ETO Desk

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  • 2019

  • Product
    Furniture and Lighting

Designed By:

Commissioned By:

King Living

Designed In:

Australia

ETO is a unified desk designed to appropriately consider how people work today. The first desk in the world to offer interchangeable lighting and charging accessories. The desk integrates power, wireless charging and lighting into one sophisticated minimal design allowing people to truly customise the table to suit their needs.


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  • Re-define a home workspace with a desk that integrates new functions and technology relevant to a contemporary user, pushing the boundaries of what furniture can do. The design must be robust and enduring in terms of construction, performance and aesthetic with easily serviceable components. Assembly should not require tools and be intuitive for the end-user.

  • ETO is a unified desk designed to appropriately consider how people work today. The first desk in the world to offer interchangeable lighting and charging accessories. The ETO desk integrates power, wireless charging and lighting seamlessly into one sophisticated minimal design allowing people to truly customize the table to suit their needs. A concealed drawer unit provides storage for desk items such as laptops & stationary alongside the plug-in accessories allowing for multi-use of the table within the home environment. Including concealed power, USB & cable-management, ETO attempts to clear the unnecessary clutter of objects & cables normally associated with desks.

  • The ETO desk delivers an entirely new user-experience through the seamless integration of world first functionality. Applying the King Design principles of timeless style, modularity/flexibility, convenience & serviceability to a new furniture category, opens up new commercial opportunities and extends brand awareness. ETO has been developed with sustainability in mind with all components designed so they can be easily removed or replaced if required, extending the lifespan of the product beyond any individual component. The desk can also be completely disassembled with all components recyclable at end of life except for the table-tops which could be re-purposed.

  • The first desk in the world to offer interchangeable lighting and charging accessories, the ETO series considers how people truly work and live. The ETO desk integrates power, wireless charging and lighting seamlessly into one sophisticated minimal design allowing people to truly customize the table to suit their needs. An adjustable light and wireless charging table can simply be plugged into any leg junction and customised to suit anyone's needs. The unique plug-in accessory system allows for new components and accessories to be developed in the future to ensure the desk never becomes technologically obsolete. The desk also features a custom designed GPO developed in conjunction with ZETR which is mounted flush to the under-frame. A slim integrated drawer unit offers storage for both everyday desk items such as laptops and stationary alongside the charging table and light accessories allowing for multi-use of the table within the home environment. Including concealed power, USB and cable management ETO attempts to clear the unnecessary clutter of objects and cables normally associated with desks. ETO is constructed from a unique extruded oval profile aluminium frame and finished with Smoked oak, walnut & black japan veneered table top.