High style doors design in aluminum frame for office divisions and apartments

The French company ABCD International since 1980 manufactures profiles and accessories for movable office divisions and sliding doors of wall cupboards. This company turned into the innovation of its products, creating new styles and models in agreement with the current tastes of the customer requests of the local market and international.

MAPPING OF PRODUCT

An analysis of the joint tendencies will make it possible to find the solution with the customer requirements and for the market, to create an aesthetic and functional, coherent and balanced unit. Thereafter we will carry out a study of the market. The subject relates to in particular the design of a beating door and its rail for a sliding door ABCD International. The needs for the company include/understand the design of a new design of door, by integrating the factors “engineering”, “ergonomics”, “design”, “marketing”, “sensory perception” and “sociology of use and installation”.

SWINGING DOOR IN ALUMINUM FRAME

The door frame made with a slight aluminum profile filling out of opalescent glass is not present into the French market. The highlights of the design are price and high style for the competitive market of ABCD. Mechanical characteristics was one important fact for the success of this project as hinges, casters, assembly, wear resistance, etc. Regarding the methodology of products design, the objectives of the project lend themselves perfectly to the installation of the step of design “Modeling of the process of design centered user, based on the integration of the methods and tools of ergonomics and sensory perception to the creation of a modern door of style.”

The door are designed for both standard and customised doors (wood, glass, aluminum framework, single or double glazing). ABCD International introduce a door with technological innovation, exclusive style and maximum quality certified in terms of European standards. Exceptional design freedom ranging from the variety of lacquered glass finishes and various aluminum finishes.

The final objective of this project, is to subject to the company the design and the implementation of a new product. This one will be proposed at the international market and more particularly in Italy and Russia.

SLIDING DOOR

The second part of the project was the creation of a demountable swinging door offering a system with suspended doors fixed in the wall or the ceiling adaptable to Decorange series. The system of sliding panels designed to divide spaces and characterized by an extremely rigorous design. A structural profile in aluminum of minimal thickness holds a double glass, gifted with an optimal soundproofing capacity.

This is the result of the continuous technological and stylistic research within the field of sliding panels. The project that guarantees an exceptional reliability and easy installation thanks to the quality of the patented sliding system, proposing at the same time a extremely rigorous supports. An actual and real glass wall, with very light movements, that allows the light to flow from one into another room and to create an active subdivision of the habitats.