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For Orgatec 2014, Nendo brokes the office down into its smallest components – desks, chairs and shelving – then put it back together again, creating new relationships between the component items to explore the possibilities of future office space.
Instead of opting for the usual smooth, glossy office furniture finish, they used a varied matte finish and carried the muted black through the entire colour scheme. Combined with Kokuyo’s newest chair, the Inspine, the rough, primitive design shelving and table created an arresting contrast.
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Nendo, Shelf + desk + chair = office, Kokuyo Furniture. Object 1: removing some of the shelves turns part of the shelving unit into a desk.
Exploring the boundary between horizontal surfaces intended for storage, and those intended for work.
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Nendo, Shelf + desk + chair = office, Kokuyo Furniture. Object 3: shelves and desks mingle, and space appears inside by cutting out their overlaps.
Searching for a new way of gathering together and a new spatial relationship with desks, in which we’re
enclosed by our desk, rather than sit facing it.
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Nendo, Shelf + desk + chair = office, Kokuyo Furniture. Object 4: a consideration of the boundary between ‘on-‘ (office) and ‘off-duty’ (lobby and amenity) furniture.
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Nendo, Shelf + desk + chair = office, Kokuyo Furniture. Object 5: some of the shelves become a staircase.
Sitting on them transforms them into benches, and when accessed from behind they’re a closed desk.
A thought experiment into the relationship between dynamic and static space, and the different functions of
front and back.
25–28 October 2014
Shelf + desk + chair = office
Design: Nendo
Client: Kokuyo Furniture
Orgatec 2014, Hall 7
Koelnmesse GmbH
Messeplatz 1, Cologne, Germany