Pāratinamu Taputapu · 2021
Shelter Tēpu Mahi
- A' Design Award Pāratinamu 2021 in Taputapu
- CLIENT: Joao Teixeira Design Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 2,413,749
- Verification code 95B6330EC9 · Verify this award
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About Shelter Tēpu Mahi
He tēpu rākau a Shelter i hoahoatia mō te tari kāinga. Ka tautoko te tēpu i te whakaputanga mahi mā te whakariterite pai ake, me te uru māmā ki ngā wāhi rokiroki me te whakahaere waea huna e ārahi ana i ngā waea mai i tētahi kōwhao ā-muri ki ngā toroa o mua. Nā ngā toroa kokonga porotaka i whai āhua motuhake ai te tēpu, ā, kua whakahāngaitia ngā wāhanga katoa hei hanga i tētahi āhua kotahi e rere tonu ana. He rākau māori te nuinga o te tēpu, me ngā hinihi konganuku e rua me te whakaoti parahi kei muri. Ka whakakotahihia e te mahinga ngā tikanga tuku iho me te miihini CNC. Ko te rahi o te tēpu he 1480 mā te 800 mā te 760 mitarau.
About the A' Design Award Pāratinamu
Ko Shelter Tēpu Mahi te toa o te A' Design Award Pāratinamu, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa tino rerekē, ātaahua me te nui. Ko ngā toa Pāratinamu he whakamīharo o te waihanga, he taunakitanga mō ngā rohe o te auaha hinengaro, ā, e whakaatu ana i te tohungatanga me te mōhio kāore e taea te whakataurite o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko ēnei hoahoa ngā mahi rongonui rawa e whakatau ana i te ātaahua o tētahi wā, e whai wāhi ana ki te oranga o te hapori, ā, e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaatu a Shelter Tēpu Mahi i te taumata tōtika o te hiranga, ā, e pai ake ai te ao i ōna āhuatanga whaihua. Ko Shelter Tēpu Mahi tētahi mahi i toa i te A' Design Award Pāratinamu e whakaoho ana i ngā hiahia, e whakahihiri ana, e whakamārie ana, ā, e kawe mai ana i te hari nui.
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- 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.
