Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura by Misaki Kiyuna

Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura by Misaki Kiyuna is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

BronceMobiliario· 2023

Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura

by Misaki Kiyuna

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura

Hotaru é unha cadeira de lectura con iluminación integrada. O soporte da luz tamén funciona como respaldo, e a luz cae sobre as mans da persoa sentada. A lámpada acéndese e apágase na escuridade en resposta á presenza de xente preto. A posición da iluminación pode axustarse cara adiante e cara atrás. Hotaru está composta por catro pezas: un asento, patas, un soporte e unha unidade de iluminación, sen ferraxes metálicas. O contrachapado laminado do asento déixase á vista para amosar a calidez da madeira. Colocada ao carón dunha cama, Hotaru tamén funciona como mesa de noite e lámpada. O deseño é axeitado para fogares con pouco espazo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura 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 Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura 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. Hotaru Cadeira de Lectura 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: When we sit in a chair, it illuminates our hands brightly. The light stand acts as a backrest. It's a chair for reading, but it can also be used as a side table and lighting by placing it on the bedside.
Dimensions & Packaging: White, width 380mm, height 380mm, depth 1890mm
Black, width 350mm, height 350mm, depth1790mm
Tags: Chair, lighting, furniture, reading, prefabricated
Production Technology: By showing the laminated plywood on the seat, we left the warmth of the wood. It can be assembled without using metal fittings
Design Challenge: I had a hard time deciding the angle of my legs. Since the overall balance changes depending on the angle, I adjusted it little by little with the mockup.
Research: Japanese houses have small floor plans and little space for furniture, so I researched furniture to put in a small space. Since chairs take up space in furniture, it was a new proposal by giving the backrest multiple functions of lighting.
Inspiration: Due to the epidemic of the new coronavirus, the amount of time spent at home has increased. I designed a chair with integrated lighting for reading books in order to enrich my time alone. This work was inspired by performers who were spotlighted on stage. Because it was similar to reading a book with a light in a dark room. It turns on and off in the dark in response to people. The blinking appearance looks like a firefly that emits a fantastic and gentle light. I named it Hotaru in Japanese.
Project Duration: The Lamp stool was designed in Okinawa in 2022.
Operation Flow: This chair is used by assembling four parts: seat, feet, stand, and lighting. The position of the lighting can be adjusted back and forth.
Patents: Patented, Misaki Kiyuna, 2022
Team Members: Misaki Kiyuna
Image Credits: [Image # 1: Misaki Kiyuna, Hotaru, 2021][Image # 2: Misaki Kiyuna, Hotaru, 2021][Image # 3: Misaki Kiyuna, Hotaru, 2021][Image # 4: Misaki Kiyuna, Hotaru, 2021][Image # 5: Misaki Kiyuna, Hotaru, 2021]