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Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä by Radhika Dhumal

Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä by Radhika Dhumal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Huonekalumuotoilu Competition Category.


HopeaHuonekalut· 2021

Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä

by Radhika Dhumal

Client: Radhika Dhumal

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Huonekalut Category

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The Design

About Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä

Elytra on suunniteltu siten, että käyttäjä voi helposti nostaa pöydän pintaa sen ei-staattisen luonteen vuoksi. Biomimeettisen, dynaamisen pöydän pinnat on jaettu neljään laajaan osaan, mukaan lukien puinen "pää"; ja "body" sekä kaksi lasikuorrutettua siipeä, jotka voidaan avata samanaikaisesti laajentaaksesi pöydän pintaa, jotta siihen mahtuu muutama kupillinen teetä, istutuslautanen tai kaksi ja ehkä muistikirja ideoiden piirtämistä varten.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Elytra Tilaa Säästävä Sohvapöytä on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Elytra is designed in a way that allows the user easy access to increase the table top surface because of its non-static nature. The biomimetic, dynamic table’s surfaces are split into four broad parts, including a wooden ‘head’ and ‘body’ as well as two glass-inlay wings that can be opened out simultaneously to expand the table’s surface to store an extra few cups of tea, a planter or two, and perhaps a notebook to doodle your ideas on!
Dimensions & Packaging
450mm x 750mm x 475mm
(Width increases to 1180mm on opening the wings)
Tags
Elytra, Winged Table, MadLadRad, Coffee Table, Space saver, Beetle
Production Technology
A concept driven design started off with intense doodling and sketching. Once it was finalised on paper, scaled down mockups , with the help of 3mm thk laser cut mdf parts, were made to figure out the kinetic mechanism. It was followed by cnc cutting teak wood and getting an absolute precise and finished product.
Inspiration
In an unusually beautiful case of nature-inspired design, the Elytra table expands in size by spreading its wings! This coffee table is inspired from the kinesis and anatomy of the wings (elytra) of the beetle. Elytra’s design is dominated by rounded forms that give it a friendly, pet-like demeanor, and feature four legs that are positioned in a way that gives the Elytra its unique, animalistic stance.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2019 and finished in May 2019 in Ahmedabad, India. It was first displayed in the Aquarium (Display Gallery) of the National Institute of Design in July 2019.
Operation Flow
The winged table, in closed postion, has 2 prominent surfaces for use (the head and the wings). When the table top space isn't sufficient, the edge of the wing can be pulled apart. This movement causes the other winged top to open up simultaneously giving the table a grander feel and more usable space to keep your extra cups or newspapers etc. Now there are four useable table tops , the head, two wings and the body, as inspired by the anatomy of the beetle. As and when this extra space is not required, one side of the wing can be pushed back inside to allign parallelly with the table top below the wings, or the body of the table. This smooth beetle like transformation of opening and closing wings is the key characteristic of this winged table: Elytra.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Arun Rameshan, Elytra, 2019

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