Toku Screen

Toku Screens respond to the ever-changing needs of the workplace, acting as a standalone room divider and creating separate spaces for different tasks when the need arises. This empowers people with the autonomy to choose the place they need, enabling them to fulfill their tasks while embracing diverse working styles. Toku Screens help create alternate spaces for privacy and focus, communication and collaboration, no longer binding people to a singular work point.

Toku Screens are available fully and partially upholstered in fabric, mesh or leather from the Schiavello ColourLab palette.

Complementary accessories to the Toku Screen include a collection of bench seating, ottomans and tables.

The future workplace will see a generational shift, with Millennials (Gen Y) predicted to make up 3/4 of the workforce in the next decade. Prevalent in the future workplace and a direct outcome of the growing number of Millennials, is the increasing blur between personal life and work life, shifting from the notion of ‘work/life balance’ to ‘work/life integration’.

Prioritising spaces that provide balance will
be the key to creating harmonious learning
and workspaces. In direct response to this, the Toku collection facilitates spaces for privacy and focus, communication and collaboration.

“The purpose behind Toku’s design is to create balance in environments that require diversity. Named after the Japanese word for ‘talk’, Toku supports people connecting, conversing
and collaborating,” says designer, Gavin Harris.

Sydney-based Gavin Harris is a creative and technical interior designer with a passion for product design.

After studying a bachelors in applied science – built environment and a graduate diploma in interior design at Queensland University of Technology, Gavin has worked 30 years in the industry. He has become renowned for his use of clean lines and circular forms, as well as his unique products that trigger positive reactions and an element of surprise.

“I find inspiration in many places, such as film, music, art, science, and everyday conversations,” Gavin says. The different human responses that occur when interacting with functional objects, however, is invariably his greatest muse. He believes in the traditional role of the designer and the different elements they contribute to a project – from the architecture and graphic treatment to the furniture and various accessories.

Gavin’s extensive knowledge of interior and industrial design has seen him produce significant workplace and hospitality projects both locally in Australia, and internationally in Asia, Europe and Africa.