Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award in Goud in Meubelontwerp Competition Category.
GoudMeubels· 2015
Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel
Client: Exocet
A' Design Award in Goud Winner in Meubels Category
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About Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel
Exocet is 'n multifunksionele stoel gemaak van Baltiese berkehout en aluminium. Die stoel is gebou uit 'n reeks identiese geboë latte wat rondom 'n sentrale silinder saamgestel is. Die gebruik van een basiese lat-vorm ondersteun 'n doeltreffende vervaardigingsproses. Exocet kan in verskeie konfigurasies gestel word, insluitend 'n standaard stoel, 'n skommelende ligstoel en 'n gevoude vorm. Om die vorm te verander, verlig die gebruiker die druk met die handvatsel, beweeg die dele rondom die silinder en trek die handvatsel weer vas. Die resultaat is 'n stoel met baie posisies en baie min onderdele.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Goud
Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel 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 Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel '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. Exocet Multifunksionele Stoel wek intense gevoelens van begeerte, roep passie op, moedig kreatiwiteit aan en boei ons.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg - Tags
- design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
- Production Technology
- Baltic Birch & Aluminium
- Design Challenge
- Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
- Research
- The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
- Inspiration
- It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
- Operation Flow
- You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
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