Walky Lingkuranan by Armando Mora Medina

Walky Lingkuranan by Armando Mora Medina is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award nga Bronse in Disenyo sa Muwebles Competition Category.

BronseMuwebles· 2021

Walky Lingkuranan

by Armando Mora Medina

Client: Viviane & Armando Design

A' Design Award nga Bronse Winner in Muwebles Category

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The Design

About Walky Lingkuranan

Ang Walky usa ka lingkuranan nga gidesinyo aron magdala og pagbati sa paglihok sa sulod sa mga luna. Ang porma nagkuha sa gutlo sa usa ka tawo nga naglakaw, ug daghang mga lingkuranan nga gipahiluna nga magkadungan naghimo og impresyon sa dinamismo ug sosyal nga kalihokan. Ang likod nga mga tiil natapos sa hinulmang kahoy nga sapatos, nga naghatag sa lingkuranan og mahilig nga karakter. Ang Walky hinimo gikan sa lig-on nga ash ug walnut nga kahoy. Ang sentral nga tigdugtong kahoy nga gibawog ug gilamineyt, girouter ug gihulma pinaagi sa kamot. Ang lingkuranan gitabas gamit ang CNC nga makina, samtang ang sandiganan, mga tiil, istruktura ug sapatos gihulma ug gitornu pinaagi sa kamot. Ang lingkuranan mosukod og 500 mm ang gilapdon, 590 mm ang giladmon ug 790 mm ang gitas-on.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Bronse

Walky Lingkuranan usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Bronse, usa ka labihan ka prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa talagsaon nga mga disenyo nga gipaila sa pagkamamugnaon, kaabtik, ug kamatngon. Ang mga mananaog sa Bronse mga hanas kaayo ug makapahibulong nga mamugnaon nga mga artipakto nga nagpamatuod sa dakong kasinatian, imahinasyon, ug kaabtik sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Walky Lingkuranan mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga butang nga talagsaon ang pagkapropesyonal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Bronse naglakip sa labing maayong mga praktis sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya ug maayo kaayo tungod sa pagtagad niini sa mga detalye. Walky Lingkuranan nagtagbaw sa mga panginahanglan sa matahom nga paagi, nag-igo sa mga tinguha, nagbihag sa mga pagbati, ug nagdani sa pagkamausisaon.

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.