Your very own coffee table can become a metaphor that helps illustrate the design process and how it can relate to the new Method by Modular. How people use their coffee tables differs from house to house and functionality can change from day to day.  How do clinicians address the needs of their patients?  What is the acuity level and how can adaptability and flexibility be enhanced and optimized?  When we add, subtract, arrange elements (our stuff) on this table top or negative space; we are making design decisions. 

The primary purpose of a coffee table is function – what you need, when you need it within easy reach – remote(s), laptop, games, food and drink and a convenient place for feet. The headwall must also prioritize function and ergonomics for the clinicians, patients and staff.  Aesthetics also play a part in how many of us arrange elements on our coffee tables; often a focal point, this surface can have a decorative function – floral arrangements, candles, decorative objects all make a statement.

The Method contributes to the room aesthetics and the healing environment and offers limitless creative possibilities. Finally, a coffee table can be an extension of who you are and your space – identity and image.  What is your message and your passion?  Coffee table books and photographs are carefully selected for this purpose.  What image does the hospital want to convey? The design of both table top and headwall are driven by function, elements that are useful, attractive and telling come together as an efficient and cohesive unit.

Like the home coffee table, Modular’s Method is unique to the needs of each installation and solutions are found to meet those specific criteria. We begin with a head wall negative space and collaboratively we explore and find the best possible solutions to meet functional, aesthetic and identity criteria.  But … please don’t put your feet up on our headwalls!!