Let's discuss your project
Trade terms for professionals and design studios
Open the DVO price list at the Qubo chapter and one entry in the English column catches the eye: «straight reception unit with DDA top». The acronym is British, the product is from Pordenone. It names the module built for a seated visitor or a wheelchair user, 100 or 140 cm wide (39.4 or 55.1 in), 115 cm deep (45.3 in) and 74 cm high (29.1 in), with its own end panels. Whether a given lobby meets the Equality Act is a matter for the designer; what the manufacturer has done is give the module a name a UK specifier recognises at a glance.
Around it, Qubo is a plain system of reception desks designed by Antonio Morello — the hand behind DVO's Planeta desk —: straight modules in six widths, 86 to 206 cm (33.9 to 81.1 in), 84 cm deep (33.1 in) and 112.5 cm high (44.3 in), a two-way 90° corner, right- or left-hand 90° end modules and six pre-set compositions with a single order code. Worktops are melamine, 25 mm (1 in) thick and edged in 2 mm (0.08 in) ABS; vertical panels are 25 mm, the counter top 18 mm (0.7 in). Options: a welcome top on modules from 120 cm (47.2 in), an anodised aluminium plinth, an LED bar under the top with a touch dimmer, sheet-steel cable ducts. Eleven melamine finishes plus a gloss white laminate for the top, and an 8-year warranty stated by DVO.
La Mercanti draws the Qubo layout with the accessible module placed where the approach route actually arrives, and marks on the plan which side the end panels go, so the order carries no left-or-right guesswork. The same series serves offices, hotel lobbies and other reception areas: the modules change, the system does not.
Model: Qubo, DVO Office (code DV703) — design Antonio Morello, 2012.
Type: modular reception desk system with vertical and horizontal elements, worktops and integrated accessories.
Versions in the price list: straight module in six widths; two-way 90° corner module (not usable as an end); right- or left-hand 90° end module; module with conversation top (accessible) with dedicated side panels; pre-set compositions 1 to 6; welcome top, plinth, LED bar, cable management and multipurpose box as options. Uses stated by DVO: offices, hotels and reception areas.
Straight modules: W 86 / 106 / 126 / 146 / 166 / 206 cm (33.9 / 41.7 / 49.6 / 57.5 / 65.4 / 81.1 in) × D 84 cm (33.1 in) × H 112.5 cm (44.3 in); the 206 cm module is not available in walnut or dark oak.
Corner modules: 90° corner W 84 cm (33.1 in); 90° end module W 84 × D 85 cm (33.1 × 33.5 in), right or left; back panel for corner 84 × 84 cm (33.1 × 33.1 in).
Accessible module (DDA top): W 100 / 140 cm (39.4 / 55.1 in) × D 115 cm (45.3 in) × H 74 cm (29.1 in), with dedicated end and upper side panels.
Pre-set compositions: six compositions under a single code; composition 3 is ordered right- or left-hand, composition 5 is interchangeable and reaches 487 cm (191.7 in) overall.
Tops and panels: worktop in 25 mm (1 in) melamine with 2 mm (0.08 in) ABS edge, optional cable ports; vertical panels in 25 mm (1 in) melamine with 1.5 mm (0.06 in) ABS edge; back panel W 86-206 × H 110 cm (43.3 in), 2.5 cm (1 in) thick; end panel 2.5 cm (1 in) thick.
Counter top: 18 mm (0.7 in) melamine with 1.5 mm ABS edge, 28 cm (11 in) deep; gloss white laminate version with two-colour white/aluminium PMMA edge 1.5 mm. Optional welcome top W 120 / 140 / 160 × D 32.5 × H 74 cm (47.2 / 55.1 / 63 × 12.8 × 29.1 in).
Structure: square-section 50 × 50 mm (2 × 2 in) metal column and middle leg, H 71.5 cm (28.1 in), in white RAL 9016, aluminium RAL 9006 or anthracite RAL 7016; optional L-section anodised aluminium plinth, H 8 cm (3.1 in); levelling feet +10 mm (0.4 in).
Lighting: 55 cm (21.7 in) LED bar under the top with touch on-off-dimmer on one side and 1.9 m (74.8 in) cable to the power supply; LED bar for the welcome top 120 / 140 / 160 cm with power supply included; 15 W power supply kit, 100-240 V input, with switch.
Cable management: folded sheet-steel cable duct for each module, pair of ducts for the corner module, multipurpose box 35 × 24 × 35 cm (13.8 × 9.4 × 13.8 in); cable ports in the worktop on request.
Finishes: M1 white, light grey, light oak, natural oak, walnut, dark oak; M2 soft touch matt white, taupe, graphite, matt green, matt black; L gloss white laminate for the top; welcome top also in umber; metal in white, aluminium or anthracite.
Certifications stated by DVO on the product sheet: CAM/GPP, GREENGUARD UL 2818, CARB Phase 2, FSC C109826, UNI EN 15372:2023.
Warranty: 8 years, as stated by DVO.
Planning: available in the pCon.planner configurator.
Manufacturer: DVO Office, Roveredo in Piano (Pordenone), Italy.
Tell us which finishes you'd like to assess
Eleven melamines and a gloss laminate look alike on a screen: how to get the Qubo by DVO Office finish samples into the client's hands before the order is placed.
