Magic Blocks Mesa de Café by Yian Hung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

PrataMobiliario· 2020

Magic Blocks Mesa de Café

by Yian Hung

Client: Yestudio

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Magic Blocks Mesa de Café

Magic Blocks é un conxunto de tres mesas de café feitas de aceiro inoxidable. As varas únense a man mediante soldadura con gas inerte de tungsteno e acábanse cun recubrimento en po. As superficies pintadas ofrécense en diferentes cores e son axeitadas para uso interior e exterior. As tres mesas teñen alturas distintas, polo que as pezas poden superpoñerse ou utilizarse por separado. As diferentes combinacións crean efectos de perspectiva e de superposición de cor dentro dunha estancia. Cando non se usan, as mesas poden verse como obxectos de arte no fogar. As formas son estritamente horizontais e verticais, e as siluetas manteñen un carácter básico e sen adornos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Magic Blocks Mesa de Café gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Magic Blocks Mesa de Café sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Magic Blocks Mesa de Café é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The boards are joined together by craft welders and finished in various colors of paint coating treatment, suitable for indoors and outdoors.Functionally, the objects are designed in different heights to overlap or simply serving its purpose individually.In vision, through different combinations, perspective and color overlap are generated to decorate different interior spaces.
Functionally, the objects are designed in different heights to overlap or simply serving its purpose individually.In vision, through different combinations, perspective and color overlap are generated to decorate different interior spaces.
Dimensions & Packaging: Table 1: 610 X 610 X 500 mm
Table 2: 610 X 310 X 500 mm
Table 3: 600 X 300 X 500 mm
Tags: perspective,color,coffee table,flexible,art
Production Technology: Made of stainless steel, the rods are joined together by craft welders using tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding methods; and finished in powder coating treatment.The surface is painted in different colors, suitable for indoors and outdoors.
Design Challenge: In the design, designer strictly employ shapes in horizontal and vertical formats; and when shapes and forms are utilized, it will have to be the most basic unadorned geometric forms.The challenge is to find the geometric shapes to place through to increase the perspective of the table.The hardest part of the design activity is in the production of the tables.The simplicity and clarity of the design requires good precision in the welding, almost seeking perfect in machinated beauty but in the form of craft.Also in terms of measurements, a slight deviation will make a drastic visual effect hence accuracy and consistence is important in the making.
Research: The research is based on the rediscovery of space, perspective and color, and on the impact that on furniture and interior spaces. Which got others further into a dialogue on the idea of design being conscious in intent, and also how can design be deconstructed to derive a level of novelty besides its dominant principles.
Inspiration: Is design often conscious with intent? Does the design often use a sense of space? How can deconstruction and perspective design bring novelty besides its dominant principles?Inspired by spatial illusion, the result is a set of steel interpretation accentuated by its surface and colors.This experiential project exemplifies an exploration of systematic practice, visual interactions and human experiences.This experimental project is an example of exploration of visual perspective and exploration.
Project Duration: The project started in 2016 in Taipei.A prototype was made in 2018 in Taipei. Photo in 2019.
Operation Flow: These three objects are combined in simply used as a coffee table alone.When not in use, they can be considered art at home.
Patents: Hung,Yi-AN
Tien,Wei-Cheng
Team Members: Hung,Yi-AN
Tien,Wei-Cheng
Image Credits: Hung,Yi-AN
Tien,Wei-Cheng