Working in partnership with renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, mailbox specialist DAD has launched a stunning new aluminium-faced mailbox system called Transcript, surely the most elegant yet modern mailbox for any lobby.
The system includes the facility for company or individual’s names to be displayed on the front of the box using a track system similar to the way typesetters used to slide letters into a composing stick.
Transcript presents as an aluminium wall, almost monolithic, with joints kept to an absolute minimum.
“My watchword is simplicity,” said Jean Nouvel about Transcript. “I'm looking for the simplicity of things, almost nothing.” But behind this apparent simplicity lies an ingenious, adaptable, modular mailbox system which works just as well in a contemporary new build or historic refurbishment. The letters of the owners’ names can be slotted into the boxes’ facades in a way that is both pleasingly retro and modern.
“The names are what should be seen first. I want people to put their names in the architecture so that each box door becomes a calling card.”
Letters for the names can be very easily ordered on www.decayeux.com/transcriptlettrage and are delivered in just a few days allowing the building manager to make changes quickly, easily and without spoiling the aesthetics of the bank of mailboxes. The names are composed on a name plate and inserted into runners on the front of the mailboxes in a quick and simple process.
Transcript is modular facade system which can be fixed on the double skin walls. The system comes complete with corners, baseboards, cornices, and lighting if required and accessories such as switches and bins are also available. Because it a completely modular system, it is available as a single box or a bank of boxes depending on the layout and design requirements of the scheme.
DAD has been designing and manufacturing steel security products since 1872 and was the first letterboxes and post boxes manufacturer in Europe, now with over 1.5 million units produced every year at its factories in France and Germany. With 700 employees worldwide and a turnover of over £60 million, they manufacture an extensive range which includes fire-rated and anti-arson postboxes, free standing post boxes, wall-mounted and through-the-wall boxes for residential and commercial applications.
