Make it Modular: The Flow by IOA Healthcare Furniture

Modular design has been linked to everything from technology and cars to furniture and architectural structures. We know one thing for sure: the art of making something modular combines the best of both worlds. Or in the case of the Flow Lobby Seating by IoA Healthcare Furniture, the best of four similar, but different chairs.

Flow Outer Curve seat unit. Manufactured by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

Curved Lines in an Infinite Amount of Modular Formations Brings Out the Best of the Flow Lobby Seating by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

Using the advantages of standardization – high volume normally equals low manufacturing costs – along with those of customization, modularity finds its way into most markets that want to give the end user choices and ultimately, 100% satisfaction. With the Flow Lobby Seating by IoA Healthcare Furniture, we see the small shifts in design comparing their Flow Inward Curve seat unit, Flow Outer Curve seat unit, Flow Quarter Circle seat unit and Flow Straight seat.

Flow Outer Curve seat unit. Manufactured by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

Flow Straight seat. Manufactured by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

As the product description states, β€œthe Flow Modular seating system was conceived with the objective of giving designers the tools for breaking through the square grid and freely create interesting curvilinear architectural spaces.” For use in lobbies and waiting rooms, the Flow modular pieces can be constructed in various finishes and textile designs by their partner companies.

Flow Outer Curve seat unit. Manufactured by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

Flow Inward Curve seat unit. Manufactured by IoA Healthcare Furniture.

Gorgeous color combinations in various patterns and finishes perfect the low, rounded design of the modular Flow seating by IoA Healthcare.

About the Designer/Manufacturer: IoA Healthcare started designing and manufacturing furniture for the healthcare market in 1988. At that time, Fabio Delmestri, a member of the family-owned company, finished his studies at Pratt Institute and started his research into healthcare design. With his flourishing respect for the contract industry and his vision for what the market needed, the company we now know was IoA Healthcare Furniture was born.

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