RCA show, V.

The Sunlight Table uses the research carried out in the difficult environment of call centers to provide insight into the wider context of stressful and sedentary office based work.

The table brings natural light into workspaces and creates discrete interactions while working, encouraging a dialogue between work and nature, re-establishing a connection with the outside world and creating small opportunities for delight and interaction.

The table is covered by optical fibres creating a “sunlight display grid” on the surface . The fibres are connected to a second input grid placed on a window. Light and shade are transmitted from the window through the fibres and into the table (the drawing shows how it works.)

Movement outside the window, like passing of birds or the rustling of leaves, brings a little of the outside world to the desk and the user, creating ambient unspoken moments of delight.

The Sunlight Table got the Helen Hamlyn Research Center for Inclusive Design: Design for our Future Selves award in the design for a better working environment category.

Congrats Anab Jain and Stuart Wood!