Walky كرسي by Armando Mora Medina is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية in تصميم الأثاث Competition Category.
برونزالأثاث· 2021
Walky كرسي
Client: Viviane & Armando Design
جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية Winner in الأثاث Category
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About Walky كرسي
"ووكي" كرسي صُمّم ليبثّ إحساساً بالحركة في الفضاءات الداخلية. يلتقط شكله لحظة سير الإنسان، وعند اصطفاف عدة كراسٍ معاً يتولّد انطباع بالحيوية والتفاعل الاجتماعي. تنتهي القائمتان الخلفيتان بحذاءين خشبيين منحوتين يمنحان الكرسي طابعاً مرحاً. صُنع "ووكي" من خشب الدردار الصلب وخشب الجوز، أما وصلته المركزية فمن الخشب المُصفّح المثنيّ، الذي جرى تفريزه وتشكيله يدوياً. قُصّ المقعد بآلة التحكم الرقمي (CNC)، في حين شُكّل المسند الخلفي والقوائم والهيكل والحذاءان وخُرطت يدوياً. تبلغ أبعاد الكرسي 500 مم عرضاً و590 مم عمقاً و790 مم ارتفاعاً.
The Recognition
About the جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية
Walky كرسي هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة يُمنح للتصاميم المتميزة التي تتسم بالإبداع والبراعة وحدة الذكاء. والفائزون بالبرونزية مصنوعات بارعة بوفرة ومبدعة بصورة لافتة، تؤكد الخبرة الواسعة والخيال وسعة الحيلة لدى مصمميها. ويُتوقع أن يكون Walky كرسي قطعة عالية التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، شديدة الاحترافية والابتكار. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية يتبنى أفضل الممارسات في الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا، ويتميز بعنايته بالتفاصيل. ويلبّي Walky كرسي الاحتياجات على أفضل وجه، ويلامس الرغبات، ويأسر المشاعر، ويستثير الفضول.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Walky is a chair that challenges the rigidity and monotony existing in design by adding movement and energy over conventional motionless designs. This chair re-defines today's models with three main drivers: Curiosity, Interaction, and Personality.
Walky expresses itself uniquely to every user and evokes emotional memories and connections through its playful walking shoes, transforming the personal interaction with its users into a unique dialogue and memorable moments. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width: 500mm
Depth: 590mm
Height: 790mm - Tags
- Chair, Bistro, Moving, Walking, Playful, Character, Shoes
- Production Technology
- Solid ash and walnut.
Bent-laminated wood routered and hand-shaped to make the central connector of the chair.
Hand-shaped backrest.
CNC Seat
Hand-turned legs, structure, and shoes. - Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this project was bringing the idea to life. The design has no flat surfaces or edges, so the construction of the prototype required of previous study mock-ups and high precision craftsmanship to make it possible.
It was a challenge to make the central bent piece that connects the chair parts and to make it look like a dowel. Also, it was tricky to find the right woods and type of joints for the back legs resistant enough to support the weights required. - Research
- A thorough secondary and comparative research, of what the market offered and why the chair design world is where it is, indicated a void in motion and personality in chair design. Most of the chair designs only vary through shape and materials and does not address the personal dialogue with the user psyche. Sitting is a personal and dynamic activity, and it makes no sense why the chair design is so static and lacks interaction and dialogue between user and product.
- Inspiration
- The human has forgotten how to build community, he designs and produces individualistic objects continuously, not focusing on the importance of social and human connections in today's world. Additionally, movement is an essential component of life, and today's pandemic situation has exposed it as a critical void that design must incorporate into interiors. Walky Chair captures the moment of a person walking, and multiplied within a space, provides a sense of dynamism and social activity.
- Project Duration
- This project started in September 2019 and finished in November 2019 in Savannah, GA. It got the 2020 NYCxDesign Award in the student category and will be part of the SaloneSatellite 2021 Exhibition.
- Operation Flow
- Walky is a comfortable ergonomic chair made for personal and social activity. The experience the user has when sitting on it is unique, and it varies from person to person. The chair brings back infinite memories, connects with people because of its human attributes, and brings an energetic, playful character to any place it touches. The back legs, combined with the shoes, and their position, make the chair feel light and moving. Walky is a chair that evokes movement without moving.
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