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Arc Coffe Table by Hung Yuan Chang and Yu Hsien Chen

Arc Coffe Table by Hung Yuan Chang and Yu Hsien Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.


IronFurniture· 2022

Arc Coffe Table

by Hung Yuan Chang and Yu Hsien Chen

Client: HYC Furniture

A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category

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The Design

About Arc Coffe Table

Arc is a coffee table designed for contemporary living spaces. Arc is made of ash wood shaped by laminated bending. Three curved strips are joined to form a rounded, three-dimensional triangular structure. Each strip connects to the two others, so four joints are needed on every strip and each angle must be cut precisely. The table measures 77 centimeters in width, 77 centimeters in depth and 48 centimeters in height. The design is light in weight and can be used as furniture or viewed as a sculptural object. Arc draws on modern architecture and on simple structures without excess decoration.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Arc Coffe Table is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Arc Coffe Table is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Arc Coffe Table is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The ARC stripes were made and connected using laminated veneer techniques which combines three strips to form a spherical structure. Each strip has to connect with two other strips thus each strips needs to have four joints to be set precisely.Then combined joints and form a stable three-dimensional triangular body of structure. which makes the creation unique. And because of the unique shape, the Table could easily fit in contemporary, it could act as a furniture or a piece of art.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width77cm x Depth77cm x Height48cm
Tags
Furniture, Table, Wood, Geometry, Structure, coffee table,
Production Technology
Ash, Joint, Laminate bending.
Design Challenge
The table has an unique structural placement which creates challenges when it’s being crafted: To form the shape and the accurate joint angle, which requires a huge amount of calculation when bending and making joint each pieces of wood, is one of the key challenges when crafting.
Research
This is an outstanding Table made out of hardwood with overcome various of structural challenges and woodcrafting techniques. The Table is comfortable with its own personality, unique, light in weight and with a pretty structure and appearance.
Inspiration
This table is inspired by ARC Guitar Stand, the first creation of ARC series which is also an original HYC creation.

ARC creation was inspired by the modern architectures and the ponderation of space design on how to composite structures that are not over-decorated and form a new pattern that is elegant and enchanted.
Project Duration
The project started in 2021 in Taipei and completed in 2022 in Taipei.
Team Members
Hung Yuan Chang
Liu Tang-Hsuan
Chen Yu-Hsien
Image Credits
Photographer Chieh Chen Huang

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