Whereas companies used to grow year after year, at a predictable pace, today, start-ups appear out of nowhere, becoming full-blown corporations, or sometimes also, quitting cold. How do you follow and support this work evolution? By offering the flexibility they need, all the time.

AMAi, the Flemish expression for “wow”, offers such flexibility. It’s an adjustable table with lights and electricity that you can tailor to the needs of any gathering, whether indoors or outdoors, for work or play, making each experience valuable and easy-going. Why would you furnish each space, time and again, when one set of furniture covers every need?

Outdoors, protection from the sun is needed, but indoors protection from noise is most welcome. To solve this, Extremis has altered the AMAi parasol to a “paranoise” solution. Using sound-absorbing fabrics as shade, Paranoise encourages conversations indoors with an outdoor look and feel.

The Paranoise is an acoustic upgrade that adds an ambient vibe to the most sterile places in an elegant and non-intrusive way. Unlike acoustic wall panels, space dividers, and curtains that not only slow down sound waves but also form a barrier between people, the AMAi paranoise is placed above the tabletop and doesn’t take up any desk space to allow people to communicate freely.

On top of the acoustic solution, this indoor shade adds to a biophilic design where office workers will feel at ease. In spaces with high ceilings, paranoise creates a shelter that offers intimacy. It brings the outdoor elements indoors and blurs the boundaries between inside and outside.

 Pictures: Chris Franken