Planck Tafole Ea Kofi by Kristof De Bock

Planck Tafole Ea Kofi by Kristof De Bock is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Fenitjhara Competition Category.

KhautaFenitjhara· 2020

Planck Tafole Ea Kofi

by Kristof De Bock

Client: Dasein Products

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award Winner in Fenitjhara Category

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The Design

About Planck Tafole Ea Kofi

Tafole e entsoe ka likotoana tse fapaneng tsa plywood tse tsoakiloeng hammoho ka tlas'a khatello. Maqhubu a koahetsoe ka lehoatata mme a petsoha ka mmata le varnish e matla haholo. Ho na le mekhahlelo e 'meli -ka hona kahare ho tafole ha ho na thuso - e sebetsang haholo bakeng sa ho beha limakasine kapa liphaephe. Tlas'a tafole ho na le mechini ea mabili a bullet. Kahoo lekhalo lipakeng tsa fatše le tafole li nyane haholo, empa ka nako e ts'oanang, ho bonolo ho li tsamaisa. Tsela eo plywood e sebelisitsoeng ka eona (e otlolohileng) e e matlafatsa haholo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

Planck Tafole Ea Kofi ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Planck Tafole Ea Kofi e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Planck Tafole Ea Kofi e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

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