Canadian design studio SDI has presented its WRKkit concept for adaptable offices at IDS Toronto, using a booth modelled on a giant DIY toy.

The WRKkit flexible office system was showcased during the trade fair earlier this month, inside a shipping container that was dressed up to look like a huge kit of parts.

Locally based SDI Design created the prototype to demonstrate the potential of its modular workplace furniture, which is intended to be highly adaptable and easily reconfigured for any space. The project was a collaboration with Microsoft and Giant Containers.

"The 2019 collaboration titled WRKkit focuses on the fact that every human is intrinsically different," said a statement from SDI.

"There are introverts and extroverts, people that use the right side or the left side of the brain, people who are tall and people who are short. Yet, many workplaces are still designed predominantly using one-size-fits-all solutions."

To demonstrate the different configurations that WRKkit offers, the installation at IDS was changed every three hours. This allowed visitors to see the moving parts in action.

Colourful components including fold-out desks, seating, storage units, kitchen appliances, sliding partitions and more were shifted around to form a variety of setups.