Planck Papa ʻaina by Kristof De Bock is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

GulaLako Hale· 2020

Planck Papa ʻaina

by Kristof De Bock

Client: Dasein Products

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Planck Papa ʻaina

Hana ʻia ka papa ʻaina i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka plywood i hoʻopili ʻia ma lalo o ke kaomi. ʻO nā papa kahi i puki ʻia a hoʻomoe ʻia me ka matt a me kahi varnish ikaika loa. Aia he 2 mau ʻina -hō ka loko o ka papa i hollow- i hana ʻia loa no ka waiho ʻana i nā nūpepa a i ʻole nā palaki. Ma lalo o ka papa i kūkulu ʻia ai nā huila o nā pū. No laila kahi liʻiliʻi loa ka laka ma waena o ka papahele a me ka papaʻaina, akā i ka manawa like, he maʻalahi ke neʻe. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ke ʻano o ka pika (kū pololei).

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Planck Papa ʻaina i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Planck Papa ʻaina he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Planck Papa ʻaina i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Dasein products was looking to come up with an unique coffee table. Different in form and materials. They choose plywood but used it in an unconventional way by bonding it together on the flat sides. This gave the possibility to make a robust and elegant looking object at the same time. Seen from the sides one sets eyes on a block of wood, seen from the fronts, one looks at an elegant, 2-level object. Due to the strength of the material, the thickness of the levels can be reduced to a thin line.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 75 cm x Depth 46 cm x Height 30 cm
Tags: Objectdesign, coffeetable, furniture, living room
Production Technology: The table is made of several pieces of polish pine plywood that are prepared with a CNC cutter. Once they are connected with glue and kept under high pressure for at least 12 hours, they require intense sandpapering and varnishing.

At the bottom, holes are drilled for the bullet wheels that need to be glued in.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge for this project was to come up with a unique concept that has an esthetic added value but is still functional. Dasein Products has chosen to make a rather small coffee table that is very easy movable. It can be used to store plaids, books, etc. so it looks neat at the sam time.
Research: The object is designed with the golden ratio in mind. Seen both from top as from short sides, these proportions are respected for the wooden part.

The 2 horizontal layers where intended to be thin but strong. They are narrowed down to 17mm and still a full grown man can stand on the middle of the table.

A lot of time was spend on finding the bullet wheels. Metal wheels are strongest, but make a lot of noise on a stone floor. So the designer came up with small nylon wheels, but lots of them. In total 16 are placed under each table.
Inspiration: Above all, furniture should be functional. The challenge was to create a coffee table that was different then others, esthetic and functional. With these goals in mind, the designer explored different materials.
Project Duration: The basic idea came early summer of 2019. It took some time to get the details straight in the workshop in Ronse (Belgium) but in the beginning of September the coffee table was presented to the world.
Operation Flow: The table is fairly small and movable. The idea is to eliminate the big center piece table, but place (more than one) in the living room that can be moved to where it is needed.
Team Members: Kristof De Bock
Image Credits: Photograper Pieter Gregoire