London Creative Competition 2020
Winner

The DESK MMXX II was selected as a finalist in the London International Creative Competition in 2020. The design emerged from a fundamental question of working: How can an object support concentration rather than generate permanent visual distraction?

At the core of the project is a deliberate reduction of the workspace to a calm geometric order. The desk is not conceived as a technical piece of furniture with visibly added functions, but as a clear architectural volume into which use, storage, and technical requirements are fully integrated.

Documents, cables, working tools, and technical devices disappear within the volume and remain directly accessible via the extendable writing surface. The visible working surface remains free. This emptiness is not a formal end in itself, but a prerequisite for concentration and mental clarity. The idea being developed gains particular presence in relation to the calmness of the object.

The design thus follows the attitude that architecture should serve as a background for life. Design is not understood as visual overstaging, but as the conscious creation of conditions for thinking, working, and perception.

Previously, the object was awarded the Paris Design Awards, where it additionally received the “Product Design of the Year” distinction. Among the other category winners was the artist Ai Weiwei.

The international recognition points to a growing interest in design that is not defined by complexity or loudness, but by precision, materiality, and a deliberate reduction to the essential.

More information at https://www.licc.uk/winners/winner.php?id=121991