Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスク by Takusei Kajitani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 家具デザイン Competition Category.
銅家具· 2021
Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスク
Client: Consentable
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 家具 Category
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About Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスク
ライフスタイルは、さまざまなデジタルデバイスによって変化しました。しかし、机のデザインは変わっていません。現代の知識人のワークデスクは、通常、PCを配置するときにさまざまな種類の配線で溢れています。それらは改善される必要があります。特に在宅勤務が一般的である時代には、在宅勤務のデスクは洗練されたものである必要があります。 Consentable WT Aoは、ノイズの多い配線やデバイスをシンプルな形に隠し、海面に似た藍染めの天板を使用して、PCユーザーに新しい作業体験を提供します。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスクは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスクは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Consentable WT Ao Pcワークデスクは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a work desk for PC with various storages to hide noisy wirings and devices. It realizes calm work experiences for PC users with hiding noisy items into the simple form, and with using the top plate of indigo dyed wood grains that resemble the calm sea surface.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 1150mm x Depth 600mm x Height 700mm, the legs are made of solid black cherry and the top plate is made of solid black cherry laminated plywood. Both are with indigo dyeing finish.
- Tags
- digital, sustainable, desk, Japan, indigo, PC, minimal, dye, wood, craftsman
- Production Technology
- This desk is made of wood dyed with Japanese Aizome, traditional indigo dyeing technology by Japanese craftsmen. To develop the color of indigo on wood, over 3 times of hand-dyeing works are needed. After that, the wood grains change their textures like the surface of calm sea with glossy indigo.
- Design Challenge
- Our challenge is to improve the PC user experiences on the desk at home. We have designed various small storages in this desk to hide noisy wirings and devices. And also we have made the wood grains resemble the calm sea surface with indigo dyed finish trying to provide calm experiences on the desk to home PC users.
- Research
- I made the most effort for hiding wirings and devices to fit in a simple form. For example, the wiring space behind the top plate is the size of W1050mm D100mm H750mm that fits for OA taps connected with various outlets such as PC adapters. A cord of the OA tap can be embedded in the grooves of the legs. Regarding the device space, not only can devices be stored, but they are also connected to PC through the wiring space. This desk is designed to be simple as if there were no wiring with it.
- Inspiration
- Our lifestyles have changed with digital devises. But the designs of desks have not changed. Your desk might be flooded with various types of dusty wirings when you place your PC or chargers of various devices, so we wanted to improve those poor experiences. Especially in the era when Work From Home is common, our work desks at home also should be sophisticated. We designed this to provide better experiences on desks for home PC users.
- Project Duration
- PC Work Desk project started in Tokyo in April 2014, and the initial model as Consentable WT were exhibited at Tokyo Design Week in 2014, Salone del Mobile and Paris Design Week in 2016. After that, it was completed in June 2020 as Consentable WT Ao with changing the finishing to indigo dye.
- Operation Flow
- (1) The grooves on the backsides of the legs are for hiding an OA tap code. A cord from an outlet at home powers all the digital devices on the desk. (2) Power codes and USB wirings can be neatly stored. There is a wiring space with lids behind the top plate to protect the cords from dust. (3) The top plate has a device space linked to the wiring space and you can neatly organize all devices and wirings as they are connected. (4) Assembly required.
- Patents
- Patented. No1524132. Takusei Kajitani. April 17, 2015. Certificate of Design Registration, Japan Patent Office.
. - Team Members
- Designer: Yoh Miyachi
Craftsman: Ryosuke Tanaka - Image Credits
- Image #1-5: Photographer Katsuhiko Abe, Variations, 2020.
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