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Kanso whiteboad

Basic information

Project Title

Kanso whiteboad

Full project title

Kanso whiteboad

Category

Products and life style

Project Description

The Japanese word Kanso means just that. Simplicity, simplicity, the emptiness of the leftover elements.

This magnetic whiteboard is made following an emptiness concept.

Project Region

Barcelona, Spain

EU Programme or fund

No

Description of the project

Summary

The Japanese word Kanso means just that. Simplicity, simplicity, the emptiness of the leftover elements.

This magnetic whiteboard is made following an emptiness concept. Is because of that the leg support and the wheels are empty but without giving up the strongness and stability.

Key objectives for sustainability

Is made by 100% recycled materials. Aluminum recycled and vegetable fibers body covered by a vitrifyed steel that gives magnetic properties.

Key objectives for aesthetics and quality

The main objectives was to create a kind of invisible legs with a detailed work on finishings and microtextures. The legs are able to place in any position and allows to place the board in landscape or vertical position and add more whiteboard like a wall together.

Key objectives for inclusion

The product is assembled by an special center of disabled and old aged people and give work to people in risk of labor exclusion.

Results in relation to category

This products matches with those people like interior designers and architects that looks for an invisible but detailed board for its meetings or creative sessions and gives the possibility to create spaces very quickly with and elegant space.

How Citizens benefit

This products helps to the groups to organize meeting and creat walls and ephemeral spaces with a touch of quality and design.

Innovative character

Uses the emptiness wheels and a lighter structure in order to be enough stable but keeps the invisible image in the legs that gives the sensation that fleet.

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