Good Design Award Winner
Sakuru
Detroit, Michigan
2020 Good Design Award Winner
People will return with the weight of the crisis and may be anxious about using their workspace. Employees need to feel secure about maintaining their physical health in the workplace.
Haworth is delighted to announce its Australian Made Sakuru platform has received the prestigious 2020 Good Design Award Winner Accolade in the Product Design Furniture and Lighting category for outstanding design and innovation.
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Sakuru is a 'PLATFORM' that supports individual, group, linear, radiating, meeting and collaborative work-styles with the ability to easily transform from on to the other.
The result of a 3-year collaborative journey with Australian designer, Gavin Harris, Sakuru is an entire floor plate solution focused on flexibility and sustainability. The height-adjustable workstation/ table platform solves the ever-evolving demands of pivoting workplace floorplans through its “kit of parts” philosophy.
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This piece has a distinctive and personable look and it's possible to see how it could be utilised. Given it solves a lot of problems and supports many possible configurations, the jury can see its potential for commercial success.
The Good Design Awards Jury
The result of a 3-year collaborative journey between Haworth and Australian designer, Gavin Harris, Sakuru is an entire floor plate solution focused on flexibility and sustainability.
“Exploring a variety of components together, we envisioned a single 'platform' that allows multiple interactions across an interior space.”
Sakuru is the first product by a major global office furniture manufacturer to receive an “Australian Made Campaign” accreditation and registration.
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“Understanding multiple user needs was vital to the early concept development by researching modern Australian interiors and expectations across a range of spaces", says Gavin Harris
Manufacturing in Australia also means less waiting time between design iterations. That means we can respond directly and quickly to local market demands.
Explore the application of the Sakuru platform in our Virtual Showroom.
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