Grace Egongela Altzari Mota by Daniel Devadder

Grace Egongela Altzari Mota by Daniel Devadder is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Urrezko Saria A' Design Award in Altzari Diseinua Competition Category.

UrreAltzariak· 2023

Grace Egongela Altzari Mota

by Daniel Devadder

Client: Daniel Devadder Interior Design

Urrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Altzariak Category

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The Design

About Grace Egongela Altzari Mota

Grace hitz bakar batek deskribatu ezin dituen sentimenduak itzultzen dituen diseinua da. Formak beti funtzioari jarraitzen ez dionaren konbentzimenduarekin batera, emozioa jarraitzeko gai izan behar du. Emaitza 3D inprimatutako marko batez egindako eskultura-itxurako diseinua da, aparrez partzialki estalita erosotasun gehiago lortzeko eta ehun elastiko baina iraunkorra. Ikuspegi estetikotik, nolabait betikoa den dotorezia eta forma ditu. Akabera eta material ezberdinekin bat etor daiteke eta ingurune ezberdinetan nahastu daiteke: goi-mailako erabilera hoteleko atondoan hasi eta etxe pribatuko altzarietaraino.

The Recognition

About the Urrezko Saria A' Design Award

Grace Egongela Altzari Mota Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, lehen mailako, zoragarriak eta nabarmenak diren diseinuei ematen zaien aitorpen izugarri prestijiotsua. Urre-mailako irabazleak berrikuntzaz beteriko, ikuspegi handiko eta distiraz liluragarriak diren sorkuntzak dira, beren diseinatzaileen genioa, jakituria eta trebetasuna islatzen dutenak. Grace Egongela Altzari Mota oso goraipatua, joera-markatzailea eta monumentala den asmakizuna izatea espero da, balio aurrekaririk gabea eskaintzen duena. Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau proiektu ikusgarri eta errespetatua da, artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak oso onuragarriro zabaltzen dituena. Grace Egongela Altzari Mota desira-sentimendu biziak sortzen dituen, grina pizten duen, sormena bultzatzen duen eta liluratzen gaituen lana da.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Grace provides a certain wow factor and the way it is interpreted changes from person to person, from feeling to feeling, making it a unique experience.
An experience that will always be linked to your thoughts and how you feel.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 900mm x Depth 910mm x Height 680mm
Tags: Furniture, chair, productdesign, lounge, seating, indoor, organic, 3Dprint, stereolithography, Belgium
Production Technology: 3D printed structure. The material used is called Tusk SolidGrey3000 which is the world's first Stereolithography material that combines a high degree of stiffness with high impact resistance, available exclusively at Materialise.
The chair was tested from 2000N to 6000N. The displacement in the seating area ranges from 2mm to 5mm (for 2000N and 6000N respectively) and 3.5mm to 11mm at the top of the back rest.

The fabric used for the manual upholstery is Tonus 4, colour 0610, from Kvadrat because of its flexibility and durability. On the outsides of the design, high resilience foam is used for added comfort.
Design Challenge: Finding a material that could follow the shapes while having the strength and rigidity to support the weight of an adult without deforming.

He wanted to use a fully recycled plastic to 3D print the design. However, this was not yet possible with the available materials, which at the same time had to meet the necessary strength requirements, etc.

He had the chair upholstered. Even though an elaboration without any upholstery would be perfectly conceivable.

If a pattern would be cut by machine, some details from the upholstery could be finished in a more refined way.
Research: The design arises as a reflection of emotions that you cannot capture with a simple word, but rather express through a movement, a certain flow. The spiritual, indescribable and mysterious is what resulted in the design.
Inspiration: Grace was a way to translate feelings and emotions a single word can not describe.

Inspired by nature with its complexity hidden behind elegant and flawless forms.

This in combination with the conviction that form doesn't and shouldn't always follow function, but rather should be able to follow emotion. They merge together. It's something you strongly see in dance. Ballet and tango for example. Translating emotions and feelings by transcending oneself in a form or movement.
Project Duration: End of December 2020: First sketch.
January 2021: First digital plans.
June 17, 2021: 3D printed structure was delivered.
March 11, 2022: Collection of the fully upholstered and finished chair in Antwerp.
Operation Flow: As you walk around it, from every angle you discover something new that changes the interpretation of what you see. Some may recognise a bird, a plant, a child may think of a ghost. This gives the design a certain personality and soul.

It has an elegance and form that somehow is timeless. It could go with different finishes and materials and fit in different settings. From high-end use in the lobby of a hotel to furniture in a private home.
Even when not in use, the design leaves behind a kind of sculpture that enhances the space it resides in.
Team Members: Daniel Devadder
Image Credits: Ypsilon Business Photography, 2022