Mushroom Estante by Shota Urasaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

BronceMobiliario· 2022

Mushroom Estante

by Shota Urasaki

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Mushroom Estante

Texto do libro: Mushroom é unha estantería deseñada para a exposición libre de obxectos cotiáns. Cada forma de cogomelo é tallada á man unha por unha en madeira de alcanforeiro de Okinawa e leva incrustado un imán. Os cogomelos están unidos a unha fina placa de aceiro que se ergue dende o chan, de xeito que cada forma pode colocarse libremente. Os cogomelos grandes sosteñen diversos obxectos, mentres que os pequenos sosteñen postais ou notas. A base combina placas de aceiro dobradas con madeira contrachapada. O deseño inspirouse nos cogomelos que medran sobre un letreiro de madeira, e a súa aparencia cambia con cada usuario.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Mushroom Estante 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 Mushroom Estante 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. Mushroom Estante 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 shelf of camphor tree, sculpted to look like a mushroom, is embedded with magnets.
Therefore, they can be placed freely.
The mushrooms are attached to a thin steel plate that rises up from the floor.
The large mushrooms can be used to place various items, while the small mushrooms can be used to hold postcards or memos.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 910mm x Depth 450mm x Height 1500mm
Tags: Okinawa, Japan, Nature, Shelf, Furniture
Production Technology: The mushrooms are carefully hand-carved one by one from Okinawan camphorwood.
Thin steel plates were then bent and combined with plywood to create the base to which the mushrooms are attached.
Design Challenge: I had a hard time conveying the wonder of nature in a sensory way. Structure and details were important, but I had to make sure that what I felt was expressed properly as I worked toward completion.
Research: I visited several islands in Okinawa for this project. I observed and repeatedly sketched the nature there. Then, while modeling in 3D, I made a number of mock-ups and examined them. At the same time, I also considered what materials would be appropriate.
Inspiration: I usually create ideas from the nature around me.
This was inspired by the sight of mushrooms growing out of a wooden sign in my neighborhood.
I felt the vitality and freedom of the mushrooms that grow from artifacts.
It was very interesting.
Currently, there are various ways of life and values.
This shelf changes its appearance depending on the user.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2020 in Okinawa and finished in January 2021 in Okinawa.
Image Credits: [Image #1: Shota Urasaki, Mushroom, 2021. ][ Image #2: Shota Urasaki, Mushroom, 2021. ][ Image #3: Shota Urasaki, Mushroom, 2021. ][ Image #4: Shota Urasaki, Mushroom, 2021. ][ Image #5: Shota Urasaki, Mushroom, 2021.]