Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional by Stéphane Leathead

Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional by Stéphane Leathead is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award de Ouro in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

OuroMobiliario· 2015

Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional

by Stéphane Leathead

Client: Exocet

A' Design Award de Ouro Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional

Exocet é unha cadeira multifuncional feita de bidueiro báltico e aluminio. A cadeira está construída a partir dunha serie de lamelas curvas idénticas ensambladas arredor dun cilindro central. O uso dunha forma básica de lamela favorece un proceso de fabricación eficiente. Exocet pódese dispoñer en varias configuracións, incluíndo unha cadeira estándar, unha cadeira longa oscilante e unha forma pregada. Para cambiar a forma, o usuario libera a presión coa asa, move as seccións arredor do cilindro e volve apertar a asa. O resultado é unha cadeira con moitas posicións e moi poucas pezas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ouro

Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional gañou o A' Design Award de Ouro, un recoñecemento inmensamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de primeira clase, marabillosos e sobresaíntes. Os gañadores Ouro son creacións sumamente innovadoras, visionarias e glamurosamente deslumbrantes que reflicten o xenio, a sabedoría e a destreza dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional sexa unha invención moi eloxiada, pioneira e monumental que ofrece un valor sen precedentes. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ouro é un proxecto espectacular e respectado que beneficia moito a arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía e fai avanzar os seus límites. Exocet Cadeira Multifuncional crea intensos sentimentos de desexo, esperta a paixón, anima a creatividade e fascina.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design allows to transform it in order to get the desired shape. The EXOCET is crafted from a single main piece, a slat. A series of identical slats assembly is simply rotated on a cylinder.
Dimensions & Packaging: Standard chair configuration:
Width: 660 mm, Length: 1524 mm, Height: 1220 mm.
Rocking long chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 2185 mm, Height: 610 mm.
Folded chair configuration
Width: 660 mm, Lenght: 1524 mm, height: 460 mm.
Weight: 68 kg
Tags: design, innovation, elegance, style, amazing, less is more, beautiful, clever, rocking long chair, multifunctional
Production Technology: Baltic Birch & Aluminium
Design Challenge: Finding solution to limit friction as much as possible. To select the proper material to produce the cylinder and handles to avoid deterioration.
Research: The slat shape was the key element. It was imperative to design the slat so that it would maximize comfort through the various possible positions.
Inspiration: It started with a simple questioning. Can we create a long chair offering more than 3 back positions? And can it rock as well? And can it be made of very few pieces? Could a chair be designed using smooth curves instead hard straight lines? And most importantly, can it be simple yet innovative & elegant? I started designing with one obsession using only one basic shape allowing a very efficient fabrication process.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2014. The first hand made prototype was created in August 2014. The first public exhibition took place in Toronto at the Interior Design Show in January 22 to 25, 2015.
Operation Flow: You can transform it by releasing the pressure with the handle. You move the section around the cylinder to create the desired configuration and you tighten the handle.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #4: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.
Image #5: Photographer Stéphane Leathead, Exocet, 2014.