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Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc by Takusei Kajitani

Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc by Takusei Kajitani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Perabot Competition Category.


GangsaPerabot· 2021

Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc

by Takusei Kajitani

Client: Consentable

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Perabot Category

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The Design

About Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc

Gaya hidup telah berubah dengan pelbagai peranti digital. Tetapi reka bentuk meja tidak berubah. Meja kerja intelektual moden biasanya dibanjiri dengan pelbagai jenis pendawaian apabila mereka meletakkan PC. Mereka sepatutnya perlu diperbaiki. Lebih-lebih lagi dalam era Work From Home adalah perkara biasa, meja kerja di rumah perlu canggih. Consentable WT Ao menyediakan pengalaman kerja baharu untuk pengguna PC dengan menyembunyikan pendawaian dan peranti yang bising ke dalam bentuk ringkas, dan dengan plat atas berwarna nila yang menyerupai permukaan laut.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Consentable WT Ao Meja Kerja Pc memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.
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Team Members
Designer: Yoh Miyachi
Craftsman: Ryosuke Tanaka
Image Credits
Image #1-5: Photographer Katsuhiko Abe, Variations, 2020.

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