Shade Estante Divisorio by Yuto Hiramatsu

Shade Estante Divisorio by Yuto Hiramatsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

BronceMobiliario· 2022

Shade Estante Divisorio

by Yuto Hiramatsu

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Shade Estante Divisorio

Shade é un estante divisorio baseado no shoji, unha porta corredía xaponesa feita de marcos de madeira e papel xaponés fino. O marco e os paneis laterais están feitos de madeira de cedro, e o papel fino, coñecido como washi, está pegado aos marcos de madeira. As sombras dos obxectos situados detrás do estante pódense ver a través do washi. A aparencia pode alterarse empregando diferentes tipos de washi, deixando algúns marcos sen cubrir, ou movendo os marcos. Cavillas de madeira unen as pezas, e un molde especial permite substituír o washi sen distorsión.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Shade Estante Divisorio gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Shade Estante Divisorio sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Shade Estante Divisorio satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The materials used are soft and light cedar wood and thin and strong Japanese paper which is called Washi. Washi is pasted on the wooden frame so that you can enjoy the shadows of objects that can be seen through it or you can also enjoy by changing to the different kinds of Washi. You can also change the appearance of the shelf by creating a surface with or without Washi, or by moving the wooden frame.
The unique texture or looks by using Washi produces an atmosphere that cannot be created with other materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: W555 H1500 D200 (1frame W555 H280)
Tags: Japanese Paper, Washi, Partition, Shelf, Wood, Furniture, Design
Production Technology: The wooden frame and side panels of the shelf are made of vertical grain, the top panel is made of knotty grain, and wooden dowels are used for the joint surface.
Design Challenge: Distortion caused by the expansion and contraction of the wooden frame when replacing the Washi was an issue, but we solved it by making a special mold.We tried various types of Washi that are not used for shoji screens, but most of them can be pasted and you can enjoy using different types of paper.
Research: By using cedar wood, which is rarely used for furniture because it is soft and easily scratched, as the main material for the shelves, and by combining cedar wood with washi, we thought of the value of using cedar wood, which is abundant in Japan. We believe that by incorporating the goodness of shoji into shelves, we can create new goodness.
Inspiration: This furniture is the shelf which basde on the Shoji that is Japanese sliding doors consisting of wooden frames and thin Japanese paper.
By incorporating Japanese cultural fittings into furniture and applying Washi to more familiar stuff such as wooden frame, the delicacy of each material creates a comfortable tension and warmth in the space.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Japan and finished December 2021 in Japan.
Operation Flow: How to re-cover Washi
1. Remove the wooden frame from the shelf and fit it into the special mold.
2. Apply glue to the wooden frame.
3. Paste washi cut to the size of the wooden frame.
4. Spray water with a mist spray.
5. After drying, remove from the mold to finish.
Image Credits: Image #1 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Front view of shelf, Year 2020
Image #2 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Wooden frame, Washi and special formwork, Year 2020
Image #3 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, In use (with shadow emerging), Year 2020
Image #4 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Washi being pasted on a wooden frame, Year 2020
Image #5 Designer Yuto Hiramatsu, Finished applying Washi paper to a wooden frame, Year 2020