5th Element single desk on inclined gantry legs

5th Element by Las Mobili — one desk family from the bench to the corner office

Las Mobili

Studio SI

Desk with integrated pedestal
5th Element Most chosen configuration Desk with integrated pedestal
£ 4,177

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Bespoke: size, colour, finish

Every office runs on four tables — the workstation, the bench, the team table, the meeting table. 5th Element by Las Mobili, designed by Studio Si, is named after the thing that holds them together: one structural DNA. Legs in trapezoidal-section drawn steel, 58 x 50 mm, 2 mm thick — bridge or inclined gantry — carry beams of 50 x 15 mm whose coupling screws disappear under moulded ABS carters. No visible hardware, one recognisable profile, from the first desk to the hundredth.

What makes the family rare in this category is how far it stretches: the same language builds single desks and shared desking-bench, team tables H 105 with a chromed footrest beam for stand-up work, meeting tables — and executive desks with chromed loop legs and a 10 mm rear-lacquered tempered glass top on turned stainless supports (Black, Grey Beige, White). The person who gets promoted keeps the same design language; the floor keeps its coherence. Tops come in eight finishes, and every panel is Class E1 low-formaldehyde, as declared by the manufacturer — a detail worth asking about when a desk fleet fills a whole floor of air.

The bench thinks in one bar

Bench tops carry a central extruded aluminium bar with hinged tip-up top accesses: cable brush, and a magnet that locks onto the frontal sound-absorbing panels — open, reach any point of the substructure, click shut. Central shared legs (50 x 50 mm) take an optional inspectable WIRE MANAGER panelling; trays hang from the beams; PC-tower service units work freestanding or as structural desk supports. Pedestals on wheels arrive assembled, with pivoting colour-matched handles and an optional Gabriel-fabric cushion that turns them into a guest seat. Product certificates can be downloaded on this page.

Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.

Collection: 5th Element
Manufacturer: Las Mobili
Design: Studio Si
Type: operative desks and workstations, desking-bench, team tables H 105, meeting tables, executive desks, storage
Producer-declared compliance: Italian Legislative Decree 81/2008; panels Class E1 low formaldehyde; formaldehyde content of the 18 mm (0.71 in) melamine-faced panels ≤ 3.5 mg H₂CO/(m²·h) to UNI EN ISO 12460-3:2021, manufacturer data

Worktops:
18 mm (0.71 in) melamine-faced particleboard (Class E1 declared), 2 mm (0.08 in) ABS edge in the same colour
Finishes: Classic Walnut 07, Niagara Oak 31, Grey 38, Stone Grey 44, Black 59, Dark Poplar 63, Light Poplar 64, White 68
Executive desks also with 10 mm (0.39 in) rear-lacquered tempered float glass top, polished edges, on turned stainless-steel supports: Black 10, Grey Beige 72, White 79 (25 mm (0.98 in) wooden tops available separately)
Integrated top access with silver moulded frame and 8 mm (0.31 in) wood lid in the top finish

Metal structure:
Terminal bridge legs in trapezoidal-section drawn steel 58 x 50 mm (2.3 x 2 in), 2 mm (0.08 in) thick, with moulded nylon end caps housing the levelling feet; executive bridge/loop legs also CHROMED
Terminal inclined gantry legs in rectangular extruded steel, 1.5 mm (0.06 in) thick
Central shared bridge legs 50 x 50 x 2 mm (2 x 2 x 0.08 in) with 100 x 50 x 2 mm (3.9 x 2 x 0.08 in) upper crosspiece; optional 1 mm (0.04 in) steel WIRE MANAGER panelling, one fixed and one inspectable side
Supporting beams 50 x 15 x 1.5 mm (2 x 0.59 x 0.06 in) with printed steel end plates; moulded ABS carters conceal the leg/beam coupling screws
Epoxy colours: Silver, Matt Black, White, Stone Grey

Desking-bench:
18 mm (0.71 in) bench tops with central extruded aluminium bar; hinged tip-up top accesses with cable-passage brush and magnet locking onto frontal sound-absorbing panels; substructure accessible at any point; compatible with bridge or gantry legs
Cable trays in 1 mm (0.04 in) sheet metal (4 structure colours) hung on the beams or fixed under the short beams/central bar; hanging accessories (PC-tower holders, wire conduits) hook onto the assembled structure

Team and meeting tables:
Team tables H 105 on trapezoidal bridge legs with chromed footrest beams 40 x 15 mm (1.6 x 0.59 in)
Team table with gantries: two amortized aluminium top accesses painted like the legs, cable tray, designed for a front panel or glass screens
Meeting tables with bridge legs or gantries, integrated top access and 1 mm (0.04 in) cable tray in the structure colours

Storage:
Pedestals on grey nylon swivel wheels (front pair with safety brake), supplied assembled; 8 finishes; central lock; pivoting handles colour-matched to the fronts; wood drawers with 12 mm (0.47 in) black-PVC sides on self-closing metal runners
Optional cushion: 4 mm (0.16 in) masonite support, 30 mm (1.2 in) foam (40 kg/m³), Gabriel fabrics (Crepe, Time, One, Stretch, Melange, Trevi, Lana, Nautilus, Sealife, Mixage, Spazio, Poseidon, Supreme, Grain)
Service units and PC towers with levelling feet, freestanding or integrated as structural desk supports; base openings for PC-tower wiring; version with tip-up top access and cable brush, completable with doors or drawers
Modesty panels 18 mm (0.71 in) in Grey 38, Stone Grey 44, Black 59, White 68 on 4 mm (0.16 in) press-folded brackets

Packaging: components disassembled in triple cardboard with perimeter strips and corner protectors; pedestals supplied assembled with shrink film

Warranty declared by the manufacturer:
5 years on the furniture
2 years on sockets, cables, control panels and motor drives
Spare parts available for 5 years

Manufacturer certifications: UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 (SQ174159-ICILA), UNI EN ISO 14001:2015 (ICILA-SGA-17258), UNI ISO 45001:2018 (IMQ-SHS-170062), SA8000:2014 (certificate no. 144), FSC® chain of custody ICILA-COC-000170 with FSC® certified products on request, COSMOB Qualitas Praemium Formaldehyde no. 45/2025 for low-formaldehyde panels; declared contribution of 6 LEED points (MR C4 recycled content, MR C2 construction waste management, MR C5 regional materials, EQ C4.5 low-emitting materials)

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When it is the right choice

  • Whole floors on one design language, from bench to executive: trapezoidal 58 x 50 mm legs, chromed on the executive desks with a 10 mm glass top.
  • Teams that work standing: H 105 team tables with a chromed footrest beam.
  • Benches where IT intervenes often: central aluminium bar with flip-up top access at any point.

When another solution suits better

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FAQ

Why is it called 5th Element?

Because the office already has its four elements — workstation, bench, team table, meeting table — and this family supplies the fifth: the structure that binds them. One trapezoidal drawn-steel leg (58 x 50 mm, 2 mm), one beam system with ABS carters hiding every coupling screw, one palette across all four typologies. Specify the whole floor from one chapter of the catalogue and every room still speaks the same language.

Can the same collection really follow someone from the open space to the corner office?

That is its rarest trick. The operative range runs on painted bridge or gantry legs; the executive desks take the same trapezoidal geometry, offer CHROMED bridge or loop legs and a 10 mm rear-lacquered tempered glass top — Black, Grey Beige or White — resting on turned stainless supports. A promotion changes the finish, not the design language, and the floor plan keeps one coherent line from bench to corner office.

Bridge legs or inclined gantries — what actually changes?

The silhouette and the character of the room. The trapezoidal bridge leg reads technical and grounded — the classic benching stance. The inclined gantry leg in extruded steel gives the same tops a lighter, drawn, almost trestle-like profile that suits studios and creative floors. Both carry the same 50 x 15 mm beams and the same accessories, so the choice is aesthetic, not functional — and both hide their screws under ABS carters.

How does the bench handle cables and acoustics together?

With one gesture. The central extruded aluminium bar carries hinged tip-up top accesses with a cable brush — open them anywhere along the bench and the whole substructure is reachable — and a magnet that locks the flap onto the frontal sound-absorbing panels. Below: trays on the beams, optional WIRE MANAGER panelling on the 50 x 50 mm shared legs, and hanging PC-tower holders. Power, order and quiet share the same spine.

Is there anything behind the E1 claim, and what about storage?

Every panel in the family is declared by the manufacturer as Class E1 low formaldehyde — worth noting when dozens of desks share one floor's air. Storage follows the same logic of doing double duty: service units and PC towers stand freestanding or become structural supports for the desks; pedestals arrive assembled on braked wheels with colour-matched pivoting handles, and take a Gabriel-fabric cushion that turns them into the guest seat. Samples of finishes and fabrics are available; their cost is fully credited when the order is confirmed.

How to specify one desk family for a whole growing office

For office managers and A&D teams: five 5th Element decisions that keep every floor — and every promotion — in the same language.

Map all four tables before choosing any

List where you need single desks, shared bench runs, team tables H 105 for stand-up work and meeting tables. 5th Element covers all four from one structural chapter — plus the executive desk above them — so the map becomes one order, not five suppliers.

Choose the leg per room, not per catalogue

Trapezoidal bridge legs for the operative floor, inclined gantries where you want a lighter, drawn profile, chromed bridge or loop legs with the 10 mm glass top for direction. Same beams, same carters, same palette — Silver, Matt Black, White, Stone Grey.

Build the cable spine into the bar

On bench runs, specify the central aluminium bar with tip-up top accesses — brush, magnet lock onto the acoustic panels — and add WIRE MANAGER panelling on shared legs where the floor power rises. Hang trays on the beams; let service units double as desk supports next to PC-heavy seats.

Plan the huddle points

A team table H 105 with its chromed footrest turns a corner of the floor into a standing meeting point; a cushion on a wheeled pedestal turns any desk into a two-seat conversation. Both come from the same order form as the desks.

Approve samples, then freeze the specification

Melamine, painted steel, chrome and glass read differently under your lighting: approve physical samples on site — the cost is fully credited when the order is confirmed. Then fix in writing tops, leg type per area, structure colour, top-access positions and fabrics.

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