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The Monomorph Καρέκλα by Wouter Van Riet Paap

The Monomorph Καρέκλα by Wouter Van Riet Paap is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award in Σχεδιασμός Επίπλων Competition Category.


ΣιδερένιοΈπιπλα· 2025

The Monomorph Καρέκλα

by Wouter Van Riet Paap

Client: De Ontwerpdivisie

Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award Winner in Έπιπλα Category

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The Design

About The Monomorph Καρέκλα

Το Monomorph είναι μια καρέκλα που κατασκευάζεται από 39 πανομοιότυπα ξύλινα στοιχεία. Η χρήση ενός μόνο σχήματος για τη δημιουργία μιας καρέκλας καταλήγει σε ένα εξαιρετικά ανθεκτικό, αρθρωτό προϊόν. Αυτά τα τριγωνικά στοιχεία προέρχονται όλα από ένα φύλλο κόντρα πλακέ. Τα 39 στοιχεία συνδέονται με ατσάλινες ράβδους δημιουργώντας την πλάτη, το κάθισμα και τα πόδια. Η καρέκλα μπορεί να μεταφερθεί ως επίπεδο πακέτο και συναρμολογείται εύκολα. Το κόντρα πλακέ βάφεται σε προεπιλεγμένα χρώματα ή μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί ανεπεξέργαστο στη φυσική έκδοση.

The Recognition

About the Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award

Το σχέδιο The Monomorph Καρέκλα κέρδισε το Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award, μια διακεκριμένη αναγνώριση που απονέμεται σε καλά σχέδια που πληρούν τις επαγγελματικές και βιομηχανικές απαιτήσεις που αναμένονται από καλοσχεδιασμένες δημιουργίες. Οι νικητές του Σιδερένιου Βραβείου επιδεικνύουν μεγάλη δεξιοτεχνία, υψηλή εξειδίκευση, ειδική κατανόηση και δημιουργική ικανότητα των δημιουργών τους. Το σχέδιο The Monomorph Καρέκλα αναμένεται να είναι μια πολύ εκτιμημένη, θαυμαστή και αγαπημένη δημιουργία που είναι πρακτική και καινοτόμα. Αυτό το σχέδιο που βραβεύτηκε με το Σιδερένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award ενσωματώνει τις βέλτιστες πρακτικές του κλάδου και έχει επαρκή τεχνικά χαρακτηριστικά συνδεδεμένα με τεχνογνωσία και ταλέντο. Το σχέδιο The Monomorph Καρέκλα γίνεται σεβαστό για την επιμέλειά του και έχει σχεδιαστεί για να προσφέρει βελτιώσεις στην ποιότητα ζωής που βοηθούν να γίνει ο κόσμος ένα καλύτερο μέρος.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The Monomorph is a chair that is constructed with 39 completely identical plywood elements. These elements are connected by steel rods. The plywood is painted in pre-selected colors but can also be used untreated in the RAW edition. The Monomorph is a relaxing fauteuil, intriguing from all angles.
Dimensions & Packaging
The chair has a total depth of 810mm, a total width of 650mm and a total height of 850mm. Materials used are painted plywood, stainless steel tubes with rifling inside and cap screw on the outside.
Tags
chair, fauteuil, plywood,steel, comfortable, modular
Production Technology
The 38 elements are CNC cut after various scale models were made. There has been substantial testing of various elements resulting in different chairs with different levels of comfort. eventually this single shape turned out to be the perfect single shape to create a chair with. There are several variants with 16 identical elements instead of 39, where the seat and backrest are formed with paper cord, used trucktarp or vegan leather.
Design Challenge
The hardest part was to actually find the single shape with which to realize an actual chair that is both beautiful and comfortable. After the shape was found the challange was to make the chair stable. For this several models were build and eventually the real life prototype. First with 16 identical elements with vegan leather used for seat and backrest. Later even more pure, using only that one wooden shape.
Research
As an architect I am always thinking about design and how to make it buildable. In construction the standardisation of elements, or even complete houses, has become more and more important. To keep costs acceptable, to minimize failure and maximize sustainability. But standardisation also limits the architects freedom to actually make a design. That is why I try to design these standardised elements myself in order to make the design leading and the standard elements following. The Monomorph is based on this principle of design lead standardisation. It is a chair constructed with 39 identical elements, which is a wooden triangle with rounded corners. A chair is formed by connecting these 39 elements with steel rods. The same element can be seat, backrest or leg. By adding more elements the chair can even be a sofa.
Inspiration
In nature, an organism existing out of one shape is called a monomorph. The Monomorph chair is the result of my research to find this ideal single shape to create a chair with: One form to define the result. It makes building the chair efficient, creating less waste.
Project Duration
The chair was designed in Januari 2024 in Utrecht, The Netherlands after several models were made. The first real size prototype was build in March 2024 after which extensive testing at the designers house took place. All in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Operation Flow
The chair can be assembled by everyone who can handle a allen wrench.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Wouter van Riet Paap, 2024

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