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| Recliner Desk: New Angle on Laptop Work Surfaces Posted: 08 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST Has using laptops instead of desktop computers made us lazier, so we can’t even sit up straight while we’re working? It’s definitely true that many of us, given a choice, would choose to work in a recliner instead of at a conventional desk. ‘The Desk’ by Minna Magnusson accommodates this trend in a practical way while also making a comment on it. The desk features a gently angled top that’s meant for lounging rather than using as a work surface for your computer. Unlike a regular recliner, it’s got storage underneath in the form of shelves and drawers. This unusual design not only reflects how changing technology has altered the way we work and even the way we sit, but also diminishes a bit of the power structure that the image of a person working at a desk can convey. Says the designer, “What responsibility does a designer have, when creating objects that are inevitably placed within power structures such as race, gender and class?” “Spaces and objects carry history; descended directions that generate patterns, layers of inclusions and exclusions. Bodies in and around those ‘trail behind;’ perform alike, execute habitual acts. THE DESK carries out an action of resistance to these habituations; against the direction in which bodies have trailed behind, in opposition to the desk as a place for the ‘thinking, white man.’” Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Multifunctional and Compact: Tiny Tel Aviv Art Studio Posted: 07 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST A tiny Tel Aviv apartment has become a studio space and private gallery with a fold-down bed, holding an artist’s personal collection and providing room to work. Architects Ranaan Stern and Shany Tal adapted a 20-square-meter (215 square feet) space in an urban location with a series of built-ins made to the precise measurements of the artist’s collection of 2D pieces. A sliding screen moves out of the way to reveal a pull-down bed; the screen is covered in holes that accommodate small wooden dowels to hold and display photographs and other small works of art. The dowel system can also hold tools and art implements. An entire wall is covered in drawers of various sizes that are just right for the artist’s needs. When opened, they reveal a colorful mosaic on the painted sides. Building all the way up to the ceiling takes full advantage of the compact space, finding plenty of room for storage while retaining an open, airy feel enhanced by a large window.
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