Parachute Væghylde by Yusuke Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Guld in Møbeldesign Competition Category.

GuldMøbler· 2021

Parachute Væghylde

by Yusuke Watanabe

Client: WD Co,Ltd

A' Design Award i Guld Winner in Møbler Category

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The Design

About Parachute Væghylde

Parachute er en væghylde fremstillet af metalplade. Når en sektion er i brug, klapper plankestykket i den pågældende sektion ned og hænger på plads. Det hængende plankestykke holder en frakke, et magasin eller lignende genstande og forhindrer dem i at falde ned. Overfladen bærer farvede striber adskilt af smalle mellemrum, så hylden minder om det grafiske udtryk i en moderne faldskærm og også kan opfattes som vægkunst. Parachute måler 790 mm i bredden, 30 mm i dybden og 220 mm i højden. Navnet forener idéerne om at beskytte og at falde.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Guld

Parachute Væghylde 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. Parachute Væghylde 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. Parachute Væghylde 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: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Dimensions & Packaging: W:790mm D:30mm H:220mm
Tags: Wall Shelf, Furniture, WD, YusukeWatanabe, Minimal, Tokyo, Japan
Production Technology: Parachute was made by sheet metal.
With the colored stripes separated by thin spaces, the graphic design is reminiscent of a modern parachute; this theme is transformed, in a recognisable and aesthetically successful manner, into an original shelf design.
Design Challenge: Yusuke Watanabe designed a new type of wall shelf, looks like Wall Art.

Yusuke Watanabe was worried about color of gradation, Through trial and error we found best ways. looks like Wall Art.
Inspiration: When listening to Coldplay's first album, it suddenly occurred to me to look up the word "Parachute."

It seems that the name "parachute" comes combining the Italian "parare" (to protect) with the French "chute" (to fall).

I thought that was a rather fine name.
I tried to think of devices that protect against falling.
When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.

Your coat, your magazine... this protects them from falling.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Tokyo and finished in October 2018 in Tokyo, and Yusuke Watanabe was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018.
Operation Flow: When in use, the plank for the section being used falls, and hangs there.
Team Members: Yusuke Watanabe
Image Credits: Photo / Hiroki Watanabe