Platin Møbler · 2021
Shelter Skrivebord
- A' Design Award i Platin 2021 in Møbler
- CLIENT: Joao Teixeira Design Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 2,413,749
- Verification code 95B6330EC9 · Verify this award
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About Shelter Skrivebord
Shelter er et skrivebord i træ designet til hjemmekontoret. Skrivebordet understøtter produktivitet gennem bedre organisering med nem adgang til opbevaring og skjult kabelføring, der leder kabler fra en åbning bagpå til de forreste skuffer. Skuffer med afrundede hjørner giver skrivebordet et markant udseende, og alle elementer er afstemt, så de danner én sammenhængende form. Skrivebordet er hovedsageligt fremstillet af naturligt træ med to metalhængsler og en messingfinish på bagsiden. Produktionen kombinerer traditionelle teknikker med CNC-bearbejdning. Skrivebordet måler 1480 gange 800 gange 760 millimeter.
About the A' Design Award i Platin
Shelter Skrivebord er vinder af A' Design Award i Platin, en overordentlig prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles virkelig enestående, elegante og storslåede designs. Platinvinderne er skaberværkets vidundere, vidnesbyrd om grænserne for intellektuel kreativitet, og de viser deres designeres uovertrufne professionalisme og geni. Disse designs forventes at være de mest ansete værker, der definerer en æras æstetik, bidrager til samfundets trivsel og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Shelter Skrivebord udviser et transcendent niveau af fortræffelighed og gør uden tvivl verden til et bedre sted med sine fordelagtige og værdifulde egenskaber. Shelter Skrivebord er et værk, der har vundet A' Design Award i Platin, og som vækker længsler, inspirerer, begejstrer, glæder og skaber stor glæde.
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- Unique Properties
- The design language finds its most unique feature in the rounded corner drawers giving the desks a differentiating aspect and stylish look. Also, all elements were designed to align seamlessly between each other allowing for an overall singular design.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1480 mm x 800 mm x 760 mm
- Tags
- Desk, Wood, Wooden Desk, Desk Design, Wood Design, Furniture, Furniture Design
- Production Technology
- Desk production is based on traditional techniques, using common machinery to achieve precision like cnc and others. The desk is made using just two metallic hinges and a brass finish at the back as hardware as for the rest being natural wood. The rounded drawers are made using seams between joints in order to make the product more feasible and therefore affordable.
- Design Challenge
- The most challenging aspect, and also the most fun as in many other designs, was the process of fine tuning some manufacturing details finding a balance between feasibility, aesthetics and function.
- Research
- Motivated by lockdown, Shelter arises as a natural impulse to design something that would fit most home offices environments enhancing their productivity. Since we had to adapt to new normal overnight there was a big demand on this kind of solutions, especially when witnessing a big wave of change as companies were letting employees to work from home. The insight was to design a desk oriented towards the mental health fluctuation during the pandemic, providing serenity, hence the name Shelter.
- Inspiration
- While designing the Shelter desk our main inspiration was to develop something focused on both function and aesthetics. We wanted to come up with a solution that could improve the users productivity by enhancing his organization layouts through useful features like clean cable management and easy storage access.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2020 in Porto and finished March 2021 in Porto.
- Operation Flow
- While developing Shelter desk the goal was to keep its usability as simple as its looks. For instance, the possibility to pass cables trough the back access to the front drawers seamlessly and in a hidden way is a clear aspect of performing better than most common desks in the market. The interaction between product and user is self explanatory as for the access for each of the storages the design approach clearly indicates where and how to open.
