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Planck Tab Kafe by Kristof De Bock
Planck Tab Kafe by Kristof De Bock
Planck Tab Kafe by Kristof De Bock
Planck Tab Kafe by Kristof De Bock
Planck Tab Kafe by Kristof De Bock

Lò Mèb · 2020

Planck Tab Kafe

by Kristof De Bock

  • A' Design Award Lò 2020 in Mèb
  • CLIENT: Dasein Products
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 60,955
  • Verification code 871E3F44AE · Verify this award
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About Planck Tab Kafe

Se tab la te fè nan moso diferan nan playwoud ke yo kole ansanm anba presyon. Sifas yo pap papye ak menase avèk yon vèni Matt ak trè fò. Gen 2 nivo-depi anndan an nan tablo a se kre- ki se trè pratik pou mete magazin oswa plèd. Anba tab la gen bati nan wou bal. Se konsa, diferans ki genyen ant etaj ak tab la se piti anpil, men an menm tan an, li se fasil pou avanse pou pi. Fason a playwoud la itilize (vètikal) fè li trè fò.

About the A' Design Award Lò

Planck Tab Kafe se yon ganyan A' Design Award Lò, yon rekonesans imans prestijye yo bay design premye klas, mèvèye e eksepsyonèl. Ganyan Lò yo se kreyasyon ki trè inovatè, vizyonè e ki briye ak bèl bagay, ki reflete jeni, sajès ak mèt konpetans designer yo. Yo atann Planck Tab Kafe pou se yon envansyon ki fè anpil lwanj, ki bay tandans e monimantal ki delivre yon valè san parèy. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Lò se yon pwojè espektakilè, respekte ki pote anpil benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Planck Tab Kafe kreye santiman dezi ki entans, li reveye pasyon, li ankouraje kreyativite e li fasine nou.

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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.
Image Credits
Photograper Pieter Gregoire

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