Dava Työtila by Michael Strantz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Huonekalumuotoilu Competition Category.

HopeaHuonekalut· 2020

Dava Työtila

by Michael Strantz

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Huonekalut Category

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The Design

About Dava Työtila

Dava on kehitetty avoimen avaruuden toimistoihin, kouluihin ja yliopistoihin, joissa hiljaiset ja keskittyneet työvaiheet ovat tärkeitä. Moduulit vähentävät akustisia ja visuaalisia häiriöitä. Kolmikulmaisen muodonsa vuoksi huonekalut ovat tilaa säästäviä ja mahdollistavat erilaisia järjestelyvaihtoehtoja. Davan materiaalit ovat WPC ja villahuopaa, jotka molemmat ovat biohajoavia. Pistokejärjestelmä kiinnittää kaksi seinää pöytätasoon ja korostaa tuotannon ja käsittelyn yksinkertaisuutta.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Dava Työtila on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Dava Työtila:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Dava Työtila on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Dava enables a pleasant work atmosphere by minimizing acoustic and visual disturbances. Due to its triangular shape, the furniture is extremely versatile and allows an optimal use of space and a big variety of arrangement options.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1285mm x Depth 766mm x Hight 1480mm
Tags: Workspace, desk, wpc, woolfelt, space efficiency, industrial design, table
Production Technology: For Dava two sustainable and biodegradable materials are used, WPC from Jeluplast and wool felt, both of which are 100% organic and fully compostable. WPC ensures sufficient stiffness and stability and is also relatively light, at 1.1 g/cm3, which ensures easy handling. The material can be applied by injection moulding, which enables cost-efficient production in large quantities. A dove-tail joint, which fixes the two walls to the tabletop, underlines the simplicity in production and handling. This means that no screws or external fasteners are required.
Design Challenge: In order to design the product as simple as possible for the user, great value was placed on the best material. Sustainability, feasibility, serial production and affordability played a role in this decision.
Research: The project was entitled YOU for the NDU and the task of this Semesterproject was, to find and define a design problem of the university building and to solve the task appropriately. Through extensive research, the research problem was first defined, which deals with the lack of space to be able to work in seclusion and undisturbed by outer influences. This was followed by the idea generation and design phase, which required both 2-diemensional and 3-dimensional working models. Further steps were detail development, 3D visualisations and the implementation of a prototype on a scale of 1:1. The design phase began in the sketchbook.
Inspiration: Open space offices, schools and universities, where quiet and concentrated work phases are important, are often characterised by acoustic and visual stimulus saturation. Great growth, lack of space or lack of rooms often mean that there is no space to withdraw, and so furniture is necessary that is highly flexible in its arrangement and adaptable to changing circumstances.
Project Duration: The Project started in September 2018 at the New Design University St. Poelten and was revised in September 2019.
Operation Flow: A simple plug-in system allows quick and easy storage of the objects. Furthermore, the walls can be removed and used on already existing tables, against visual and acoustic disturbances. The walls can be slid into each other for storage to save space.