Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌 by Takusei Kajitani

Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌 by Takusei Kajitani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

铜家具· 2021

Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌

by Takusei Kajitani

Client: Consentable

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌

随着各种数字设备的出现，生活方式发生了变化。但书桌的设计并没有改变。现代知识分子的办公桌上放置PC时，通常会布满各种类型的布线。他们应该需要改进。尤其是在在家工作很普遍的时代，家里的办公桌需要精致。 Consentable WT Ao 为PC用户提供了新的工作体验，将嘈杂的线路和设备隐藏在简单的形式中，以及类似海面的靛蓝染色顶板。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Consentable WT Ao 电脑办公桌出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

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.