Steve Edge's colourful office
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Moving into a former shop on Hoxton Street, encouraged Steve Edge to invest in some USM storage – a couple of pieces in the main workplace and a smaller unit in his personal office. ‘I’ve seen it in various architects’ offices and it was love at first sight,’ he says. ‘I realised immediately it could be put together in different configurations and that it was incredibly durable. What’s so amazing about the product is that I’m continuously thinking of how to bolt on something else to it and what’s the next little add on. But above all else it is, I think, the most beautiful thing you could ever use to put objects in.’
He was also attracted by the product’s innate sense of quality: ‘It’s like a Rolls Royce car door: when it shuts you hear it “clunk”. You know it’s solid, beautiful, well-made and there’s nothing quite like the sound. And when I open a USM drawer it has exactly the same effect. It is just a pleasure to be around.’ The array of colours available was also appealing. In fact seeing the entire palette had a profound effect. ‘Orange has become my favourite colour. We’ve been black and white for a long time but when I saw the orange and green of USM I decided to use them as our new corporate colours.’
