Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel by Wen-Hsin Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Gold in Möbeldesign Competition Category.

GoldMöbel· 2021

Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel

by Wen-Hsin Tu

Client: Wen-Hsin Tu

A' Design Award in Gold Winner in Möbel Category

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The Design

About Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel

Cornnie ist eine Sitzmöbelserie, die für Eckbereiche entworfen wurde. Die Serie besteht aus drei Elementen, die zusammengestellt 1200 mal 700 mal 850 Millimeter messen. Jeder Sitz besteht aus biegbarem Sperrholz, das auf einer per CNC-Maschine gefrästen Form verleimt und verpresst wird. Geschwungene Beine verbinden jeden Sitz mit der Ecke und regen zu neuen Nutzungsformen des Raums an. Cornnie ermöglicht es den Nutzern, in Eckbereichen zu verweilen und dort einen vergleichsweise privaten Rückzugsort zu schaffen, ohne eine Wand zwischen sich zu errichten. Ziel ist es, innerhalb offener, gemeinschaftlich genutzter Umgebungen einen ruhigen Ort des Rückzugs zu bieten.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Gold

Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Gold, einer überaus prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, wunderbare und herausragende Designs. Gold-Gewinner sind äußerst innovative, visionäre und glamourös blendende Schöpfungen, die das Genie, die Weisheit und die Meisterschaft ihrer Designer widerspiegeln. Von Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgepriesene, trendsetzende und monumentale Erfindung ist, die beispiellosen Mehrwert liefert. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Gold prämierte Design ist ein spektakuläres, respektiertes Projekt, das den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie in hohem Maße zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Cornnie Ecksitzmöbel erzeugt intensive Gefühle des Verlangens, weckt Leidenschaft, ermutigt zur Kreativität und fasziniert uns.

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