Planck Meza Ya Kahawa by Kristof De Bock is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Samani Competition Category.
DhahabuSamani· 2020
Planck Meza Ya Kahawa
Client: Dasein Products
Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Samani Category
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About Planck Meza Ya Kahawa
Jedwali imetengenezwa na vipande tofauti vya plywood ambavyo vinatiwa pamoja chini ya shinikizo. Nyuso zimepangwa na zimeshikwa na matt na varnish yenye nguvu sana. Kuna viwango viwili -sivyo kuwa ndani ya meza sio mashimo- ambayo ni ya vitendo sana kwa kuweka majarida au majalada. Chini ya meza kuna kujenga katika magurudumu ya risasi. Kwa hivyo pengo kati ya sakafu na meza ni ndogo sana, lakini wakati huo huo, ni rahisi kusonga. Njia ambayo plywood inatumiwa (wima) hufanya iwe na nguvu sana.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award
Planck Meza Ya Kahawa ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Planck Meza Ya Kahawa inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Planck Meza Ya Kahawa huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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