Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak by Yu Ren is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Silwer in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.
SilwerMeubels· 2021
Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak
by Yu Ren
Client: Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award in Silwer Winner in Meubels Category
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The Design
About Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak
Book Text: Hourglass is 'n multifunksionele rak wat 'n kapstok, 'n bergingsrak en 'n lamp in een stuk meubels kombineer. Die raam is gemaak van drie gekleurde vlekvrye staal-elemente, en twee borde van verskillende groottes dien as die lamineerlae. Die borde en die metaalraam word met hoekyster-skroewe verbind. 'n Skroef aan die bokant van die raam werk as 'n jashaak. Die lamp kan losgemaak en na ander plekke gedra word, en die lae-temperatuur ligbron word nie warm nie. Hourglass meet 500 mm in breedte, 500 mm in diepte en 1700 mm in hoogte.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Silwer
Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Silwer, 'n buitengewoon prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan topklas-, pragtige en indrukwekkende ontwerpe. Wenners in Silwer is geweldig briljante en uiters kreatiewe werke wat die uitstaande kundigheid, talent en skerpsinnigheid van hul ontwerpers illustreer. Daar word verwag dat Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak 'n wonderlike vertoonstuk is wat merkwaardig professioneel en diepgaande innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Silwer gewen het, is 'n hoogs noemenswaardige, bewonderde uitvinding wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie bevoordeel en uitbrei. Hourglass Primary Function: Multifunksionele Rak is 'n wyd beny skepping wat begeertes oproep, positiewe gevoelens bring en verbasing en verwondering wek.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Hourglass is a multi-functional furniture, the combination of multiple basic functions to achieve "one plus one more than two" design concept. Hourglass not only to meet the basic needs, but also to give people a sense of experience, happiness products. Hourglass suitable for multi-scene use, its lamp source is a low-temperature light source, luminous no heat.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 500mm depth 500mm height 1700mm
- Tags
- shelf, floor lamp, coat rack, furniture, multifunction, lighting
- Production Technology
- Hourglass shelf consists of three colored stainless steel, two environmental protection plates of different sizes as the laminate. Laminate and metal stainless steel are connected with angle iron screws. The screw at the top of the rack can be used as a coat hook. The user can take off the lamp and use it in different scenarios.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the process of realization and research is to realize "one plus one more than two ", which combines the two basic functions properly, not only to meet the basic needs, but also to further provide users with fun. Happiness is the biggest challenge in research.
- Research
- With modern people's work, overtime is getting busier and busier, every night tired back home, we mechanically touch the switch, throw away bags, clothing. This is not a positive way of life. So we have investigated more than two hundred people and studied their living habits. We hope to solve the dissatisfaction in daily life, find people's daily life needs, and improve people's happiness. Based on these, we combine the opinions provided by the participants and hope to combine people's needs and develop a product to simplify people's doing tedious and boring things, as well as interactive and fun products.
- Inspiration
- Design inspiration comes from the art of time. The hourglass is the symbol of time, and the charm of time affects the tide ups and downs, years change. When the morning sun was born, the hourglass was a "coat rack "; at noon, it was a" shelf "; when night fell, it became a "lamp ". The change of different roles reminds people to follow the direction of time, perceive the years and harvest exquisite life.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Shenzhen in July 2020 and finished in Shenzhen in January 2021.
- Operation Flow
- You can put bags, clothes and other items on the shelf, then bring the hourglass lamp to the sofa, read a book leisurely, or use it in your courtyard to enjoy a moment of silence at night.
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