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Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli by Justin Wheatcroft

Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli by Justin Wheatcroft is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Huonekalumuotoilu Competition Category.


HopeaHuonekalut· 2020

Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli

by Justin Wheatcroft

Client: Square Roots

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Huonekalut Category

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The Design

About Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli

Limonio on ruokapöydän tuoli, joka on suunniteltu eri tyylisiin sisustuksiin. Tuolissa on selkeät linjat ja pelkistetty biomorfinen selkänoja, joka luo kontrastin ohuiden, kapenevien jalkojen kanssa muodostaen epäsymmetrisen tasapainon. Näkyvä runko on pidetty minimalistisena ja viimeistelty messinkiyksityiskohdilla. Taivutettu vaneriselkänoja ja istuinosa on yhdistetty massiivipuisilla puolisuunnikkailla, jotka on tapitettu messingillä. Korkeatiheyksinen vaahtomuovi ja kapeneva asento antavat tuolille keveän ulkonäön. Valmistuksessa yhdistyvät teolliset menetelmät ja käsityö.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli 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. Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli: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. Limonio Ruokapöydän tuoli on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Its clean lines, the contrast between a fine simplified biomorphic shaped back and the thin yet strong legs creates an elegant asymmetrical balance. Its lightweight appearance, the exposed minimal frame enhanced with brass detail, ensure its function as a dining chair and as a modern and sophisticated design piece.
Dimensions & Packaging
w480 / d530 / h760
0.17cbm / pce
Packed two in a box.
Tags
Minimal, postindustrial, craft, masquerade, comfort, lightness, elegance
Production Technology
The chair gains it lightness through a strong tapered stance and high density foam. Connections between the bent plywood backrest and seat are via solid wood trapezoids pegged with brass.
Design Challenge
In the dozen years that we have been collaborating with designers and and designing our own chairs, we are constantly reacting to the thoughts and comments of our commercial parters, be they retail sellers, hotel specifiers, interior designers or architects. Our goal is always to create something that is unique, that can inhabit its own design space and introduce some new ideas. For the Limonio, we concentrated upon the detail. The brass pinned trapezoid connectors and the mask like shape of the backrest define this piece.
Research
We were trying to design a chair that could happily sit in surroundings of different design language. The chair should be light in weight and appearance to juxtapose with our dominantly weighty tables. It should convey the personality and humor of our brand and play to our mixed production practices of technology and craftsmanship.
Inspiration
Inspired by the great designs and shapes from last century, exploring new minimal frames in which distinctives details can be integrated without being strident. Using know how and craft-oriented makers, from a postindustrial approach, the piece is unique. I call it Limonio as it is fresh and soft, but still has character (acid) like the drink.
Project Duration
Ten months. March 2019 - Jan 2020.Developed between Barcelona and Ho Chi Minh City. It will be exhibited at VIFA (Vietnam) March 2020.
Operation Flow
This chair has character, confidence and humor, however it is not boorish and self centered. It happily sits alongside pieces of different style and personality. Whilst it gathers attention and admirers, it does not scream look at me.
Patents
Pending patent number
Team Members
Jose Ballesteros
Edward Stoddart
Mauro Zamaro

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