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Planck Kafijas Galdiņš by Kristof De Bock

Planck Kafijas Galdiņš by Kristof De Bock is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zelta balva A' Design Award in Mēbeļu dizains Competition Category.


ZeltaMēbeles· 2020

Planck Kafijas Galdiņš

by Kristof De Bock

Client: Dasein Products

Zelta balva A' Design Award Winner in Mēbeles Category

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The Design

About Planck Kafijas Galdiņš

Galds ir izgatavots no dažādiem saplākšņa gabaliem, kas ir salīmēti kopā zem spiediena. Virsmas ir slīpētas ar smiltīm un apstrādātas ar matētu un ļoti spēcīgu laku. Ir divi līmeņi - tā kā galda iekšpuse ir doba - tas ir ļoti praktiski žurnālu vai pledu ievietošanai. Zem galda ir iebūvēti ložu riteņi. Tātad plaisa starp grīdu un galdu ir ļoti maza, taču tajā pašā laikā to ir viegli pārvietot. Saplākšņa izmantošanas veids (vertikāls) padara to ļoti spēcīgu.

The Recognition

About the Zelta balva A' Design Award

Planck Kafijas Galdiņš ir Zelta balvas A' Design Award ieguvējs, ārkārtīgi prestiža atzinība, ko piešķir pirmšķirīgiem, brīnišķīgiem un izciliem dizainiem. Zelta ieguvēji ir ļoti inovatīvi, tālredzīgi un žilbinoši spoži darbi, kas atspoguļo to dizaineru talantu, gudrību un meistarību. Sagaidāms, ka Planck Kafijas Galdiņš būs ļoti slavēts, tendenci veidojošs un monumentāls izgudrojums, kas sniedz nebijušu vērtību. Šis ar Zelta balvu apbalvotais dizains ir lielisks, cienīts projekts, kas paplašina mākslas, zinātnes, dizaina un tehnoloģiju robežas. Planck Kafijas Galdiņš izraisa intensīvu vēlmi, modina kaislību, veicina radošumu un valdzina.

Behind the Design

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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

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