Last year we looked at Bateman Labs, the Canadian outfit that created a new furniture category: Modular armchair-based workstations and gaming stations. Their Envy line of armchairs used mortises in the frames to accept tenons for various accessories and platforms.
Now they've created a more simple and refined design, the Encore. Rather than mortises, concealed magnets hold the removable worksurface attached.
When not in use, the worksurface sticks to the back of the chair.
The Encore is available in White Oak or Walnut, with five different fabric color options.
The $1,200 chair will start shipping this fall, though the company is taking pre-orders for the reduced price of $1,000. More magnetic accessories, they say, are forthcoming.
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