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Ten boxes are set into the top of President, and each one is a complete connection point: power through two universal sockets and a Schuko, USB in both the A and C formats, a 3.5 mm audio output, HDMI and a pair of RJ45 network sockets. A director can plug in a laptop, take power, network and video from the same box, then shut it beneath its leather lid. For large conference tables, it is the equipment that decides how the room is actually used.
The boxes are fed by a metal channel that runs right round the table, reached through doors in the base, and the base is prepared for cabling from the start. Cables are not part of the supply, which leaves them to be chosen for the devices the company already uses. In a directors' meeting room, where laptops change faster than furniture, the table can follow along.
Its designers sit in the in-house development department of i4Mariani, which drew the table in 2015, and production stays in Mariano Comense. Standard size is 600 × 210 cm, 74 cm high, with four top versions that combine leather and a rosewood-type veneer or with melamine, either as the frame or as the centre. It is supplied as standard exactly as shown, or customised in size, materials and accessories on request. La Mercanti lists with the client every device that will be plugged in at the table, box by box.
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The doors give direct access to the cabling: behind them runs the metal channel that serves the top, and the base is prepared for cables to pass. When a line has to be added or replaced, the technician opens a door instead of working under the table, and the room can be put back in order quickly.
No. i4Mariani states that cables are excluded: the table comes with its boxes, the metal channel and a base prepared for cabling. Power, network, HDMI and audio leads are planned separately, ideally with the company's IT or AV team, so that they match the equipment that will really be used in the room.
Yes. The maker describes President as fully customisable in dimensions, materials and accessories, while the standard model is 600 × 210 cm. A different size is defined with i4Mariani on the drawing of the actual room, together with finishes and fittings, so the request should be raised early in the project.
The top always pairs two materials. It can be leather with a centre in veneer or in melamine, or veneer or melamine with a centre in leather; the doors of the base follow the frame material. The choice changes the mood of the room more than any other decision, so it is worth seeing both materials side by side.
It is a project of the research and development team of i4Mariani, dated 2015. The company presents it as an expression of its production flexibility, which is why the same table can be ordered as shown or reworked for a particular boardroom; La Mercanti can share the technical drawings at planning stage.
A six-metre table shapes the whole room. Five decisions on space, circulation, light, finish and changes to settle before President is ordered for a head office.
President is 600 × 210 cm and 74 cm high. Place it on the floor plan at full scale before anything else, and check the distance to every wall, column and door: the standard size is fixed, so the room has to be read around it.
Chairs need space to move back, and people need a path behind those already seated, especially along the long sides. If that space is short, the maker can change the dimensions on request, which is far easier to decide now than after the order.
The rosewood-type veneer is finished with a filled-pore, 20-gloss lacquer that looks soft rather than shiny; leather takes the light in. Look at the room at the time meetings are held and decide which material should cover the larger part of the top.
The four versions pair leather with rosewood or melamine, as frame or centre. Where walls carry wood panelling or the room has existing storage, let the table's wood or melamine finish follow what is already there.
Size, materials and accessories can all be customised on request. List any change at the start, together with the leather collection, Privilege, Harmonie or Vegetale, so that drawings and samples are agreed before production begins.
