The next block headquarters, the Apple Campus 2 It will arrive with a new design in practically every point to make it exactly what Tim Cook and company expect. This attention to detail will also be present in the interior of the building, which includes the furniture. Design Milk He recently visited the facilities and gave us information on part of the furniture that will be inside: the tables.
Apple Campus 2 will have 500 oak tables custom blanks created for the occasion, each one of 5.5m long, 1,2m wide and 300kg in weight. The tables will be designed by the German company Arco and will consist of a one-piece skateboard-shaped table with rounded edges and a completely flat surface. How could it be otherwise, Apple's CDO Jony Ive would have approved the design presented by Arco.
Apple Campus 2 will use custom tables
The closest approximation in my head is a huge, bare wooden skateboard deck designed for a Jony Ive colossus. And if we combined the lengths of the 500 tables on Apple Campus 2, the result would be roughly equal to the National Mall in Washington, DC.
These Extra Long Arch Pod Island Tables are constructed of continuous Spessart White Oak leaves sourced from Germany's fairytale forests. There are no visible seams due to an innovative technique from the company that essentially polishes continuous sheets of wood that are then attached to a table.
Apple's intention is to use the tables within the open area of «Pods» located on each floor of the main ring-shaped building. The shape is designed to encourage "accidental mixing" among employees by providing an open workspace that "brings people together organically," a concept that Desing Milk says was born when Steve Jobs worked at Pixar.
When all the tables are finished, they will be sent along with another 300 tables and 200 benches to Apple Campus 2. In order to put them in place, cranes and dollies will be needed, something that is not surprising considering that only the wood already weighs 300kg . Apple expects to have the new Campus ready by the end of 2016, but they won't start working there until principles of 2017.