and meeting rooms.

Have a look to the variety of combinations of 5th Element.

Different working styles call for different ways of organising space. Well-distributed space contributes substantially to a firm’s success, strengthening its brand and the image of it that is perceived internally.

Nowadays the office puts the accent in space squarely back on Man, who will only do his work to the best of his abilities if he feels relaxed and stimulated. His is a new style of working that calls for flexible décor solutions, with intelligently designed furnishings that respond to rather more than passing fads.

The key to LaMercanti’s success is the company’s ability to give shape to always new syntheses of aesthetic refinement, technological innovation and passion for details: distinctively Italian values, to furnish today’s and tomorrow’s world.

Take it easy, you’re in good hands

The evaluation criteria considered by the American jury were: innovation, frame, materials, functionality and usefulness.

Elitra is an innovative office armchair thanks to an active system of elastic nylon strips which replace traditional padding. This allows the perfect adaptation of the various parts of the body to the chair. Moreover, a special system of hinges and slide blocks allows synchronised adjustment of seat and backrest, simply following the movements of the user.

The vast exhibit area showcasing the most extensive range of products and technologies across the building and architecture sectors will be strongly supported by a high profile educational programme featuring daily conferences as well as in-depth seminars and events.

Very interesting for us to visit was the Interior Architecture and Finishing Area: Internal Partition Exhibition, Acoustic panels, lockers.

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In April 2009, in Prague, there was the sixth edition of International Fair PRAGOINTERIER, which was attended by the most famous Brand in the furniture design world. Here, Martex Office already received the prize New Design for Ola desk designed by Mario Mazzer. Now this home-office desk, in the “furniture” section, wins also the Goods Design Awards 2009, a prestigious and international prize.

Why these prizes?
The high level of the desk is the result of the particular shape and the value of materials. The strength of the elliptical shaped basement is further complemented by the 15 mm transparent crystal glass top with a black or white serigraphy printing. Round top in mdf white lacquered and Cristalplant base.

Executive office desk, Ola round table is also used as a meeting table and, many times, is required as dining table.

To solve this problem, the Indaco Department of the Milan Polytechnic in collaboration with the study center Lamm, conducted a research on the ergonomic aspects of lecture hall furnishings and was born Turner.

Turner is an innovative seat and table system that modifies the design approach to educational spaces, because it responds to functional, ergonomic and technical-performance needs, but above all to behavioral factors and grants greater freedom of movement.

Thanks to a sophisticated set of coordinated movements, using mechanisms for reclining and double rotation of the seats, it permits great flexibility of use because, to enter or leave a seat one moves along a transit space created behind the backs, without disturbing the other people, who can remain comfortably seated.

(…) This, dear friends, is what true joy consists in: it is feeling that our personal and community existence has been visited and filled by a great mystery, the mystery of God’s love. In order to rejoice we do not need things alone, but love and truth: we need a close God who warms our hearts and responds to our deepest expectations. This God is manifested in Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary.

(Pope Benedetto XVI)

With these words La Mercanti Staff wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year.