WSU EUNOIA Volume II

SPLATT
SARAH ROSENTHAL, SHANNON SPILKER, KRIS KHA
INTERIOR DESIGN GRADUATE STUDIO | SPRING 2020
A convergence of expertise from 3 distinct intellectual spheres: Sarah Rosenthal
(Interior Design), Shannon Spilker (Accounting), and Kris Kha (Veterinary
Medicine), alongside Bob Krikac (Associate Professor of Interior Design) has
created the SPLATT Table: a table that creates an equitable workspace by
eliminating heads of table. The 5-petal layout enables groups of varying sizes
to work simultaneously, seamlessly switching between independent, small group
work, and collaborative large group discussion.
This flexibility offers new modes of
interaction and has inspired new ways
of thinking. The team arrived at its
design through a series of prototypes
with input from informal focus groups
and industry professionals. After
obtaining Commercialization Gap
Funding the development team
patented the design, built prototypes
with David Drake, Director of the SDC’s
Fabrication Lab, and are in contact
with external manufacturers interested
in producing the table.
The table’s 3rd prototype is currently
in use in WSU’s SPARK building with
a 4th prototype in production through
collaboration with upper division VCEA
Mechanical Engineering students.
The final design will be installed in
the SPARK building in 2021, fostering
collaboration and changing the
collective ethos of what it means to be
a Cougar at WSU.
Project led by Robert Krikrac
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