ofon

2013.01

for KOKUYO

An office furniture collection designed for small workspaces.
Quick change is important for small offices. They need to beable to modify the office layout to
respond to frequent moves, and to employee numbers expanding and contracting flexibly based on
the organization’s growth and the scale of each new project.We wanted our office furniture to be easily expandable and multi-functional,too. We developed a ‘coin joint’ that can be screwed and unscrewed with asingle coin, rather than requiring tools.
Assembling the furniture is almost as easy as pushing a button. The two parts of the joint lie flat
when the furniture is not in use, then spring out with the touch of a finger to be screwed together with the coin. We used this joint to assemble box-type shelves. Shelves not in use can serve as legs for cabinet-type desks. The upholstered panels that function as cupboard doors also function as partitions between the desks; placed together, they can also partition the office space. The result: a highly functional design that allows workers to focus and relax within the same small space, and offers the physical flexibility required for easy changes to the office layout.
Since the design gives workers both ‘on’ and ‘off’ space and maximizes users’ ability to attach and detach the parts, ‘of on’ was the perfectname for the collection.

专为小工作区设计的办公家具。

快速的变化对小办公室来说很重要。他们需要能够修改办公室的布局应对频繁的变动，灵活应对员工数量的扩大和收缩组织的成长和每个新项目的规模。我们希望我们的办公家具也能易于扩展和多功能。我们开发了一种“硬币接头”，可以用一枚硬币拧开，而不需要工具。

装配家具几乎像按一下按钮一样容易。关节的两部分是平的，当家具不用时，用手指轻轻一碰，就可以弹起，与硬币拧在一起。我们用这个接头来组装盒式架子。不用的架子可以作为橱柜式桌子的腿。作为橱柜门的软垫板也作为桌子之间的隔墙;放在一起，它们还可以分割办公空间。其结果是:一个高度功能化的设计，允许员工在相同的小空间内集中精力和放松，并提供了方便改变办公室布局所需的物理灵活性。

由于该设计为工人提供了“开”和“关”的空间，并最大化了用户连接和分离部件的能力，“ofon”是这个系列的完美名字。