Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel by Wen-Hsin Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Guld in Møbeldesign Competition Category.

GuldMøbler· 2021

Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel

by Wen-Hsin Tu

Client: Wen-Hsin Tu

A' Design Award i Guld Winner in Møbler Category

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The Design

About Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel

Cornnie er en siddemøbelserie designet til hjørnearealer. Serien består af tre dele, der tilsammen måler 1200 gange 700 gange 850 millimeter, når de placeres sammen. Hvert sæde er fremstillet af bøjeligt krydsfiner, limet og presset på en form fræset af en CNC-maskine. Buede ben forbinder hvert sæde med hjørnet og antyder nye måder at bruge rummet på. Cornnie lader brugerne hvile i hjørneområder og skabe et relativt personligt rum der uden at bygge en mur mellem hinanden. Hensigten er at tilbyde et roligt sted at trække sig tilbage i åbne fælles miljøer.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Guld

Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel er vinder af A' Design Award i Guld, en uhyre prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles førsteklasses, vidunderlige og fremragende designs. Guldvinderne er yderst innovative, højt visionære og glamourøst blændende skabelser, der afspejler deres designeres geni, visdom og dygtighed. Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel forventes at være en højt rost, trendsættende og monumental opfindelse, der leverer hidtil uset værdi. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Guld, er et spektakulært, respekteret projekt, som i høj grad gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Cornnie Hjørnesiddemøbel skaber intense følelser af begær, vækker passion, opmuntrer kreativitet og fascinerer os.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A seating series designed for corner spaces, presenting a solitary moment that conveys the message, everyone needs space for themselves. Users can find comfortable corner spaces through the use of the seating and can create a relatively personal space there, without building a wall between each other. The furniture also shows that we don‘t always need to be proactive in seeking interaction, but can take a step back and make ourselves comfortable.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1200mm*700mm*850mm
(all three pieces putting together)
Tags: Stool, Seating, Corner, Stair, Windowsill, Retreat, Solitary, Seclusion, Interaction, Get Along With
Production Technology: bendable plywoods were being glued and pressed on the mould that milled by CNC
Design Challenge: To figure out how to connect people and the corner spaces is the hardest part. There aremanyways that wecould sit in the corner spaces. But what’s the connection between people, object (seating) and space? And then, I come up with the ideas, the curved legs of the chairs. This relationship between object and space create dialogue between themselves, and leads to the specific characters of the objects. These characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
Research: I tried to sit in every corner space that I could find to experience how we could see and feel a room with different perspectives. And then I made some miniatures of spaces and objects to find out which element I can extract from the spaces to connect the design strongly with the corners. After the connection between object and space is bounded, I made some 1:1 prototypes of stools with curved legs and put them in certain positions to observe how people interact with them. A clear concept of the relationship between people, objects and spaces is then developed.
Inspiration: The spaces between public and private are becoming more open as time goes on. The people who use these in-between spaces are diverse. The interactions in these spaces enrich our everyday lives and provides inspiration, but also lead to stressful situations due to the lack of places to retreat. CORNNIE builds on these observations. Users can feel comfortable in corner spaces through the use of the seating and create a relatively personal space there without building a wall between each other.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2018 in Berlin and finished in October 2019 in Berlin, and was exhibited in the Berlin University of the Arts Design Master Graduation Show
Operation Flow: The seatings play an important role, they create an interface between people and space. This interrelationship leads to the specific characters of the objects, and these characteristics also seem to hint to the user how they can use the space in a novel way. The process empowers the users to experience their environment with a new perspective.
Team Members: Wen-Hsin Tu