Stories by USM

A tricky style to achieve, maximalism is as unique to each user as their own personality. Get it wrong and it’s easy to feel exposed and unfulfilled. Here are some examples that get it right.

If you think you know premium Swiss brand USM – with its iconic modular storage and display system – think again.

“We wanted to give the world of radio a completely new face,” said Dani Büchi, CEO of Energy Group in Switzerland with reference to the redesign of their head office in Zurich.

There are no private offices in Yabu Pushelberg’s freshly renovated headquarters. The renowned Toronto design firm abolished them — even for the principals, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg — to promote the exchange of ideas and foster a sense of community.

Being a guest country in DESIGN WEEK MEXICO 2017 is a great honor for Switzerland, especially a few months from the World Design Capital Mexico 2018 that will reveal the Mexican capital in the World.

USM is now integrating light and energy directly into the structure of its USM Haller furniture - completely wirelessly.

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria’s largest design festival. After the 10th anniversary last year the festival now celebrates its 11th edition. VIENNA DESIGN WEEK defines design as an essential part of the cultural production. The festival shows that design shapes our material culture, our every-day life and our world as consumers. Simultaneously, it influences our lifestyles and most fundamentally our aesthetic senses and judgements. In autumn we are therefore looking forward to a great number of different events throughout Vienna. There will be new, surprising and ground-breaking aspects to be discovered in our product culture. A first programme preview promises an exciting festival edition 2017.

At USM, an ecological idea gave rise to a classic that is even on show at the MoMa in New York.

Premium Swiss manufacturer USM shows how to rework an iconic design the right way with the electrification of its classic USM HALLER. Power to the people!

For over 50 years, the Swiss manufacturer USM has set the standard for premium-quality, simple, flexible furniture with its modular Haller System.

The first-ever design show in the Middle East to unite on a single platform some of the best global design brands with award-winning design from the region, Dubai's new Downtown Design fair, like the soaring Burj Khalifa, has its sights set high.