Shelter Tanarit by Joao Teixeira is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lplatin in Afeṣṣel n Iferrasen Competition Category.

LplatinIferrasen· 2021

Shelter Tanarit

by Joao Teixeira

Client: Joao Teixeira Design Studio

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lplatin Winner in Iferrasen Category

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The Design

About Shelter Tanarit

Shelter d tanarit n usɣar yettwaxedmen i uxeddim deg uxxam. Tanarit-a tettɛawan afares s uheggi yelhan, s unekcum fessusen ɣer yimukan n usekles akked usefrek n yizirig yeffren i yettawin izirigen seg tewwurt n deffir ɣer tsenduqin n zdat. Tisenduqin s tɣemmar tinegdudin ttaken i tnarit udem yemgaraden, yerna akk iferdisen mseḍfaren akken ad d-mmagen yiwet n talɣa yezgan. Tanarit tettwaxdem s waṭas seg usɣar aɣaran, s snat n tsegrin n uzzal akked yiwen n ususru n unnas deg deffir. Afares yesdukkel tignatin timensayin akked umahil n tmacinin CNC. Tanarit tesɛa 1480 ɣef 800 ɣef 760 n yimilimitren.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lplatin

Shelter Tanarit d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lplatin, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yesɛan tmahilt ur nesɛi amgarad. Imerbaḥen n Lplatin ttbanen d timusniwin n tezmert n yimahilen-nsen. Shelter Tanarit yesɛa tinawt tamaynut, tazmert d lqima ɛlayen, yerra ddunit ugar n lxir.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.