Polyhedron Taburetea by Jin Woong Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in 3D Inprimatutako Forma eta Produktuen Diseinua Competition Category.

Zilar3D Inprimatzea· 2021

Polyhedron Taburetea

by Jin Woong Lee

Client: Pro-Sp

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in 3D Inprimatzea Category

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The Design

About Polyhedron Taburetea

Polyhedron Stool altuera erregulagarria den taburete bat da, ixteko lore baten mugimenduarekin. Lorea ezartzen denean, bere petaloak barruan biltzen dira, muturrak altxatzen dira eta altuera aldatzen da. Buru-behea hartu eta buru-goia biratuz, zutabeak mugitzen dira, eta taburetea areagotu egiten da. CNC prozesatutako metalezko zutabeez gain, pieza bakoitza 3D inprimagailu baten bidez egiten da, eta gizabanakoek kantitate txikian ekoitzi eta erreproduzitzeko aukera ematen dute.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Polyhedron Taburetea Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Polyhedron Taburetea erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Polyhedron Taburetea jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The Polyhedron stool is a 3d printed stool that has a new way of controlling height. Except for one CNC processed metal component, every part is made through the 3d printer, allowing individuals to produce and reproduce themselves within small amounts (leading to numerous variations).
Dimensions & Packaging: 490mm X 470mm X 450mm, 300mm X 300mm X 680mm. The stool is composed of 20 different components (total of 36 pieces): one CNC processed metal part, three ready-made metal shafts, and sixteen 3d printed parts. Every part from the leg's metal shaft to a small magnet of the lock can be dismantled.
Tags: Polyhedron, Stool, 3d printed, Flower, Height adjustable
Production Technology: 3d printer: PLA - chrome plating & matte finishes, CNC Machine: stainless steel, ready-made components of aluminum shafts and pipes.
Design Challenge: 3d printer gives the benefit of easy and unconstrained production but has weak durability. As to print every component using the printer, it was challenging to make a stable and strong structure. To have the stable stool needed clean and simple assembly. Made multiple structural changes to lesson the components and used minimum ready-made materials (2 metal shafts and one aluminum pipe) to support and balance the weight.
Research: Tried to print clean and strong parts using an adequate amount of filaments. The percentage of infill determines not only the amounts of filaments but also the length of printing time. Besides simple factors like positioning, various circumstances influenced clean printing and led to multiple modifications.
Inspiration: Designing a product that has a simple production was the aim of the project. A product that can be easily accessed by not only the creator but also by individuals, leading to multiple variations of different tastes. A 3d printer is a manufacturing tool that allows making products with less amount and restrictions (limiting the design). Chose a stool as the starting item of a space, Polyhedron with a function of adjustable height that thought was the most required function that a stool needs.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2018 in Seoul, Korea, and ended in September 2018. With a major structural change, revised the project from March 2019 to July 2019.
Operation Flow: When the flower sets, its petals gather. The ends go up, and the height gets changed. At the stool, three pillars are attached to the head. As grabbing the bottom head, rotating the upper part make pillars gather and escalate the stool. The four gears inside the head convert circular move vertically, making the pillar's end rise. There is a lock below the head attached to a magnet and can be unlocked by simply pulling down.
Patents: Patented, 30-1001682, Jin Woong Lee, 2038.
Image Credits: Image #1-4: PRO-SP
Image #5: Photographer Yun Seo Choi, 2019
Video: PRO-SP