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Knotted Penkki by Minju Kang

Knotted Penkki by Minju Kang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award in Kuvataide Competition Category.


PronssiKuvataide· 2023

Knotted Penkki

by Minju Kang

Client: Minju Kang

Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Kuvataide Category

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The Design

About Knotted Penkki

Solmittu on penkki, joka on suunniteltu julkiseksi kalusteeksi sisä- ja ulkotiloihin. Muoto on sidottu yhteen nauhamaisesti kuvastamaan yhteyttä ja liikettä. Käytöstä poistettuja johtokouruputkia on taivutettu käsin, sidottu nippusiteillä ja kiinnitetty rakenteellisiin ruostumattomasta teräksestä valmistettuihin putkijalkoihin. Valmis rakenne on tukeva ja vakaa, ja pintakäsittely on yhtenäisen mattamusta. Putken pinta luo pehmeän vaikutelman, ja muoto mahdollistaa useita istuma-asentoja. Solmittu heijastaa ajatusta sukupolvien yhdistymisestä, jossa erilaiset elämät liittyvät yhdeksi kokonaisuudeksi.

The Recognition

About the Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award

Knotted Penkki on Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään erinomaisille designeille, joita luonnehtivat luovuus, nerokkuus ja oveluus. Pronssivoittajat ovat runsaan taitavia ja silmiinpistävän luovia taiteellisia tuotoksia, jotka todistavat suunnittelijoidensa laajaa kokemusta, mielikuvitusta ja kekseliäisyyttä. Knotted Penkki:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu esine, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign sisällyttää itseensä parhaita käytäntöjä taiteessa, tieteessä, designissa ja teknologiassa ja on erinomainen huomiollaan yksityiskohtiin. Knotted Penkki tyydyttää upeasti tarpeita, koskettaa haluja, viehättää tunteita ja vetoaa uteliaisuuteen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The project started with a focus on a life where everyone can coexist, a sustainable environment and discarded materials. A form tied together like a ribbon was expressed, and the bench tied to cable ties and stain pipes by using waste wire ELP pipe that is no longer used can function as public furniture and serve as recycled furniture. It is useful in indoor and outdoor spaces where everyone gathers together, and has a shape that induces various postures.
Dimensions & Packaging
2460mm x 630mm x 500mm
Tags
#Furniture #Chair #Bench #Korea #Street Furniture #Pipe #design #generation gap
Production Technology
Materials used were wire ELP conduit, cable ties, and stainless pipe. Structural stained steel pipes were fabricated as the legs of the bench. Then, the wire help pipe was tied with cable ties and tied back to the stainless steel pipe. It is a solid and stable structure. The complex structure looks neat and is unified in matte black
Design Challenge
When bending and tying the pipe by hand, the pipe must not be wrinkled or deformed. It was necessary to make the pipes with a feeling of use clean so that they could function as furniture. The cable ties were fixed cleanly and completely so that the tied pipes would not come loose.
Research
Through this work, tried to recognize the generational conflict that has become an issue as a social problem and to recognize the positive direction of generational integration. Induced a way for everyone to sit on a bench completed with a single string and connect and communicate. Furniture embodies the aesthetic sense of generational integration
Inspiration
The starting point of this work began with an interest in intergenerational conflict and thoughts about the generation that is scattered in the rapid flow of social phenomena. Believe that life can be more sustainable than anything else when everyone is connected by embracing the diversity of life. In order to express the above form, it was produced in a connected form by tying a string.It was made into a knotted form.
Project Duration
The project started in Gongju city, Korea in March 2022, completed in December 2022.
Operation Flow
It is in the form of a ribbon tied together to show circulation. The material of the pipe gives the impression of a soft sofa. Each object is held together with cable ties, making it structurally sound.
Team Members
Minju Kang, Jieun Park, Haneul Han
Image Credits
Minju Kang, 2022

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