Die ontwerp Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel deur Louis Wai Yin Hung is 'n hoogs gewaardeerde wenner van die baie prestigieuese 2025 A' Design Award in Goud in die Meubelontwerp-kompetisiekategorie.
GoudMeubels· 2025
Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel
deur Louis Wai Yin Hung
Kliënt: Iterative Studio
Wenner van die A' Design Award in Goud in die Meubels-kategorie
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Oor Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel
Zense is 'n transformerende tafel wat tradisionele Chinese vakmanskap met kontemporêre funksionaliteit verenig. Die ontwerp maak die transformasieproses 'n ritualistiese handeling, wat die gebruiker se al vyf sintuie betrek om naatloos tussen kalligrafie-oppervlak en teeseremonie-platform te wissel. Die stuk is met die hand gemaak, en streef ongekende houtdunheid na deur meesterlike ambagstegnieke, en steun uitsluitlik op tradisionele hout-verbindingstegnieke, sonder enige metaalkomponente.
Die Erkenning
Oor die A' Design Award in Goud
Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Goud, 'n geweldig prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan eersteklas-, wonderlike en uitstaande ontwerpe. Wenners in Goud is uiters innoverende, visionêre en glansryk verblindende skeppings wat die vernuf, wysheid en bekwaamheid van hul ontwerpers weerspieël. Daar word verwag dat Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel 'n hoogs geprese, tendensskeppende en monumentale uitvinding is wat ongekende waarde lewer. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Goud gewen het, is 'n skouspelagtige, gerespekteerde projek wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie in hoë mate bevoordeel en uitbrei. Zense Tafel-en-Stoelstel wek intense gevoelens van begeerte, roep passie op, moedig kreatiwiteit aan en boei ons.
Agter die Ontwerp
Persstel
Krediete, spanlede en tegniese besonderhede verskaf deur die ontwerper.
- Unieke Eienskappe
- Zense is both a furniture to ritual instrument. Its transforming structure—crafted from impossibly slender wood members—orchestrates tea ceremony and calligraphy while inscribing cultural memory into space. Every operational motion (wood sliding, joinery clicking) becomes ceremonial act of all 5 senses from touch, to sound; every use converts rooms into heritage vessels. The exoskeleton's artisanal precision enforces ritual deliberation, making tradition tactile through:
- Afmetings & Verpakking
- 1300mm x 550mm x 720mm. Fully handcrafted with (screwless) traditional wooden joinery techniques. Weight distribution of structures optimised to minimise profile of structural members into 30mmx30mm solid wood.
- Etikette
- Handcrafted, table, chair, set, upcycled, wood, traditional, joinery, asian, culture
- Produksietegnologie
- Handcrafted by master artisans using traditional Chinese joinery, the furniture set is composed of 553 upcycled timber components, each meticulously shaped to optimize weight distribution—resulting in a slender yet perfectly balanced structure. Analog iterations refined proportions without digital intervention, ensuring harmony between form and function. Magnets were discreetly chiseled into wooden housings, as the assembly relies entirely on wood-on-wood joinery, eliminating metal fasteners. Even its construction embodies ritual, merging vernacular craftsmanship with intentional, meditative precision.
- Ontwerpuitdaging
- This project faced the dual challenge of reviving ancient Chinese joinery while pushing wood’s structural limits to unprecedented thinness—all without modern engineering aids. nternally, we grappled with fading craftsmanship traditions. Material constraints demanded upcycled wood with unpredictable grain behavior, while the absence of metal fasteners required perfect joinery precision. Production hinged on master artisans capable of such handwork that relied on sensory intuition alone.
- Navorsing
- This project pursued the minimal threshold dimensions of wooden members while retaining structural integrity, guided solely by craftsmen who discern strength through fingertips. Each slender element was refined not by engineering calculations, but through generations of tactile material intelligence. Practitioners tested these components, their ceremonial movements revealing where rigidity needed to yield to grace.
- Inspirasie
- Zense transforms Asian heritage into lived experience. This kinetic table merges tea ceremony and calligraphy through masterful woodcraft—its slender exoskeleton achieving structural elegance while enforcing ritual deliberation. Every interaction engages the senses, making tradition tactile rather than symbolic. Through material intelligence and embodied use, Zense bridges past and future, turning cultural memory into tangible, sensory encounters.
- Projekduur
- The project started in 2018 and was exhibited most notably DesignInspire 2019 and SUPERDESIGN SHOW (Superstudio Pi - Via Tortona 27 - Milan) in 2022, amongst other venues in Hong Kong and China across 2022-2025.
- Bedryfsvloei
- Zense begins as a serene writing surface, but with a simple lift, its wooden top rises and locks into place, transforming into a tea ceremony platform. There are no buttons or complicated mechanisms; just smooth, deliberate motions that mirror the care of traditional rituals themselves. This motion forces mindfulness, and addresses all 5 sense of the body. Every interaction—the weight of the moving parts, the satisfying click of alignment is designed to make the past feel present and purposeful.
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