Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand by Shigeru Yamada

Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand by Shigeru Yamada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Silver A' Design Award in Outdoor Gear and Camping Equipment Design Competition Category.

SilverCamping Gear· 2024

Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand

by Shigeru Yamada

Client: Norinori Life

Silver A' Design Award Winner in Camping Gear Category

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The Design

About Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand

While open fires can damage turf and soil, this lightweight and compact product with a stainless steel frame and concave framing of the mesh allows you to enjoy bonfires in a variety of settings without spreading ashes or fire sparks around the environment.The patented structure in Japan allows flames to penetrate the mesh at night, allowing you to watch the wood gently turn to ash.

The Recognition

About the Silver A' Design Award

Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Horizontal Long Mesh Bonfire Stand is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.

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Color Temperature: NeutralSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Left and Right

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Handcrafted Outdoor and Camping Metalwork

We create premium outdoor gear using Japanese metalworking craftsmanship. Our fire pits, cooking equipment, and camping accessories combine patented innovations with traditional techniques. Each piece is handmade to enhance your outdoor experiences with functional beauty.

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

Unique Properties: Most ordinary mesh-type fire pits have the mesh supported from below, but this product has a concave mesh structure that hooks onto the side frames, a structure that did not exist before and for which a patent was obtained (patent 7249692). This unique structure eliminates the weak point of conventional mesh-type fire pits, which are vulnerable to wind and difficult to cook with, while at the same time realizing the unique value of the beautiful flames shining through the mesh.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size:
W53cm×D18cm×H32cm(when assembled)
W50cm×D25cm×H5cm(when stored)
Material:
Main body, sidebars, legs: Stainless steel (SUS304)
Mesh sheet: Stainless steel (SUS304) ＊Dovetails are made of aluminum
Storage bag: cotton
Logo sticker: High-gloss paper (water-resistant)
Weight:1.8kg
Tags: Outdoor, Camping, Bonfire
Production Technology: Conventional mesh-type fire pits were used with the mesh spread out, but while they were lightweight and compact, they were vulnerable to wind and unsuitable for cooking. The mesh is then hooked onto a frame made of stainless steel (which can be assembled and put away in less than 30 seconds), creating a situation where the mesh can be used in a concave shape. The mesh is woven in a way that allows air to pass through without allowing ash to pass through, resulting in high combustion efficiency even in strong winds, and even large pieces of firewood ash up nicely. The frame can also be used for easy cooking by hooking the stove to the frame. At night, the flames through the mesh are very beautiful, and you can watch the wood gradually turn to ash. The ironworker, who is a camper himself, developed this product under the direction of an outside designer to achieve both functionality and aesthetics.
Design Challenge: The main focus of this product was to hold the woven stainless steel mesh in a U-shape with a frame, but it was also a portable product, so it needed to be compact and lightweight. Therefore, it was necessary to consider a variety of structures that could be easily assembled with a minimum of parts.
Research: With the outdoor boom that began in the late 2010s, camping for a small group of one or two people has become especially popular, and a variety of outdoor gears have been sold. Among them, fire pits made of stainless steel mesh are popular and numerous, but while they have the advantage of being lightweight and compact, they have the disadvantage of being vulnerable to wind and difficult to cook with. The new design has a stainless steel frame (which can be assembled and put away in less than 30 seconds) and a structure that hooks onto the mesh, creating a situation where the mesh can be used in a concave shape. The mesh is woven in a way that allows air to pass through without allowing ash to pass through, resulting in high combustion efficiency even in strong winds, and even large pieces of firewood ash up nicely. The frame can also be used for easy cooking by hooking the stove to the frame. At night, the flames through the mesh are very beautiful, and you can watch the wood gradually turn to ash.
Inspiration: Fire pits made of stainless steel mesh are popular and numerous, but while they have the advantage of being lightweight and compact, they have the disadvantage of being vulnerable to wind and difficult to cook with.
Project Duration: This product was launched in Japan on September 1, 2021
Operation Flow: This fire pit was created by an ironworker who is also a camper. The stainless-steel mesh with high combustion efficiency is shaped in a concave that is less susceptible to wind. By using a trivet, a heavy Dutch oven can also be used. It is designed to allow the flames to be seen for its beauty and ease of cooking over an open fire where you can always see the heat level. Tough, minimal, and logical structure with an exquisite finishing. It is true craftsmanship quality that you will appreciate every time you use it.
Patents: This product is patent pending (Patent Application 2023-011315, filed 1/27/2023) by Noridomi Ironworks Co.,LTD.
Team Members: Creator:Shigeru Yamada
Creative Derector:Takashi Sekimitsu
Assistant Director:Kenzo Noridomi
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Horizontal Long Mesh, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Horizontal Long Mesh, 2022.
Image #3: Director Kenzo Noridomi, Horizontal Long Mesh, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Horizontal Long Mesh, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Tsuneharu Doi, Horizontal Long Mesh, 2022.