GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2012

In recent years, within the ``Creative Office Promotion Campaign'' advocated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to increase Japan's corporate competitiveness, it has become important to have a place where people can change their mode of thinking outside of their individual desks. Nowadays, even routine work needs to be done creatively, and all types of jobs are required to work creatively to improve productivity, so we are making full use of three items: a personal desk, a large worktop, and a meeting table. It was developed based on a unified design concept as a workstation that can provide a place to change modes.

This is a multi-purpose chair that realizes new workspaces such as free-address offices and collaboration spaces other than individual seats. In new workspaces, many interior designs have been planned to encourage a change in thinking mode, and chairs without rocking mechanisms have been adopted, giving priority to design. The Mauve chair has an integrated back and seat design that at first glance appears to be stationary, but the back and seat lock together, making it possible to sit comfortably for long periods of time while having a design that fits new workspaces. .

A furniture system that realizes a new form of communication in the office. By combining sofas with three different backs and frames, you can have a variety of situations, from open meetings where team members can easily gather, to closed meetings where you can feel like you're in a private room where you can sit down and summarize your thoughts. Realize the setup. Even in the setting of a closed meeting, by controlling the line of sight when seated and leaving an appropriate amount of space above and below, you can casually convey to those around you the atmosphere of lively communication taking place inside the Kakomi. It also has the effect of sharing information and stimulating other members.

Items that cannot be managed with conventional key management devices, such as mobile phones and digital cameras, can be managed using case-type devices, and conventional keys and USB memory devices can be managed using key-type devices, depending on the purpose of each. By combining case types and key types, you can centrally manage them. In addition, by configuring the case type and key type with the same dimensional model, horizontal or vertical connection is possible, making it easier to combine them dimensionally.

Econifa® is a solution that supports timber production areas and tree species throughout Japan and connects production areas and cities. 70% of Japan's land is forest. 40% of this is artificial forest, and many coniferous trees have reached the appropriate age for harvesting. However, due to factors such as falling prices for foreign timber and a lack of successors in the forestry industry, much wood is not being utilized as a resource using traditional systems alone. In order to recycle resources, we have developed a design template that maximizes the potential of softwood, overcome the shortcomings of softwood, and succeeded in ensuring quality as durable consumer goods. By developing new wood usage models, we are establishing a forest cycle centered on carbon fixation and an economic cycle through the development of local industry, contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.

Traditionally, lobby chairs used at airports tended to be made primarily of metal, with emphasis placed on safety, strength, and maintenance. However, against the backdrop of the recent economic downturn, there is now a need for ``tranquility'' in public spaces as well.
Along with the renovation of Haneda Airport, a ``garden'' was installed and trees were planted with the concept of conveying the beautiful original Japanese landscape and the spirit of living in harmony with nature to people around the world. Itoki proposed a design that expressed kindness, warmth, and hospitality by using domestic materials, while keeping the basic specifications for an airport lobby chair, and the design matched the grand concept. It was decided to decorate the space as part of the interior of Haneda Airport.

A simple design created by minimally structured lines and surfaces that does not interfere with the binding of the book or the presentation of the library space. In contrast to the honeycomb structure and stripped-down design born from the pursuit of functionality, Smart Style I is a bookshelf system that combines many functions and can make the most of the richness of the library space and books. is.

As the use of ICT in the medical field continues to advance, medical styles are changing day by day, with patients carrying laptops and tablets to enter data at the patient's bedside and checking medication and injections using barcodes. Load the necessary tools onto the cart and securely support a variety of tasks in a patient room or staff station in a speedy, active manner. This Mediwork Cart supports such nursing activities.

The new task & ambient lighting system aims to achieve both environmental performance and comfort in modern workplaces, and was designed as a lighting system that can be easily set up to match office furniture modules. Lighting design is not only based on the brightness of the desk surface (illuminance, luminance), but also based on the amount of visible light.The evaluation is based not only on the physical quantity of light (photometric quantity), but also on the relative perception of light (sensible quantity). ). For lighting design, we used an application built on new theory to visualize the brightness after completion and systematize everything from the spatial configuration of the workplace to the lighting environment.